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
