THE SOCIETY OF FELLOWS ARE IDENTIFIED AND SELECTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MAKING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE, IN A UNIQUE WAY, SUCH AS: LEADING INNOVATION IN BUSINESS, DRIVING SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS, MAKING POSITIVE CHANGE THROUGH THE ARTS, RAISING THE BAR FOR TECH, MEDIA, MUSIC, EDUCATION AND MORE. FELLOWS INVITEES ARE DIFFERENCE MAKERS WHO REPRESENT VARIOUS FIELDS OF WORK AND CREATIVE TALENTS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

THE SOCIETY OF FELLOWS GATHERINGS CENTER AROUND TED-LIKE TOPICS AND IDEAS TO GENERATE THOUGHT- PROVOKING CONVERSATION WHILE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY FOR DEEPER CONNECTION AMONGST FELLOWS MEMBERS.

THE SOCIETY OF FELLOWS IS AN INVITATION-ONLY PROGRAM OF TEDXNASHVILLE. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE, REACH OUT TO ONE OF OUR CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS FOR MORE INFORMATION.

the 2021 society of fellows

AARON GRUNKE
Marketing Manager, Integrity Laboratories

ABIGAIL SPAULDING
Financial Planner, Continuum Planning Partners

ALYSON DIXSON
Marketing Manager, Google

ANDREA BLACKMAN
Division Director, Nashville Public Library

ANGELA WIGGINS
Founder & Leadership Coach, Earnest Journey

AUSTIN FABEL
Director of Business Development, Fresh Hospitality

BLAKE SIMPSON
SVP Corporate Communications, Under Armour

BRANDY GIBSON
Director of Sales & Marketing, meet+greet

BRANDON GIBSON
Actor / Producer, Owner, Above the Line Acting Studio

BRIAN EVANS
Chief Human Resources Officer, Tractor Supply Company

BRITTNEY OLIVER
Founder, Lemons 2 Lemonade

BRITTANY COLE
Founder, Career Thrivers

CHANNING MORELAND
Co-CEO / Head of Strategic Partnerships, EVA

CHRIS MOISE
Licensee, TEDxNashville

CHRISTINA WANG
Brand Manager, MARS, Inc.

CHRISTY PRUITT-HAYNES
Founder, Our Truths / President Christy Pruitt Haynes Consulting

COLIN PIGGOTT
Account Manager Team Lead, Twitter

COLLEEN HOY
Sr. Manager Product Management, Education Networks of America

DANIELLE MCGEE
Founder, Black Business Boom

DEBORAH VARALLO
Owner / President, Varallo Public Relations​

DEBORAH WATTS
Founder & CEO, Hayde & Company

DOMONIQUE TOWNSEND
Founder, Chief Business Performance Strategist

ELIZABETH CROOK
CEO, Orchard Advisors

EMILY ENGEL
District Sales Manager,
​Applied Medical

EMILY JANNEY
Founder, Emily Janney LLC

ERIC HOLT
Co-Founder, LoveNoise / Assistant Professor of Music Business, Belmont University

EVELYN GALLETTI
Senior Manager of Strategy & Analytics, Deloitte

FALON SCOTT
Founder & CEO, Evolution Event Solutions / Operations Chair, TEDxNashville

GARY EVERTON
Partner, EOA Architects

GLENN ALLISON
VP Enterprise Architecture, Governance & Innovation, Tractor Supply Company

HARRY ALLEN
Co-Founder & EVP, Studio Bank

JAIME BRUCE
Instructor, Middle
​Tennessee State University

JEFF HORNE
Director of Marketing, OPT Telescopes

JENNIFER HOUSE
Owner/ Partner, Cumberland Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics

JENNIFER SHEETS
Co-owner / Creative Director / Chief Marketer, Frothy Monkey

JEREMY JOHNSON
SVP Treasury & Loan Operations, Franklin Synergy

JEREMY RUBIN
Vice President, Warner Bros Records

JEREMY SNOW
President, J Snow Construction / Speaker Chair, TEDxNashville

JESSICA HARTHCOCK
CEO, Utilize Health

JON SHEARER
Executive Coach, Cadence Co. / President, TEDxNashville

JULIA BRUCK
Director of Communications,
​TN Secretary of State

JUSTIN CROSSLIN
Co-Managing Principal, Crosslin

JUSTIN LEVENSON
Label Resources, Team Lead, Big Machine Label Group

KALEIGH IMBRIALE
Executive Director, TEDxNashville

KANISHKA BADDANDA
Entrepreneur

KAREN THOMPSON
AVP Regional Community Engagement, HCA Healthcare

KATHRYN TUCK
Event Specialist, Evolution Event Solutions

KEDRAN WHITTEN
Co-Founder, Brand825

KELLY GOLDSMITH
Associate Professor of Marketing, Owen Graduate School of Management

KIMBERLY GOESSELE
President/ CEO, Alive Hospice

KIRBEE MILLER
Owner, KiNiMi Kitchen

KIRSTEN KENNEY
Lead Anesthesiologist, St. Thomas West Hospital

KRISTEN HEERING
Turner & Associates Realty / Volunteer Chair, TEDxNashville

LAUREL ORLEY
Co-Founder and CEO, Daily Crunch Snacks

LAUREN ETTERS
VP Client Services, Local Search Masters

LEISA GILL
Director or Client Experience, LBMC

LISA CHADER
CCO, The Change Agent*cy President/CEO, Chader Consulting

MARGARET RILEY KING
Agent, William Morris Endeavor

MARJORIE QUIN
Chief Executive Officer, End Slavery Tennessee

MARSHALL GOLDSMITH
Author, Speaker, Executive Coach

MARY WINN PILKINGTON
SVP Investor & Public Relations, Tractor Supply Company

MATT BODNAR
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Fresh Capital Group

MATT LAWRENCE
CEO / Creative Director, Push Focus

MEG GRUNKE
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Survivor Fitness

MELANIE GAO
Senior Director of Executive Development, HCA Healthcare

MELISSA GREENE
Co-Founder, Imaginarium

MICHAEL BRODY-WAITE
Author & Speaker

MICHAEL BUTLER
CEO, Tennessee Wildlife Federation

MIKE JOHNSON
SVP, Weirdo Workshop LLC

NANCY YOUSEFF
Chief Business Development Officer, Soles4Souls

NATHAN RICHES
Owner, Riches Consulting

NEKASHA PRATT
Director of Marketing, Tennessee Department of Tourism

NICOLE COBB
Adjunct Professor, Vanderbilt University

PAMELA TAYLOR
Art Administrator

PERRI DUGARD OWENS
President & CEO, duGard Communications

PETE DUNLAP
Software Engineer

RACHEL LAYTON
VP of Marketing + Growth, Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe

ROB IVY
Chief Financial Officer, Lee Company

ROBERT ROSARIO
VP Development, Nashville Sports Council

ROY DANO
Founder & CEO,
​SportBlog.com

STEPHANIE SNOW
Office Manager, J Snow Construction / TEDxNashville Speakers Committee

TARA SCARLETT
CEO/President, Scarlett Family Foundation

TERRY VO
External Affairs, COMCAST 

THERESA VONGKHAMCHANH
Digital Marketing Manager, Good Dye Young

TODD MEADOR
Chief Impact Officer, Soul Gorgeous

TOM HANSEN
VP Sales & Marketing, Tuned In Broadcasting (Lightning 100)

TOM TRUITT
Partner, Buffkin/Baker / Founder WHO KNEW & MusicRowSearch

TOM WOODARD
Managing Partner / Founder, Woodard Brothers Distributing

TONY HEARD
Partner, InfoWorks

TIMOTHY DRISDELLE
Founder & CTO,
​Lord & Liberty Hotels

VAN TUCKER
Chief Operating Officer, Launch Tennessee

VIRGINIA HARLAN
​VP & Global Commercial Lead, ViiV Healthcare

ZINA JARRAHI CINKER
Director General, AMPT / Managing Partner, C6 Firm / Physicist

BRIAN WATERS
Director of Interactive Marketing, Lightning 100

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