Members

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Isaac Addae
​Assistant Professor
Tennessee State University

Catherine Armwood, PhD
​Assistant Professor
​Tennessee State University​ 

LaDonna Boyd
​Chief Executive Officer 
R.H. Boyd Publishing Corp.

Jeff Brown
Senior HR Field Trainer
The Kroger Company​

Eric Capehart
Psychotherapist
The Ross Center

Tasha Ellis
Operations Director
Greenlight Media Strategies

Mignon Francois
Founder & CEO
The Cupcake Collection​

Erica Gilmore
Councilwoman At-Large
​Metro Nashville Government

​Dwight Gordon
​Program Director
​Tennessee State University​

Carolyn Griffin
Founder
​Clerisy Circle

Courtney Hale
Founder & Executive Director
knowledgeBANK Nashville

Shia Hendricks
​Category Manager
Kellogg Company

Jamal Hipps
Chief Creative Officer
MPYER Marketing / Advertising

Eric Holt, JD
​Assistant Professor
Belmont University

Kia Jarmon
Agency Director
​MEPR Agency

Natasha Johnson
Management Instructor
​Lipscomb University

 Tonya Lewis
Co-Owner
​The Post East

Kelvin Moses, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
​Vanderbilt University

Lagra Newman
Founder & Head of School 
Purpose Preparatory Academy

Lakisha Simmons, PhD
Associate Professor
​Belmont University

Ashley Upkins, Esq.
Founder
​Upkins Law, PLLC

Malaka Watson, Esq.
Corporate Counsel
HealthTrust (HCA affiliate)

Erica Morgan West
Research Assistant
NASA Huntsville