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Council Experience

• Arts, Parks, Libraries, and Entertainment Committee, Chair
• Planning and Zoning Committee, Member
• Women's Caucus, Member
• LGBTQ Caucus, Member

Family

Married, Proud aunt

Education

• B.A., Maryville College
• J.D., Nashville School of Law
• Certificate, The Campaign School at Yale University

Organizations

• Emerge America, past national board president
• Emerge Tennessee, co-founder and cabinet member
• Women of Government Affairs
• National Women’s Political Caucus Tennessee
• Lawyers' Association for Women, Marion Griffith Chapter

Professional Experience

• President, Rethink Public Strategies (2017-present)
• Director of Public Policy and Government Relations, Tennessee Bar Association (2014-2017)
• Vice President, Civic Point LLC (2010-2014)
• Legislative Liaison and Staff of Governor Bredesen for Department of Environment and Conservation, State of Tennessee (2007-2010)
• Research Analyst, Tennessee Senate Environment, Conservation, and Tourism Committee (2006-2007)
• Chief of Staff for State Senator, Tennessee General Assembly (2003-2006)
• Congressional staff and field representative, U.S. Congress (2000s)

Community Leadership/Engagement

• Women's Business Collaborative, Advisory Leadership Board
• Nashville Business Journal's Women of Influence, 2020
• ATHENA award recipient, 2019
• Nashville Cable, past president and member
• Nashville Women’s Breakfast Club, past president and member
• The Sycamore Institute, founding board member
• The Equity Alliance Fund and Tennessee Equality Project, board member
• The Rotary Club of Nashville, member
• The Junior League of Nashville, sustainer member
• Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors, founding board of directors
• YWCA of Nashville, advocacy committee
• Metro Nashville Mayor’s Gender Equity Council, past member
• Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and Northern Mississippi, board member
• NOAH affordable housing task force, past member, and Welcome Home! The Movement for Affordable Housing coalition organizer

Activities

Advocacy, volunteering, spending time with friends and family, hiking and reading