Growth Alliance Leadership
The Memphis Shelby Growth Alliance mission is to foster job creation in Memphis Shelby County. Its core activities are to:
- Develop a strategic agenda of select initiatives with game-changing impact on job creation
- Coordinate implementation
- Monitor progress
- Communicate results
- Advocate for supportive public/private investment and government policies
A public/private sector Board of Directors oversees the work of the Growth Alliance. The Chairman is Bill Evans, President & Director, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; and the administrator is Reid Dulberger with the Greater Memphis Chamber. Board Members include:
Jan Bouten, Partner, Innova
Henri Brooks, Commissioner, Shelby County Board of Commissioners
Scott Carmichael, Mayor, City of Lakeland
Elizabeth Cawein, CEO & Founder, Signal Flow PR
Paul Criss, President, Lakeland Area Chamber of Commerce
Jonathan Cross, President, Jonathan Cross Ventures & Holdings
Alandas Dobbins, Owner, Nsight Communications
Meka Egwueke, Sr. Architect/Co-Director of Development, Lokion
Brian Elder, President, Arlington Chamber of Commerce
Bill Evans, Director & CEO, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Teri Flannagan, Acting President, Millington Chamber of Commerce
Sharon Goldsworthy, Mayor, City of Germantown
Carolyn Hardy, President, Chism Hardy Enterprises
Richard Hodges, Mayor, City of Millington
Cato Johnson, Sr. V.P. of Corporate Affairs, Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare
Stan Joyner, Mayor, Collierville Town Hall
Anna Kelly, Chairperson, Memphis Hispanic Chamber of Com.
Kevin Kern, Director of Public Relations, Elvis Presley Enterprises
Terence Lewis, President & CEO, Trust One Bank
Myron Lowery, Chairman, Memphis City Council
Mark Luttrell, Mayor, Shelby County
Beverly Marrero, Chair, Shelby County Legislative Delegation
A. Keith McDonald, Mayor, City of Bartlett
Tony Milton, Owner, Synergy Technologies Group
John Moore, President & CEO, Greater Memphis Chamber
Johnny B. Moore, President & CEO, SunTrust Bank
Hank Mullany, CEO, ServiceMaster
Iddo Patt, Director & Executive Producer, Modern Production Concepts
Fran Persechini, President & CEO, Collierville Chamber of Commerce
Joe Royer, Co-Owner, Outdoors Inc.
Pat Scroggs, President & CEO, Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce
David Slott, President & COO, ARS Investment Holdings, LLC
Blair Taylor, President, Memphis Tomorrow
John Threadgill, President & CEO, Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce
Ted Townsend, Regional Director Greater Memphis, TN Dept. of Econo.& Com. Dev.
Floyd Tyler, President, Preserver Partners, LLC
Mark Wender, Chief Operating Officer, Soulsville Foundation
Jason Wexler, President, Henry Turley Company
A C Wharton, Mayor, City of Memphis
Duncan Williams, President, Duncan-Williams, Inc.
Archie Willis, President, Community Capital
Mike Wissman, Mayor, City of Arlington