CLASS III
2015 - 2016
Back to front and left to right: Dr. Jimmy Cheek, Bill Kilbride, Ron Samuels, Herbert Slatery III, David Golden, Eddie Mannis, Scott Broyles, Dr. Thomas Zacharia, Stuart McWhorter, Rep. Gerald McCormick, Charlie Brock, Dan Challener, Jason Little, Sen. Becky Duncan Massey, Kristine LaLonde, Harvey White, First Lady Crissy Haslam, Randal O'Brien, Mario Avila, Will Alexander, Evette White, Agenia Clark, Mary Hayes McDaniel, Susan Lanigan, Lucia Folk, Theresa Carl, and Janet Brewer.
Not pictured: Kasar Abdulla, Samar Ali, Mauricio Calvo, Beth Fortune, Logan McCabe, Brian Noland and Brant Phillips.
Titles and organizations listed are current at time of participation.
Class III was chosen from over 400 nominations by an anonymous selection committee. This group of 34 leaders are from across the state and represent a variety of professional sectors: education, government, business and non-profit. This group will convene for an Opening Retreat in August and conclude, after five sessions around the state, with a Closing Retreat in June 2016.
Nominations for Class IV are taken on a rolling basis. Class IV will be chosen in May 2016 and will begin in August 2016.
Kasar Abdulla
Director of Community Relations
Valor Collegiate Academy
Will Alexander
Co-Founder + CEO
Versed
Samar Ali
Director + Attorney
Lodestone Advisory Group
McAllester Norton PLLC
Mario Avila
CEO
Emerge Financial Wellness
Janet Brewer
VP Communications
Tennessee Valley Authority
Charlie Brock
CEO
Launch Tennessee
Scott Broyles
President + CEO
National Safe Skies Alliance
Mauricio Calvo
Executive Director
Latino Memphis
Theresa Carl
President
Governor's Books from Birth Foundation
Dan Challener
President
Public Education Foundation
Jimmy Cheek
Chancellor
University of Tennessee
Agenia Clark
President + CEO
Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee
Lucia Folk
VP Public Affairs
CMT
Beth Fortune
Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs
Vanderbilt University
David Golden
Senior VP + Chief Legal Officer + Corporate Secretary
Eastman Chemical Company
Crissy Haslam
First Lady
State of Tennessee
Bill Kilbride
President + CEO
Chattanooga Area Chamer of Commerce
Kristine LaLonde
Assistant Dean of Innovation
College of Leadership & Public Service at Lipscomb University
Susan S. Lanigan
Former General Counsel, Dollar General
Chair, Tennessee Education Lottery Commissioner
Jason Little
President + CEO
Baptist Memorial Health Care
Eddie Mannis
Owner + President
Prestige Cleaners, Inc.
Becky Duncan Massey
State Senator
State of Tennessee
Logan McCabe
VP Consumer Group
Bristol Motor Speedway
Gerald McCormick
House Majority Leader
TN Legislature
Mary Hayes McDaniel
Chairperson
Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Stuart McWhorter
CEO
Nashville Entrepreneur Center
Brian Noland
President
East Tennessee State University
Randall O'Brien
President
Carson-Newman University
Brant Phillips
Partner + Executive Committee Member
Bass Berry & Sims PLC
Ron Samuels
Chairman + CEO + Founder
Avenue Bank
Herbert H. Slatery, III
Attorney General + Reporter
State of Tennessee
Evette White
Partner + CEO
Sullivan Branding
Harvey White
Chief Credit Officer + Knoxville Regional Executive
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Thomas Zacharia
Deputy Director for Science & Technology
Oak Ridge National Laboratory