Get to know our team.

We are here to support the arts to strengthen our community. If you have questions regarding donations, grants, or anything related to arts in Memphis, please contact us.

LEADERSHIP

Elizabeth Rouse
President & Chief Executive Officer

Nur Abdalla
Community Impact Manager

Josie Ballin
Director of Donor Engagement

Colleen McCartney
Senior Director of Development

Briana Robinson
Development & Operations Coordinator

Jana Tayloe
Sponsorship Coordinator

Tracy Lauritzen Wright
Chief Operating Officer

Julie Wiklund
Chief Financial Officer

Board of Directors

MEMBERS

Oscar Adams
Director of Product Marketing – Fixed Income, Raymond James

Bo Allen
West Tennessee, Arkansas, North Mississippi Region President, First Horizon

John Bass
Director, Mike Curb Institute for Music at Rhodes College

Michael Campanaro
VP, IT, AutoZone

Audsley Carr
Executive Recruiter; Talent Acquisition Consultant

Kate Connell
Investment Manager, Gilliland Investments

Bob Craddock
Partner, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP

Pat Danehy
Principal, NewSouth Capital Management

Trow Gillespie
Retired Founder & President, NewSouth Capital Management

Jonathan C. Hancock
Shareholder, Baker Donelson

Lowry Howell
Senior Analyst, Principal, Southeastern Asset Management

Rachel Jackson
President, Bloomin’ Blinds of Lakeland

Dianne Mall

Carl E. Moore
Visual Artist | Senior Graphic Designer, WREG-TV   

Reginald R. Paige, Sr.
Attorney

Bo White
Lead Tax Counsel, FedEx Corporation

Kera Wright
Chief Financial Officer, ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Jon Moorehead  Chair
Audit & Assurance Partner, Deloitte 

Martin Hand Vice Chair
Chief Donor Officer, ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Dr. Russ Wigginton Secretary
President, National Civil Rights Museum

Mary Hopkins Treasurer
Finance Sr. Director – Strategic Projects, International Paper

Kathy Gale Uhlhorn Past Chair

C. David Biggers, Jr.
Senior Counsel, ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Bruce B. Hopkins  
Retired Chairman, First Horizon

Gary Wunderlich
Head of Capital Markets, Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.