Our Team

Blair Taylor

Founder, President & CEO

Rebecca Lofty Woods

Senior Vice President, Government Affairs

Jenny White

Director, Community Engagement & Digital Advocacy

Cay Hayes

Vice President, Employer Solutions, TN Business + Family Forum

Nancy Dishner
CEO Emeritus
Niswonger Foundation

Kathy Buckman Gibson
CEO
KBG Technologies

Dave Miller
CEO
Apex Bank

Reverend Keith Norman
Senior Pastor, First Baptist Broad
VP, Government Relations and CCRO, Baptist Memorial Heath Care Corp

Todd Norris
Chief Population Health Officer
Ballad Health

Lesley Stiles Scearce
President & CEO
United Way of Greater Chattanooga

Gary Shorb
Executive Director
The Urban Child Institute

Chelsea Peterson
Managing Director
PNC Bank

Blair Taylor
Founder, President & CEO
Tennesseans for Quality Early Education

Dakasha Winton
SVP & Chief Gov’t Relations Officer
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

Jeff McCord
President
Northeast State Community College

A C Wharton
Former Mayor, City of Memphis and Shelby County
The A C Wharton Group