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Organization
Sister Cities of Nashville is an active
volunteer organization connecting Nashvillians with friends around the world through cultural exchange and community partnership. It
is a chapter of Sister Cities International, which developed from a program begun in 1956 by President Dwight Eisenhower to promote international goodwill through citizen
diplomacy. Nashville's official sister cities are Belfast, Northern Ireland; Caen, France;
Edmonton, Canada; Magdeburg, Germany; Mendoza, Argentina; and Taiyuan, China. Additionally, Crouy, France is a Friendship
City, and Port de la Selva, Spain is a Municipality United in Friendship. Current candidate cities include Diyarbakir,
Turkey; Gwangjin-Gu, Metropolitan Seoul, South Korea; and Kamakura, Japan.
Sister Cities of Nashville was incorporated in 1990 as a 501(c)3
not-for-profit corporation. The board of directors is elected by the membership.
Mission
Sister Cities of Nashville connects the people of
Nashville to people of the world, promoting peace through mutual respect, cooperation, and understanding -- one person, one
community at a time.
Board of Directors
Mayor Karl Dean, Honorary Chairman
David Briley, President
Tracy Kane, Vice President Jackie Shrago, Secretary Julie Allen, Treasurer Eve Vaupel Abdo Burkley
Allen Gail Vaughn
Ashworth Anita Baltimore Douglas Berry Bob Bogen Alan Bostick Alex Brandau (Board Intern) John Branham
Elizabeth Worrell Braswell
Judge Thomas Brothers Sang Chun Barbara Cobb
Steve Cobb Joel Dark Kirmanj Gundi
Steve Haggard Garry Jackson Carlyle Johnson
Tracy Kane
Kim Lilly Kathryn McDaniel Blewett Melton
Philip Rasico Rita Richardson LaWanna Shelton
Judge Marietta Shipley Jackie Shrago Gary Thompson
Leo Waters Celeste Wilson
Katherine Wilson
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