Our Leadership

Executive Leadership

Rachel Freeman, Chief Executive Officer

Cindy Leonard, Chief Operations Officer

Catherine Barkley, Chief Development Officer

 

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Board of Directors

Executive Committee

• Chair - Knight Stivender, Partner at MP&F Strategic Communications
• Immediate Past Chair - Rachel Kraft Johnson, Kraft & Company CPAs, Member
• Vice-Chair - Brittany Weiner, Brittany Weiner & Maggie Bond, Parks Real Estate
• Secretary - Juzer Husaini, Nashville Osteopathic and Integrative Medicine, Owner
• Treasurer - Becca Fuqua, Studio Bank, Vice President, Marketing & Employee Engagement 
• Ad Hoc - Todd Cruse, Executive, Board Member, Chief Executive Officer, Spark Dental Management
• Ad Hco - Erin Schorn, Vice President of Enterprise FP&A and Investor Relations, Surgery Partners
• Ad Hoc - Brianne Yip, Sr. Patient Navigator, Vanderbilt University Medical Center 

Board Members

• Mary Beard, Ardent Health Services
• Elizabeth Kraft Bleecker, Kraft & Company CPAs, Member
• Courtney Bolton, Ph. D, Chief Behavioral Health Officer, Imagine Pediatrics
• Lauren Casamassima, Leadership and HR Consulting, LJC Coaching and Consulting
• Ashley Detherage, Consultant, Boston Consulting Group
• Kelley Durham, Community Activist
• Diego Eguiarte, Founder & CEO, Nuestro Financial
• Edwina Freeman, Director of Programs, DYMON
• Nealy Glenn, Co-Owner, The Cordelle, Saint Elle + Estelle
• Conner Harris, Managing Director, LFM Capital
• Christopher Hebig, United Health Group
• Christine Kiesling, Vice President of Customer Experience, Hargrove
• Anastasia Krajeck, Realtor
• Jessica Lavender, Young Leaders Council
• Trevor Loeb, AO/Mutual Fund Compliance Analyst at AllianceBernstein
• Benton McDonough, Director, Metro-Nashville Mayor's Office of Nightlife
• Sara Kate Nash, Attorney, Cumberland Trust
• Alexandra Nelson, Senior Finance Manager, Asurion
• Louise Renaudin, Community Activist
• Carlee Smith, Director of the Healthier Tomorrow Fund, HCA Healthcare
• Eric Smith, Senior Counsel, HCA Healthcare
• Abigail Sparrow, Owen Board Fellow
• Bradford Stanley, Golub Capital, Senior Counsel
• Bethany Stewart, Associate, Spencer Fane Law Firm
• Briana Succop, Senior Investment Director, Kairos Investment Management Co.
• Kristy Tinsley, Partner, Ernst & Young
• Kshitija Toke, Partner, Ernst & Young
• Vadis Turner, Artist & Professor

Advisory Board Members

• Barbe Barker
• Libby Callaway
• Lisa Campbell
• Laura Chadwick
• Franke Elliott
• Peter Erickson
• John Gawaluck
• Elena Graves
• Lynn Melkus
• Stephen Zralek