LT NEXT Class VII

Fall 2023

Class VII

Leadership Tennessee, a collective with a mission to foster non-partisan dialogue on issues of state importance, today announced 30 individuals named to its Leadership Tennessee NEXT program, the seventh class to participate.

This year’s class includes representatives from 16 Tennessee counties with diverse professional experience ranging across such sectors as business, government, medical, nonprofit and education.

Leadership Tennessee NEXT Class VII 

Anderson

• Virginia Moon, Managing Editor, Warner Bros. Discovery

Blount

• Jessica Belitz, Director of Workforce Development, Blount Partnership

Cannon

• Joe Patterson, Lieutenant, Tennessee Highway Patrol

Davidson

• Christiane Buggs, Director of Partnerships / MNPS Board Member, TECA / Metro Nashville Public Schools

• Judith Clerjeune, Campaigns and Advocacy Director, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition

• Indira Dammu, Senior Analyst, Bellwether

• Aleah Guthrie, Vice President of Policy and Government Relations, SCORE

• Omaràn Lee, Nashville General Hospital/NewWork Fellowship; Director of Spiritual Care/ Pastor

• Cooper McCormick, Legislative Liaison, Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

• David Pemberton, Sales and Strategic Partnerships, Delta Dental of Tennessee

• Ben Sterling, Vice President of Content and Public Relations, tnAchieves

Hamilton

• Terran Anderson, Vice President of Community and Corporate Engagement, United Way of Greater Chattanooga

• Tucker McClendon, Deputy County Mayor, Education and Workforce Development, Hamilton County Government

• Arch Trimble IV, Director of Strategic Relationships, RSS Insurance

Knox

• Josh Andrews, Owner/President, Finish Point

• Brewton Brownlow Couch, Chief of Staff, Howard Baker School of Public Policy 

Madison

• Lauren Saliba, Director of Leadership Development, Greater Jackson Chamber of Commerce

Maury

• Adam Jarvis, Assistant Commissioner, Department of Finance and Administration, State of Tennessee

Obion

• Charles Peery, Partner, ATA CPAs

Rutherford

• Shanice Cheatham, Presidential Fellow, Meharry Medical College

Sevier

• Austin Williams, CEO, Compass

Shelby

• Jamal Boddie, Executive Director, Bloom, Inc.

• Dre Jones, Manager, Deloitte Digital

• Jarlecia Jones, VP of Lending, PathwayLending

Sumner

• Lacie K. Dunn, Associate Officer Senior Financial Analyst, AllianceBernstein

• L. Maverick Flowers, Associate Attorney, Polsinelli P.C.

Unicoi

• Natalie Willis, Security Director, Nuclear Fuel Services

Washington

• Daryl Carter, Associate Dean, Director and Professor of History, East Tennessee State University

• Melissa Nipper, Executive Director of Communications, East Tennessee State University

Williamson

• Chris Fears, Deputy Director, Office of Customer Focused Government, State of Tennessee