BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bringing diversity and expertise to help change lives

Corporate Board Members

Board President- Stan York, Belmont University

Immediate Past President- Troy Dickens, Rush Truck Center

President-elect- James Pelletier, McDonald’s

Secretary- Jeff Banta, Messer Construction Company

Treasurer- Billy Ray Caldwell, Jr., Caldwell Advisors, LLC

VP of Communications- Andrea Cleeton, LifePoint Health

VP of Development- Karen Hackett, Smith County Bank

VP of Human Resources- Jon Gaston, Waller Landsden Dortch & Davis

General Member- Velinda Block, TriStar Health/HCA TriStar Division

VP of Finance- Greg Welch, S3 Recycling Solutions

VP of Programming and Planning- Tyler Muesch, Pinnacle Financial Partners

Additional Board Members
Don Birdwell, Community Volunteer (Former Board President)

Heidi Bundren, Nashville Predators

Linda Burrell, McDonald’s (McDonald’s Representative)

Kim Cammuse, HCA

Marlee Crankshaw, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt (VCH Representative)

Janet Cross, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt (VCH Representative)

Linda Davidson, Community Volunteer

Tom Dodge, McDonald’s (McDonald’s Representative)

Emily Williams Drinkwater, Forrester

Michelle Dube, WKRN – Nashville’s News 2

Brian Edwards, Colorburst Landscapes

Bob Flynn, Tennessee Titans

Patricia Hunt, Hunt Brothers Pizza

Kathie Krause, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital (VCH Representative)

Cole Norris, First Advantage Bank

Noreen O’Mara Parker, WZTV/WUXP/WNAB

Lauren Petrovich, YLC Intern

Roger Rochelle, First Tennessee Bank, N.A.

Cody Schmits, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Barbara Speller, Community Volunteer (Former Board President)

Chris Talbott, Community Volunteer (HWEN Representative)

Tim Thomas, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Liz Walters, VF Imagewear

Linda Whitley-Taylor, Change Healthcare

Leslie Ann Wilson, ESa

Pam Zimmerman, Old Republic Title Insurance Company (Grants Board President, Alpha Delta Pi Representative)

Advisory Board Members
Susan Andrews-Thompson

Nicki J. Cook

Tom Doyle, M.D.

Tim Farley

Mary Fox

Jerry Garrett

Don Hancock

Leslie Hough

Bill Hudson

Helen Lane

Steve Lane

Lawrence M. Lipman

Larry Odom

Eddie Phillips

Wright Pinson, M.D.

Fred Turner

Lucy Marshall White

Tommy Wilson