Chris Barbic is a partner with The City Fund, an organization across the US that partners with cities in an effort to creative innovative public school systems...
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Townes Duncan (Treasurer)
Founder and Managing Partner, Solidus
Townes Duncan, Founder, has been Managing Partner since Solidus began in 1997...
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Pitt Hyde (Emeritus)
Founder, AutoZone
Born in Memphis, Pitt Hyde received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of North Carolina in 1965...
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Holly Coleman
Program Director, Hyde Family Foundations
With more than 20 years in public finance banking and advisory, community development finance, strategy consulting and senior management in not for profits, Coleman has built a career across private, public and not for profit sectors...
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Yetta Lewis (Vice Chair)
CEO/Founder, Gestalt Community Schools
Yetta Lewis is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gestalt Community Schools...
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Lagra Newman
Founder & Head of School, Purpose Preparatory Academy
Lagra Newman has a proven track record of transformative academic outcomes for students in district and charter schools...
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Terence Patterson
CEO, Memphis Education Fund
Terence Patterson is a native Memphian who currently serves as CEO of the Memphis Education Fund...
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Dwayne Tucker
CEO, Lead Public Schools
Dwayne Tucker currently serves as CEO and Board member of Lead Public Schools, a network of six charter schools serving over 2,800 students in Nashville, Tennessee...
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Lin Johnson
Chief Strategic Growth and Finance Officer - TNTP
Lin Johnson III is the Chief Strategic Growth and Finance Officer at TNTP, where he leads our enterprise-level strategy toward growth and financial sustainability to broaden our reach and deepen our impact.
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Tim Ware
CEO, Grizzlies Prep
Timothy C. Ware is the founder of Ware Consulting Group, LLC, where he supports leaders in becoming agents of change by creating a vision, building alignment, and championing execution. Tim has held multiple senior-level executive roles and has nearly two decades of experience in community-based public service. Prior to entering the sphere of public education, Ware demonstrated this professional commitment to the community at St. Vincent Hospital, where he spent seven years overseeing the delivery of wraparound services to the neighborhood in which he lived.
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Jayme Simmons
Haslam Foundation
Jayme Place Simmons serves as the Executive Director of the Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation, which focuses on supporting outcomes-driven leaders impacting education, faith initiatives, and the Knoxville community