“I’ve been so focused on the oppression of my own people. I now see the struggles of other communities.”

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2023 Mosaic Changemakers

TENNESSEE

Amber Banks

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Center for Trust and Transformation
Adriana Bialostozky

Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Department of Pediatrics
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt    
Ashley L. Brown

Director of the Student Center for Social Justice and Identity
Vanderbilt University
Erika R. Burnett

Executive Director
Women’s Fund of Greater Chattanooga
Héctor Carrasco

Health Equity Director
Family Health and Wellness Division
Tennessee Department of Health
Travis Claybrooks

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Raphah Institute
Sarah Concepcion

Senior Advocacy and Research Analyst
Urban League of Greater Chattanooga
Venita Doggett

Director of Advocacy
Memphis Education Fund
Melody Freeman

Director of Collaborative Action
Seeding Success
Tonya Hervey

Director of Principal Leadership
Frayser Community Schools
Ray Holloman

Senior Program Manager
F5 Networks
P. Danielle Nellis

Counsel
Klein Solomon Mills, PLLC
Sam O'Bryant

President and CEO
BRIDGES USA
Jennifer Oldham

Communications Director
The Healing Trust
Talia Palacio

Manager of Multicultural Admissions and Marketing Communications
Rust College
Shelby Rogers

Senior Director of Postsecondary Innovation
SCORE
Julio Salazar

Associate Director of Program Development and Partnerships
Tennessee Educators of Color Alliance
Daniel Phoenix Singh

Executive Director
Metro Arts Nashville
Michelle Cummings Steele

Associate Vice President of External Affairs and Associate Professor, Center for Health Policy
Meharry Medical College
Dawana L. Wade

Chief Executive Officer
Salama Urban Ministries, Inc
Patrick Washington

Executive Director
Promise Academy Charter Schools
María Paula Zapata

Director of Programs
Conexión Américas