Board of Directors​

John M. Dab, Board Chair 
Senior Corporate Counsel, HealthTrust Purchasing Group

Christian Currey, Vice Chair
Owner, FarmVet.com, Inc.

John R. Mattox II, Ph.D., Secretary
Owner, Paddle Dog Adventures

Jared King, Treasurer
Kraft CPAs PLLC

Lisa Hooker Campbell
Community Leader

Wayne Edwards
Strategic Communications Consultant

Johnathan Fisher
Paddle, LLC Richard Chotard Associate General Counsel, Vanderbilt University

Courtney Laginess
Senior Counsel – Global Petcare at Mars Petcare

Jen Ripple
Editor-in-Chief, DUN Magazine

Kimberly K. Sharp
Manager, Retirement & Compliance, Total Rewards, Nissan USA

Drew Powell, CAWC, Board Intern
Nashville Young Leaders Council and Martin & Zerfoss, Inc.

Sasha Salenko, Owen Board Fellow for 2020
Vanderbilt University, Class of 2021

Spotlight: John Dab , Board Chair

John Dab is Senior Corporate Counsel HealthTrust Purchasing Group, Inc. For 16 years he was served as Senior Counsel, Corporate, Transactions and Manufacturing Group, and Assistant Secretary for Nissan North America, Inc. Prior to joining Nissan, Dab served as General Counsel for American Technologies Group, Inc., a company that manufactured an environmentally-friendly automotive product. His past professional affiliations include Board Member and Treasurer of the Tennessee Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel; Member, Business Law Section of the California State Bar Association and Co-Chair of its Corporate Law Department Standing Committee and Associate Editor of the Business Law News. Dab previously served on the board of the following non-profit organizations: The Nissan Foundation, The Nissan Disaster Relief Fund, and The Mapp Foundation. He also served as Regional Vice President – Youth, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, Pacific Southwest Region. Dab received a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Arts in Management Science from the University of California, San Diego.

Advisory Council​​

Dodd GalbreathChair
Lipscomb University, Institute for Sustainable Practices

Joe Glaser 
Glaser Family Foundation

Emily A. Magid

Becky Barkley

John Guider

Deborah Herron Miede Ph.D.

Mike Blosser
Louisiana Pacific Corporation

Lisa Harless
Music Row Regions Bank

Tom Morales
TomKats Catering

Linda Breggin
Environmental Law Institute

Gary Hawkins
Hawkins Partners, Inc.

John Noel
John Noel Investment Real Estate Company

David Bridgers
Waller Lansden Dortch and Davis

Nancy Hiatt

Phil Pace
Conseco Group

Mary Brockman
Pontotoc Farm

John Ingram 
Ingram Industries, Inc.

Ginger Shirling
Osburn Farm

Angela Calhoun

Orrin Ingram 
Ingram Industries, Inc.

William H. “Chip” Smith 
Hospital Corporation of America

Mike Corn
AquAeter

Susan Kaestner

Mary Wade

Sarah Ford

Robanne T. Legan

Darrell Waltrip 
Darrel Waltrip Automotive Group

Patty Ghertner

David Lemke 
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis