About
Staff
Kaleigh Imbriale
Executive Director
Kaleigh@tedxnashville.com
Board of Directors
Chris Moise
PRESIDENT
& LICENSEE,
TEDxNashville
Jon Shearer
VICE PRESIDENT
Founder & CEO,
CADENCE CO.
Jeremy Johnson
TREASURER
Vice President,
Franklin Synergy
Nicole Cobb
SECRETARY
Professor,
Vanderbilt University
Rob Ivy
FUNDRAISING CHAIR
Chief Financial Officer,
Lee Company
Jeremy Snow
SPEAKER CHAIR
Chief of Staff, Millions
of Conversations
Falon Scott
OPERATIONS CHAIR
Founder and CEO,
Evolution Event Solutions
Jill Robinson
INNOVATIONS CHAIR
Dir. of External Relations, The Jack C. Massey College of Business, Belmont University
Kelly Goldsmith
MARKETING CHAIR
Professor, Vanderbilt
University
Kanishka Biddanda
Serial Enterpreneur
Dionne Lucas
Director of Marketing & Communications, African American Music Museum
Tom Hansen
VP, Sales and Marketing,
Lightning 100 / WRLT
Michael Brody-Waite
CEO of the Nashville
Entrepreneur Center
Jeff Horne
Partner, Entour Med
Matt Bodnar
Partner, Fresh Hospitality
Christine Kiesling
General Manager,
Nteractive Consulting
Todd Meador
Chief Impact Officer,
Soul Gorgeous
Margaret Riley King
Literary Agent,
William Morris Endeavor
Tom Truitt
Partner at Buffkin/Baker and Founder of Who Knew
Dr. Kelly McQueen
Director of Vanderbilt Anesthesia Global Health and Development / Fellowship
Michael Butler
Chief Executive Officer,
Tennessee Wildlife Federation
Speakers Committee
Jeremy Snow
SPEAKER CHAIR
Chief of Staff, Millions
of Conversations
Alyson Dixson
VICE CHAIR
Enterprise Marketing
Manager, Google
Todd Meador
Chief Impact Officer,
Soul Gorgeous
Rob Ivy
Chief Financial Officer,
Lee Company
Chris Becker
Business Development
Kanishka Biddanda
Serial Enterpreneur
Christy Pruitt-Haynes,
Christy Pruitt-Haynes Consulting
D’Llisha Davis
MNPS Educator / Event Organizer,
2Ls on a cloud
Fundraising Committee
Rob Ivy
FUNDRAISING CHAIR
Chief Financial Officer,
Lee Company
Tom Hansen
VICE CHAIR
VP, Sales and Marketing,
Lightning 100 / WRLT
Michael Butler
Chief Executive Officer,
Tennessee Wildlife Federation
Kanishka Biddanda
Serial Enterpreneur
Mike Smith
President,
Conjure
Chris Moise
PRESIDENT,
TEDxNashville
Innovations Committee
Jill Robinson
INNOVATIONS CHAIR
Dir. of External Relations, The Jack C. Massey College of Business, Belmont University
Christine Kiesling
General Manager,
Nteractive Consulting
Margaret Riley King
Literary Agent,
William Morris
Endeavor
Raquel Bueno
Owner, Liberation Nashville
Kanishka Biddanda
Serial Enterpreneur
Dr. Kelly McQueen
Director of Vanderbilt Anesthesia Global Health and Development / Fellowship
Marketing Committee
Kelly Goldsmith
MARKETING CHAIR
Professor, Vanderbilt
University
Dionne Lucas
VICE CHAIR
Director of Marketing & Communications, African American Music Museum
Colin Pigott
Customer Service,
Twitter / Sales & Growth
Consultant
Lauren Etter
VP Client Services,
Local Search Masters
Amanda Murphy
Dir of Communications,
TN Dept of Tourism Development
Robert Rosario
Director of Sponsorship, Nashville Chamber of Commerce
Operations Committee
Falon Scott
OPERATIONS CHAIR
Founder and CEO,
Evolution Event Solutions
Lindsey Cox
Director of Operations &
Government Affairs,
Launch Tennessee
TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations).
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 30 years ago, TED has grown to support its mission with multiple initiatives. The two annual TED Conferences invite the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes or less. Many of these talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman. The annual TED Conference takes place each spring in Vancouver, British Columbia. TED’s media initiatives include TED.com, where new TED Talks are posted daily; the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world get help translating their wishes into action; TEDx, which supports individuals or groups in hosting local, self- organized TED-style events around the world, and the TED Fellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities. Follow TED on Twitter at twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at facebook.com/TED.