Leadership Academy
Debbie Adams
Vice President of Student Affairs and Workforce Development
Chattanooga State Community College
Cathy Cate
Executive Director
Leadership Tennessee
Troy Grant
Assistant Executive
Director of P-16 Initiatives Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Kevin Lavender
Executive Vice President & Head of Corporate Banking
Fifth Third Bank
Tish Jones
Executive Director
HC*Excell
Jan McKeel
Executive Director
South Central TN Workforce Alliance
Danielle Mezera
Assistant Commissioner, Division of College, Career and Technical Education
Tennessee Department of Education
Georgia Reagan
College Success Coach
Conexion Americas
Jeremy Ross
Chief of Staff
East Tennessee State University
Ann Thompson
Director of Workforce Development
Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development
Kevin Woods
Executive Director
Workforce Investment Network
Keith Carver
Executive Assistant to the President University of Tennessee
Beth Duffield
Vice President of Workforce Development
Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce
Lora Jobe
Executive Director
PeopleFirst Partnership
Renata Soto
Co-founder & Executive Director
Conexion Americas
Greg Martz
Plant Manager
Chemours
Patrick Meldrim
Vice President
TN Independent Universities & Colleges
Deanna Morris-Stacey
Director of Programs & Initiatives in the Office of Community Colleges
Tennessee Board of Regents
Susan Rhodes
Scholars Program Director
The Ayers Foundation
Graham Thomas
Director of Community Partnerships
tnAchieves
Kasey Vatter