LT NEXT Class V

Fall 2022

Class V

Leadership Tennessee NEXT is welcoming a class of 29 rising professionals who represent the diversity of the regions and industries of the state. The class will meet four times during the program year, conducting sessions in Pickwick Landing, Chattanooga, Memphis and Nashville. Over the course of the program, participants will grow their professional skills and connect to a cross-generational network of state leaders, while participating in collaborative, non-partisan dialogue on issues of state importance.

• Andrea Bennett-Punke, Government Relations Associate, McMahan, Winstead & Richardson (Nashville)

• Michelle Black, Community Relations Manager, Northeast Tennessee Regional Economic Partnership (Johnson City)

• Calvin Dunning, VP, Fair Lending & CRA, FirstBank (Nashville)

• Whitney Flatt, Senior Management Consultant, Office of Customer Focused Government, State of Tennessee (Nashville)

• Rebecca Galfano, Press Secretary, United States House of Representatives, Office of Congressman Mark Green (Franklin)

• Diarese George, Executive Director, Tennnessee Educators of Color Alliance (Clarksville)

• Whitney Goetz, Executive Director, Alumni Association, East Tennessee State University (Johnson City)

• Bekah Grace, VP of Marketing, YMCA of East Tennessee (Knoxville)

• Latasha Harris, Anchor Programs Director, Memphis Medical District Collaborative (Memphis)

• Kathleen Hawkins, President/CEO, Hendersonville Area Chamber of Commerce (Hendersonville)

• Andrea Jacobo, Visiting Instructor/ Public Health Director, Rhodes College (Memphis)

• Haley Johnson, Assistant Principal, Sevier County Board of Education (Sevierville)

• Karitsa Jones, Administrator, Department of Early Learning, City of Chattanooga (Chattanooga)

• Spencer Klein, Project Manager - Advanced Nuclear Technology, Tennessee Valley Authority (Chattanooga)

• Dr. Sarah Lane, Principal, Hamilton County Schools (Chattanooga)

• Carlin McGlown, Assistant Principal, Tipton County Schools (Brighton)

• Tiffani Mensch, Chief Capacity Building Officer, United Way of Greater Knoxville (Knoxville)

• Grant Minchew, Legislative Liaison, State of Tennessee, Office of the Governor (Nashville)

• Kristen Pavlik McCallie, Executive Director, Children's Advocacy Center of Hamilton County (Chattanooga)

• Laci Payne, Principal Chemical Engineer, Eastman Chemical Company (Kingsport)

• Jen Prudhome Booker, Senior Manager, Site Experience & Digital Products, AutoZone Inc. (Memphis)

• Tiffany Sanders-Jones, Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder, Redeveloping Academics through Individual Needs, (R.A.I.N.) (Memphis)

• George Tolbert II, Principal Consultant, The P.O.U.R.S. Network (Mt. Juliet)

• Jess Vodden, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, East Tennessee State University (Johnson City)

• Rebecca Warren, Partner, FINN Partners (Brentwood)

• Jessica Whatley, CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Chattanooga (Chattanooga)

• Bridget Winstead, Senior Program Manager, Office of Government & Community Affairs, Vanderbilt Health (Nashville)

• Mason Worthington, Director - Tennessee Rural Entrepreneurship, Pathway Lending (Nashville)

• Andrew Zito, Vice President, Chattanooga Lookouts (Chattanooga)