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    PENCIL Welcomes New Class of Board Leaders

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    NASHVILLE, TN, (TN Tribune) – PENCIL (Public Education Needs Community Involvement and Leadership), the boots-on-the-ground community resource recruiter to Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS), is pleased to announce its new class of board members as well as a new slate of board officers for the 2022-23 program year.

    Building on continued growth at PENCIL, the new cohort of board members complements their fellow industry leaders in delivering PENCIL’s vision to create a world in which MNPS students and teachers have equitable access to resources and opportunities.

    “We are thrilled to welcome such dynamic, forward-thinking industry experts to PENCIL. Our work is always stronger when we add input from our board members, especially as our strategic plan continues to push us into new ways of recruiting resources for MNPS,” shares PENCIL CEO Angie Adams. “Ultimately, our students and teachers benefit from the talents of this diverse and connected group of board and community leaders.”

    Effective July 1, the new governing board members will serve a three-year term.

    They are:
    Kfir Alexandroni, Audit Manager, Elliott Davis
    Herbert Brown, Community & Citizenship Director, Turner Construction
    Brittany Cline, Vice President and Wealth Advisor, Regions Bank
    Kason Davis, North America Marketing Strategy Manager, Caterpillar Financial Services
    Kirsten Dodson, Associate Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering, Raymond B. Jones College of
    Engineering, Lipscomb University
    Flynne Dowdy, Associate Attorney, Waller Law
    Jose R. Ferreira, Finance Director, JLL
    Jacqueline Hayes, Principal and Chief Marketing Strategist, Crayons & Marketers
    Nicole Keefe, Attorney, Burr & Forman LLP
    Nicole Robinson-Hamilton, Lead Content Manager of Merchandising, Ingram Content Group
    Jennifer N. Wade, Magistrate Judge, Davidson County Juvenile Court
    Ex Officio: Mary Lindsay Krebs, Intern, Young Leaders Council
    The new slate of board officers as of July 1 includes:
    Board Chair, Wes Payne, Senior Vice President, Pinnacle Financial Partners
    Immediate Past Chair, Norman Merrifield, Principal Thought Leader, 808 Education
    Vice Chair, Hasina Mohyuddin, Assistant Dean of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Vanderbilt Peabody College
    Secretary, Meredith Jones-Long, Music Agent, Creative Artists Agency
    Treasurer, Kenny Crapse, Commercial Banking Relationship Manager, Fifth Third Bank
    PENCIL’s young professional Emerging Leaders Board welcomes the following members as of July 1:
    David Banks, Program Manager, Global Mile, Amazon
    Tarryn Bell, Program Director, B.R.I.D.G.E. to Success, Meharry Medical College
    Melissa Cornejo, Community Achieves Program Specialist, Metro Nashville Public Schools
    Shohreh Daraei, Talent Development Manager, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
    Tanner Hamilton, Associate, Bradley

    La’Kishia Harris, FUSE Executive Fellow, Mayor’s Office
    Sara Horton, HR Project Coordinator, HCA Healthcare
    Martha H. Ingram, Community Relations Coordinator, Ingram Industries
    Falon Keith, Grants Associate, CMA Foundation
    Edward McFeders, Gray Line Tennessee
    Tyler Pruitt, Sr. Procurement Operations Analyst, LP Building Solutions
    Sebastian Roman, Director of Finance and Operations, MAYA Consulting
    John Royster, Credit Analyst, Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation
    Michelle Tribue, Senior Accountant, Global Reporting, Asurion
    Hannah Wishart, Analyst, Blackstone


    Founded in 1982 by a collective of Nashville business leaders, PENCIL (www.pencilforschools.org) links
    community resources to Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) to help young people achieve academic
    success and prepare for life. Our work is guided by the needs of MNPS, is student-centric, and is achieved
    through partnerships and tangible engagements. PENCIL envisions a world where all students have equitable
    access to opportunities and resources.

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