Staff Members

  • Shirley Ford

    Shirley Ford

    Interim President/CEO

  • Ebony Moore

    Director of Volunteer Memphis and Community Outreach

  • 2022-2023 Board of Directors Executive Committee

  • Vernon Stafford, Jr.

    Board ChairSEVP/Chief Audit ExecutiveFirst Horizon National Corporation

  • Shirley Ford

    Immediate Past Board ChairCFOCity of Memphis

  • Rene Bustamante

    Vice ChairStaff Vice President & Assistant TreasurerFedEx

  • Jean Morton

    TreasurerSVP, Manager, Institutional & GovernmentSunTrust Bank

  • Marvin White

    Alumni Engagement ChairManager, FedEx.com Planning, Analysis, and InnovationFedEx TechConnect

  • Kandace Stewart

    SecretaryDirector, Business Operations & External AffairsMemphis Grizzlies

  • Marlinee Iverson

    Volunteer Memphis ChairCounty AttorneyShelby County Government

  • Joanna Crangle

    At-LargeMarket President/ PublisherMemphis Business Journal

  • Belinda Anderson

    At-LargeCommunity Volunteer

  • Ginger Pilgrim

    At-LargePrincipalPrice Waterhouse Cooper

  • Percie Strong-Jenkins

    At-LargeSVP, Senior Treasury OfficerBank of America

  • Ted Townsend

    At-LargePresident & CEOGreater Memphis Chamber

  • 2022-2023 Board of Directors

  • Nikia Bell

    VP of OperationsRegional One Health

  • Shunji Brown-Woods

    Vice President, Integration Management and Corporate DevelopmentSmith & Nephew

  • Jim Crone

    Government & Corporate Relations/Comprehensive SolutionsTrane U.S. Inc.

  • Edmund Ford, Jr.

    Commissioner, District 9Shelby County Commission

  • Tabitha Glenn

    Vice President, Direct ResponseUSO

  • Paul Haught

    Vice President of AcademicsChristian Brothers University

  • James Kirkwood

    Executive DirectorMemphis Christian Pastor's Network

  • Kimmie McNeil Vaulx

    System Director of Corporate CommunicationsBaptist Memorial Health Care Corporation

  • Justin Merrick

    Executive DirectorCenter for Transforming Communities

  • Valerie Morris Bearup

    President/CEOMorris Marketing Group

  • Patrice Robinson

    Patrice RobinsonMemphis City Council

  • Linda Sawyer

    CFOMemphis Tourism

  • Steve Swain

    SVP, Community Lending ManagerPinnacle Financial Partners

  • Sylvester Tate

    OwnerTate Computer Systems

  • Chuck Utterback

    Assistant Vice President, Network ManagementCigna Healthcare

  • Dan Weddle

    President and CEOProTech Services Group, Inc.