Board Members

Mayor A C Wharton, Jr.
City of Memphis

Audra Bares
Associate Product Manager, GTx Inc.

Mauricio Calvo
Director, Latino Memphis

Mike Carpenter
Shelby County Commissioner                            District 1, Position 3

Bena Cates

J.W. Gibson II
Shelby County Commissioner                           District 2, Position 1

Lawrence K. Jensen
President & CEO, Commercial Advisors

Fred Jones Jr.
President, SMC Entertainment

Fred D. Johnson
Educational Consultant

Dr. Mary C. McDonald
Superintendent of Catholic Schools

Kimmie McNeil Vaulx
System Director of Corporate Communications Baptist Memorial Health Care

David C. Perdue
CEO, Asentinel LLC

Nicole E. Roy

Blair Taylor
President, Memphis Tomorrow, Inc.

Ron Wong
Community Advocate
FedEx Community Relations - Retired

Board of Advisors

James Bacchus
Chief Officer of Student Support, Memphis City Schools 

Dexter Muller
Senior Vice President Community Development, Greater Memphis Chamber 

Jim Russell
Executive Director, Workforce Investment Network

 

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