BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Nashville Mayor John Cooper, Honorary Chair
Barry Kolar,  President (TN Bar Association)
Eric Beyer, Vice President (Metro Transit)
Mina Johnson, Vice President
Matt Pierce, Secretary 
Julie Allen, Treasurer  (Community Volunteer)
Parker Higgins, Assistant Treasurer (Deloitte) 

Burkley Allen  (Metro Council member, District 18)
Gail Vaughn Ashworth (Wiseman Ashworth Law Group)
Catrina Bell (Ascension Health)
Kate Bentley (Former U.S. Diplomat)
Amy Bryan (REACH, LLC)
David Butler (Birch Healthcare Insights)
Lori Carver (First TN Bank)
Jim Catalano (The Catalano Firm)
Renuka Christoph (Music City Center)
Patsy Cottrell (former TN Court of Appeals judge)
Amélie de Gaulle  (Honorary French Consul, Interior Designer)
Joel Dark (Tennessee State University)
Tina Deloach (self-employed)
Tom Elmlinger (Elmlinger Law)
Lee Fentriss (Heritage Medical Associates)
Aaron Fiske (B. Riley Financial)
Hiroshi Goto (Alliance Bernstein)
Nancy Gregg (Hasler Holdings)
Tanisha Hall (TDOT)
Candace Higgins  (Community Volunteer)
Shokhlo Amy Karaman (Magazine Editor)
Jeff Mahoney (Radiologist)
Becky Meagher (Crye Leike Realtors)
Evan Metcalf (Cat Financial)
Carol McCoy (former Chancellor)
Jose Nunez (Caterpillar Financial)
Lori Odom (Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce)
Jeff Overby (Belmont University) 
Micaela Reed (A&M Events)
Tabitha Robinson (NES)
​Becky Sharpe (International Scholarship and Tuition Services)
Jim Shulman (Vice Mayor)
Brooke Vane (Fleishman Hillard)
Marieta Velikova (Belmont University)
Ann Waddey (Waddey Property Management Co.) 
Dan Walsh (retired)
Matt Watkins (AristoMedia)
Celeste Wilson (United Way of Middle Tennessee)

Executive Director: Sarah Lingo
​Director of Student Exchanges: Claire Coleman