Who We Are

Our Board

Board of Governors

J. Kevin Adams
CB Richard Ellis

Linda Bailey
Star Enterprise

Kirk Bobo
Hnedak Bobo Group Inc

Shannon Brown - Co-Chair
FedEx Corporation

Dean Deyo
Memphis Music Foundation

Greg Duckett
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation

Scott Fountain
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation

Trow Gillespie
New South Capital Management

Lucia Gilliland

Gary Gore
Team Trek

Willie Gregory
Nke, Inc.

Barbara Hyde
Hyde Family Foundations

Larry Jensen
Commercial Advisors

Robert Lipscomb
City of Memphis

Scott McCormick
Plough Foundation

Johnny Moore
SunTrust Bank

Larry Papasan

Dr. Shirley Raines
The University of Memphis

Beverly Robertson
National Civil Rights Museum

Kenneth Robinson
St. Andrew A.M.E. Church

Gary Shorb
Methodist Healthcare

Phil Trenary - Co-Chair
Pinnacle/Northwest Airlink

Henry Turley
Henry Turley Company

Spence Wilson, Sr.
Kemmons Wilson Companies

Board of Trustees

Gaurav Agarwal
Smith & Nephew

Martha Perine Beard - Executive Committee
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Dr. Rosie Bingham
University of Memphis

Jenny Carter

Wei Chen
Sunshine Enterprise, Inc.

Nick Clark
Clark & Clark

Darrell Cobbins - Secretary
Universal Commercial Real Estate, LLC.

Harold Collins
Memphis City Council

Reginald Coopwood - Executive Committee
Regional Medical Center at Memphis

Bill Dunavant - Chair
Dunavant Enterprises

Julie Ellis
Butler Snow

Brian Ellis
Medtronic, Inc.

Steve Fracchia - Treasurer
Southeastern Asset Management

Mark Giannini
Service Assurance

Neil Gibson
FedEx

Stephany Goodnight
AutoZone

Tom Grimes
Mid-America Apartment Communities

Jennifer Shorb Hagerman
Burch Porter & Johnson

Carolyn Hardy
Hardy Bottling Company

Tomeka Hart
Memphis Urban League

Mike Hess
Baker Donelson Bearman Caoldwell & Berkowitz

Bruce Hopkins
First Horizon

Odell Horton, Jr. - Executive Committee
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP

Andrea Hough
ServiceMaster

James Johnson
NIKE

Jenny Koltnow
Memphis Grizzlies Charitable Foundation

George Little
City of Memphis

Jason Little
Baptist Memorial Hospital- Memphis

Jamal McCall - Executive Committee
KIPP Memphis

Tressa Ogles
Regions Bank

Marianne Parrs
International Paper RET

Phil Reed
Pinnacle Airlines

Frank Ricks
Looney Ricks Kiss Architects, Inc

John Rooney
Evergreen Packing

Carol Ross-Spang
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare

Mark Stephens
Smith & Nephew, Inc.

Susan Stephenson - Immediate Past Chair
Independent Bank

Brian Sullivan
CS2 Advertising

Kerr Tigrett
Ironhorse Capital

Kelly Truitt - Executive Committee
CB Richard Ellis

Jimmie Tucker
Self Tucker Architects

David Waddell
Waddell & Associates

Russ Wigginton
Rhodes College

Duncan Williams - Development Chair
Duncan-Williams, Inc.

Kim Wirth
International Paper

Past Board Chairs

Ward Archer
1998- 2000

Tiff Bingham
1979- 1980

Kirk Bobo
2002- 2004

Nancy Bogatin
1990- 1991

Bill Craddock
1986- 1988

Dean Deyo
2004- 2006

Gregory Duckett
1996

Chip Dudley
1991- 1993

Bill Gibbons
1982- 1983

Sarah Meyerrose
2007

Martha Perine Beard
2010

Frank Ricks
2000- 2002

Gary Shorb
1994-1995

Ron Terry
1980- 1982

Henry Turley
1988- 1990

Tom Turner
1982- 1984

David Waddell
2008- 2009

AC Wharton
1984- 1986

Duncan Williams
2009