PeopleFirst! Leadership
The PeopleFirst Partnership oversees the development and implementation of the PeopleFirst agenda. Its mission is to foster development, attraction and retention of talent in Memphis Shelby County. Its core activities are to:
- Develop a strategic agenda of select initiatives with game-changing impact on talent development, attraction and retention
- Coordinate implementation
- Monitor progress
- Communicate results
- Advocate for supportive public/private investment and government policies
The Chairman of the Partnership is Gary Shorb, CEO of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare; and the interim Executive Director is Douglas Scarboro, City of Memphis Office of Talent and Human Capital. Board Members include:
John Aitken ,Superintendent ,Shelby County Schools
Sandra Allen, Director, Center for Childres and Parents
Austin Baker, President, HRO Partners
Steve Bares, President & Executive Director, Memphis Biotech Foundation
Cheryl Beard, Executive Director, Urban Youth Initiative
Miska Clay Bibbs, Chairman, MPACT Memphis
Kenya Bradshaw, TN Executive Director, Stand For Children
Shannon Brown, Senior Vice President - Personnel, FedEx Express
John Carson, CEO, Morgan Keegan, Inc.
Kriner Cash, Superintendent, Memphis City Schools
Nancy Coffee, President & CEO, Leadership Academy
John Daniel, Executive Vice President, First Horizon National Corporation
Reid Dulberger, Administrator, Memphis ED/Memphis Shelby Growth Alliance
Nate Essex, President, Suthwest Community College
Scott Fountain, Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer, Baptist Memorial Healthcare
Michelle Fowlkes, Executive Director, Operaton Safe Community/Memphis Shelby Crime Commission
Desi Franklin, Executive Director, Workforce Investment Institute
Hank Herrod, Executive Director, The Urban Child Institute
Dottie Jones, Director, Shelby County Community Services
Mark Luttrell, Mayor, Shelby County Government
John Moore, President & CEO, Greater Memphis Chamber
Joe Pepe, President & Publisher, The Commercial Appeal
Johnny Pitts, President, Lipscomb & Pitts Insurance, LLC
Shirley Raines, President, University of Memphis
Roland Rayner, President, TN Technology Center
Douglas Scarboro, Executive Director, Talent and Human Capital Office of the City Mayor
Gary Shorb, President & CEO, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
Blair Taylor, President, Memphis Tomorrow
Regina Walker, Senior Vice President Community Initiatives, The United Way of the Mid South
A C Wharton, Mayor, City of Memphis
David Williams, President & CEO, Leadership Memphis
Fenton Wright, Director, Memphis Shalom Project