Advisory Board

To ensure active community involvement, Memphis City Schools convened a TEI Advisory Board consisting of leaders from the local philanthropic, business and political communities. From the beginning, the group has been involved in all aspects of plan development and implementation providing a unique combination of knowledge, ability and experience. 

RONALD BELZ
President and Chief Operating Officer
Belz Enterprises

JIM BOYD
Executive Director
Pyramid Peak Foundation

KENYA BRADSHAW
Tennessee Director
Stand for Children

COMMISSIONER HENRI E. BROOKS
District 2 Commissioner
Shelby County Schools

SONJA CURRIE
Director of Grants and Initiatives
Memphis Leadership Foundation

JOSH EDELMAN
Senior Program Officer
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

SARAH HICKMAN FARRELL
Corporate Contributions
FedEx Corporation

BABS FEIBELMAN
Consultant
Children's Foundation of Memphis

KEN FOSTER
Executive Director
Memphis Education Association

CLAUDIA HALTOM
Trustee
Children's Foundation of Memphis

TOMEKA HART
President and CEO
Memphis Urban League

ETHELE S. HILLIARD
Vice President and Project Director
Hilliard & Associates

ROBERTA MACK
Former President
Memphis City Schools Parent Assembly Committee

TOM MARINO
Executive Director
The Poplar Foundation

ALEX MATLOCK
Regional Market Manager
doxchoice, LLC

SCOTT MCCORMICK
Executive Director
Plough Foundation

DWIGHT MONTGOMERY
President
Southern Christian Leadership Conference

JOHNNY B. MOORE
President and CEO
SunTrust Bank

LEE MORRIS
Director of Programs and Communications
Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation

TERENCE PATTERSON
Education Program Officer
Hyde Family Foundation

DOUGLAS SCARBORO
Executive Director, Office of Talent and Human Capital
Education Liaison, Office of Mayor AC Wharton Jr

GEORGE SLADE, JR.
Senior Vice President
First Tennessee Bank

TERESA SLOYAN
Executive Director
Hyde Family Foundations

MARK STURGIS
Memphis Director
Stand for Children

BLAIR TAYLOR
President
Memphis Tomorrow

TALANA L. VOGEL, ED.D.
Former Department Chair, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Education
Christian Brothers University

DONALD WAGNER
Dean of College of Education
University of Memphis

KEISHA WALKER
Shelby County Office of Early Childhood

KIM WIRTH
Senior Communications Manager
International Paper Company

SENATOR JAMIE WOODSON
Executive Director
Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE)

LAUREN YOUNG
Executive Director
Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation