William E. Orgel
Chairman
Shelby County Board of Education
District 7

William E. Orgel (Billy) is a native of Memphis, Tennessee and a BBA from the University of Texas at Austin in 1985. After graduation, he moved to Memphis to work at his family business, Majestic Communications, which he helped build into the areas' largest retailer of Motorola two-way radio equipment as well as the largest private licensee of 800MHZ FCC licenses. Due to the Telecommunications Act of 1996 there began an emergence of multiple wireless phone carriers across the country, and Billy began to build on his existing portfolio of communications towers by performing build to suit services for these new carriers. His company that he runs with his partners, Tower Ventures, currently own over 640 towers and they have built and sold 325 towers since the company began. Currently, Tower Ventures leases tower space in over 30 states and is one of the largest private tower companies in the country. Tower Ventures has also established a REIT, Tower Ventures REIT, to purchase easements and land underneath existing tower sites across the country.

Billy is the Immediate Past President of the Board of Trustees at Temple Israel Synagogue and former Co-Chair of their 25 million capital campaign. He is a Past Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bridges, Inc, where he chaired the Building Committee for their new facility. Billy is also a past Board Member of the New Memphis Arena Public Building Authority that oversaw the construction of the FedEx Forum, the home of the University of Memphis Tigers and the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. In addition, he is a member of the Executive Board of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, a member of the Lebonheur Foundation Board and a past member of both the Port Commission for Memphis and Shelby County and the Memphis and Shelby County Charter Commission. In 1999, Billy was selected by the Memphis Business Journal as one of their "Top 40 Under 40" of local community leaders and was recently selected as a member of the Memphis chapter of the Society of Entrepreneurs, where he now serves on the board. In addition, Billy is an Organizer and Director of the First Capital Bank located in Germantown, Tennessee, a community bank with 185 million in assets.

Over the years, Billy became interested in preserving historic buildings in Downtown Memphis, and to date he and his partners have completed new construction as well as the preservation of 6 buildings that include commercial space and 155 apartments. Billy is also involved in the restaurant business as a franchisee of Ruth's Chris in Rogers, Arkansas.

He and his wife, Robin Salky Orgel, are life long Memphians and have three children, Benjamin (19), Megan (16), and Hannah (12). Benjamin is a sophomore at The University of Texas at Austin and both Megan and Hannah attended and graduated from Grahamwood Elementary. Hannah is currently a student at White Station Middle School.

DR. JEFFERY WARREN

Dr. Jeffery Warren was born in Abingdon, Virginia, and is a physician at Primary Care Specialists, Inc. Now married with three children, Dr. Warren graduated cum laude from Yale University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology. He attended the Duke University School of Medicine. He completed his internship at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and his residency in Emergency Medicine at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center and in Family Medicine at University of Tennessee Memphis Baptist program.

He served in the Public Health Corps from 1983-1986 as a "Fellow-Attending" in the Department of Community Medicine and Ambulatory Care in Queens Hospital Center in New York City, while working a day a week at The Riker's Island Penitentiary clinic.

Dr. Warren has served as a Memphis City School Board Commissioner since January 2005; his current term expires in August 2013. He has a full-time family practice at Primary Care Specialists, Inc.

He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Tennessee Medical Society/Shelby County Chapter, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Tennessee Academy of Family Physicians, the American Medical Directors Association, and other professional organizations.

He has served as clinical faculty for the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center's Department of Family medicine. He serves as medical director for several area nursing homes. He is on staff and sees his hospital patients at Methodist University Hospital.

Among the honors Dr. Warren has received are the Golden Apple/Teacher of the Year Award and the Outstanding Clinical Instructor of the Year from the University of Tennessee Department of Family medicine.

Dr. Warren has been a soccer coach for the past 17 years for Evergreen. He is an Elder at First Presbyterian Church.

Dr. Warren has three sons. Jefferson and Cannon are graduates of Central High, and Sam attends Snowden Middle.

Christopher Gates Caldwell
Commissioner
District 1

Christopher Caldwell is a Financial Consultant and Vice President at Morgan Keegan. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas in 1974. It is no exaggeration to say Caldwell has been one of the most involved public school parents in the region. He's served on various parent organizing groups, and even has been active in intentionally recruiting those Midtown parents who traditionally choose not to send their children to Memphis City Schools.

Chris Caldwell is a native Memphian and MCS product. He is a Vice President with Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. Chris has been an actively engaged parent for almost a decade. He has been married for thirty years to Cheryl Caldwell (also an actively engaged parent for MCS). They have three children- Jeremy (a freshman at Central High), Ally (an eighth grader at Snowden, and Ryan (a fifth grader at Snowden). Chris is dedicated to being a voice for Parents, Teachers, Principals, and other School Administrators who are most responsible for the quality of education and what happens in the classroom.

"We have a window of opportunity to have a once-in-a-lifetime positive impact on our community by making sure we improve the quality of education for all children in Shelby County. What we do in the next few months will affect the quality of life for generations to come. It's time for all of us to work together so that our children and our community can compete globally and we all can enjoy the prosperity that will follow!"

STEPHANIE GATEWOOD

As a product of a military home, Commissioner Stephanie Gatewood was raised all over the country in various cities, an experience she says helped her to appreciate and enjoy diversity.

Employed as a Tax Manager with H & R Block and as a Research Coordinator for Jackson Madison School District, Commissioner Gatewood has a degree in Public Administration with an emphasis in Public Policy, and is a graduate of the Leadership Memphis 2011 Executive Leadership Class.

Since becoming a Commissioner, she has taken on a number of additional responsibilities. She was appointed to the Executive Task Force for Student Achievement for the Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE), as well as to the Advisory Editorial Board for the Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA). In addition, she serves TSBA as an Ambassador for Tennessee, a communications position with the state organization, and is a member of the Federal Relations Network, focusing on issues that affect school boards across the nation.

Commissioner Gatewood has worked with Shelby County Sheriff Mark Luttrell and the University of Memphis to host a community chat on Gang Awareness and was successful in bringing out over 200 parents, and community members.

Commissioner Gatewood is a member of Toastmasters International, and The Kiwanis Club of East Memphis, whose vision is changing the world one child at time, and Freedom from Unnecessary Negatives (FUNN), which aims to educate youth about the importance of non-violence. Ms. Gatewood is a member of the League of Women Voters, Mpact Memphis; the American Educational Researcher's of America (AERA), American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and serves as a commissioner of the Memphis City Beautiful Commission.

Ms. Gatewood has two children, Coree (graduate of Memphis City Schools) and Brooke, who attends Memphis City Schools.

Teresa Jones

Ms. Teresa Jones was born in Holly Springs, Ms. She attended Byhalia High School, Lane College and Memphis State University Law School. Currently, she serves as Chief City Prosecutor for the City Of Memphis Law Division and has served in this capacity since May 2003. Prior to present position Ms. Jones served as senior trial attorney and supervisor in the Shelby County Public Defender Office for fifteen years. She has been licensed in Tennessee since 1987.

Ms. Jones is an active member of the Ben F. Jones Chapter of the National Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the National Bar Association, the Memphis Bar Association and the Tennessee Lawyers Assistance Program. She is also very active in the community as a member of the NAACP Executive Committee Member as well as the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

On October 1, 2011, Ms. Jones began her appointment with the merged Shelby County Board of Education as the District 2 Representative for Shelby County.

Ms. Jones is a member of the Midtown Church of Christ. She is single and does not have any children. Ms. Jones is an avid tennis player and bowler.

PERSONAL DATA

Name:	Joseph Anderson Clayton
Home Address:	670 Peterson Lake Road Collierville, TN 38017 Telephone: 901-853-2593
Family:	Wife, Nell, retired Teacher, Shelby County Schools Three Children, Ten Grandchildren, Three Great Grandchildren

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION:

Educational Preparation
High School	Diploma from Collierville High School, 1950
B.S.	WUniversity of Memphis, 1954; Major: Physical Education and Secondary Education; Minor: Social Studies
M.A.	University of Memphis, 1961; Major: Educational Administration & Supervision
Positions Held
1954 (2 Months)	Teacher and Coach: Collierville High School
1954-1956	Military Service, United States Army
1956-1959	Teacher and Coach, Collierville High School
1959-1961	Teacher and Head Coach, Oakhaven High School
1961-1964	Assistant Principal and Guidance Counselor, Oakhaven High School
1964-1971	Principal, Oakhaven High School
1971-1974	Principal, Overton High School
1975-1988	Principal, Briarcrest Christian High School
1989-1996	President, Briarcrest Christian School System
1988-Present	Member, Shelby County Board of Education

Personal and Professional Honors

Member, Board of Control, Tennessee Secondary School Athletic
Association, 1970-1973

President, Memphis Public Schools Principals Association, 1970-1971

President, West Tennessee Principals Association, 1971-1972

"Man-of-the-Year," Southeast Memphis Exchange Club, 1971, cited for "commitment to youth"

American Educators Medal Award, Freedom Foundation, 1972

Collierville High School Sports Hall of Fame, 1975

President, "M" Club, 1993

University of Memphis, Hall of Fame (Billy Murphy Outstanding Achievement Award, 1994)

University of Memphis, Educator of the Year Award, 1997

Former Member, University of Memphis Education Alumni Board

Former Member, Advisory Board, University of Memphis School of Education

Honored with Briarcrest Football Stadium named "Clayton Field", 2000

All American Coach Award, 2004

Collierville Person of the Year, 2005

Collierville High School Alumni Hall of Fame, 2005

BCS Athletic Hall of Fame, 2006

Shelby County Schools Alumni Hall of Fame, 2006

Member of 2007 All-Tennessee School Board

Honored with Collierville Middle School library named The Joe Clayton Library, 2009

TSSAA Hall of Fame, 2010

COMMUNITY AND CHURCH ACTIVITIES

Member, Collierville First Baptist Church

Member, Collierville Chamber of Commerce

Member, Collierville High School Alumni Association

Former Chairman, Fundraising Committee-Collierville Education Foundation

Former President, Collierville Chapter – Heart Association

Tomeka R. Hart
District 7

Tomeka Hart is the fifth president and CEO of the Memphis Urban League. She is the first female to hold the position in the 79-year history of the organization. Under Hart's leadership, the League has strengthened its operations, focused its programs, and reenergized its workforce and youth development services. Hart believes that the programs the League provides to youth in education and leadership development and to adults in career readiness, professional development, and job placement are essential to increasing economic opportunities and lowering poverty in Memphis, Tennessee.

Hart is a native Memphian and proud product of Memphis public schools. After earning a B.S. degree in Marketing Education from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she continued her education with a M.B.A. from Kennesaw State University and a J.D. from the University of Memphis.

Hart developed an early commitment to education and youth by teaching for five years in the Cobb County School System (Georgia). After moving back to Memphis and earning her J.D., she established a labor and employment law practice with Ford & Harrison, LLP.

In 2004, Hart continued her commitment to education with a successful campaign for election to the Memphis City Schools Board of Commissioners. She was re-elected to a second term in 2008, and served as Board President January 2008 – June 2009.

An avid community servant, Hart is active in many local, state and national organizations. She serves on the boards of the Workforce Investment Network (WIN), the Memphis Riverfront Development Corporation, and the Leadership Academy. Hart serves as a Co-Chair of Leadership Memphis's Memphis Talent Dividend initiative, and as a member of the Memphis Rotary Club, the Memphis Fair Housing Task Force, the Memphis Task Force on Homelessness, and the Memphis Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

January 2011, Governor Bill Haslam appointed Hart as a Commissioner of the Education Commission of the States, a national non-partisan organization that helps states develop their education policies. Former Tennessee Governor, Phil Bredesen, selected Hart for Tennessee's Race to the Top five member proposal pitch team. Governor Bredesen also appointed her to the state's 15-member Teacher Evaluation Advisory Committee, and the First to the Top Advisory Council. She serves on the Steering Committee of the Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE), an organization formed to assist the state in reforming its public education system.

Hart was one of 24 people across the country selected as a member of the 2010 class of the prestigious Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowship in Public Leadership program. She serves on the National Urban League's Education Task Force, and as secretary of the National Urban League's Southern Region Association of Executives.

Hart has been recognized for her professional and community involvement. The Tri-State Defender selected Hart as one of its Women of Excellence in its 2008 inaugural celebration. Hart is a Memphis Black Business Directory Top 40 Black Professionals Under 40 honoree, a Memphis Business Journal Top 40 Under 40 honoree, the recipient of the Mpact Memphis Mpact Maker Award for Political Achievement, and a two time recipient of the University of Memphis School of Law Dean's Distinguished Service Award. Hart is a graduate of Leadership Memphis, the Leadership Academy's Masters Program, and the inaugural class of the Nexus Leadership Program.

Raphael McInnis
Commissioner
District 3

Raphael McInnis was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi where he graduated from Clinton (MS) High School in 2001. His love for math and science led to a degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Tennessee in 2005. Raphael was fascinated by the advancement of medical technology and how devices were being developed to improve one's life and to help a person return to their normal life as much as possible.

Raphael joined Medtronic's Spinal business in December 2005 and as a Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist he works with product development teams to determine the regulatory pathways and strategies required to market products. In 2010, Raphael was selected to participate in Medtronic's Emerging Leader Program.

Raphael recently graduated from the Leadership Academy's Fellow program in September 2010. While there, he and his team worked with Launch Memphis to research and provide a resource for alternative business models that focus on economic revitalization of low-income urban-core neighborhoods. Previously, Raphael participated in Memphis City School's Our Children-Our Future program where he tutored math at Fairview Jr. High School. He is also a supporter of the Down Syndrome Association of Memphis and the Mid-South and the Arc of the Mid-South.

Raphael and his wife Sharion currently reside in Bartlett and are the proud parents of a son, Matthew, who attends pre-school at Bon Lin Elementary School.

Martavius D. Jones,
Commissioner
District 4

Martavius D. Jones, a product of the Memphis City Schools, graduated from Central High School in 1986. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in finance from Howard University in Washington, D.C., in 1990.

Jones is President and Financial Advisor of Jones Wealth Management Group, a financial services firm that helps individuals, families, and small business owners achieve financial independence through retirement, investment, and financial planning. Additionally, he is a Registered Player Financial Advisor with the NFL Players Association.

Prior to establishing his own business in 2001, Jones was an Investment Services Representative for AmSouth Investment Services in Memphis and Nashville. He has also served as an Investment Broker for A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc in Nashville. He started his career in financial services with Aetna Life & Casualty in Hartford, Connecticut.

Since 2003, Jones has served as a Commissioner for the Memphis Alcohol Commission. He is a guest contributor to Fox 13-WHBQ's Money Matters segment of "Good Morning Memphis" and has gained valuable experience through past affiliations with H & R Block and Arthur Andersen & Company.

Jones is a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

In January 2006, Jones was sworn in as the interim District 4 Commissioner of the Memphis City Schools Board of Commissioners and elected to a full four-year term in November 2006. On July 1, 2009, Commissioner Jones began his term as the newly elected President of the Memphis City Schools Board of Commissioners.

Vanecia Belser Kimbrow, Esq.
Shelby County Board of Education
Commissioner
District 4

A native of Montgomery, Alabama, Attorney Kimbrow has called Memphis home since 1992. She recieved both her Bachelor of Science (Fogelman School of Business 95') and her Juris Doctorate (Cecil C. Humphrey' School of Law 99') from the University of Memphis. While in law school, Vanecia matriculated as a Kathryn Hookanson Fellow, served as President of the Black Law Student's Association and was honored to have served as Southern Regional Director of the National Black Law Student's Association. In 2001 Attorney Kimbrow settled into the Collierville community where she and her spouse, Luie Kimbrow III, have been active parents to Storm, Star and Luie IV. She and her family are members of New Direction Christian Church - Collierville Campus.

Attorney Kimbrow's law practice is focused on urban and economic community redevelopment, nonprofit organizations, MWBE capacity building, corporate law, commercial real estate, land use and zoning. She has served local counsel and diversity consultant to the Public Building Authority and crafted programming to meet the diversity goals set to construct the Fed-Ex Forum. Typically serving as Developer's Counsel, her urban development practice has facilitated the construction of over 2500 affordable housing units and mixed use communities during the past 10 years in Uptown, Whitehaven, Orange Mound and various other communities. Her corporate practice has fostered various contracting opportunities among start-up to mid size companies allowing them to expand and compete. Attorney Kimbrow is a civic servant at heart, and finds that her most rewarding work is found in mentoring at risk youth and serving as a public policy advocate who often speaks and consults on issues related to housing, healthcare, education and economic disparities.

Vanecia is an active and engaged member of the mid-south community. She is a member of the Memphis Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the Memphis Chapter of Jack & Jill of America, and the River City Chapter of The Links, Inc. Her most recent honors include being chosen as a 2010 Tri-State Defender Woman of Excellence, a 2008 Memphis Magazine Woman on the Move and a 2007 Memphis Magazine Woman to Watch. Other professional affiliations include Leadership Memphis (08'), the Tennessee, Memphis and National Bar Associations, the Memphis Chapter NAACP, and was a Founding Board Member of Memphis College Prep, a K-5 Charter School.

SARA L. LEWIS
MEMPHIS CITY SCHOOLS
DISTRICT 6 COMMISSIONER

Sara L. Lewis is a native Memphian and proud product of the Memphis City Schools. She received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology, Magna Cum Laude, from LeMoyne College and a Master's in Education from Memphis State University. She has done post graduate work at the University of Tennessee and Memphis State University.

In 1991, she became the first African American to be elected to an At-Large Position on the Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools. She was reelected to the At Large Position 1 seat for three additional terms. Mrs. Lewis did not seek reelection in 2006 but was elected to represent District 6 in December of 2010. She is serving her fifth term as an elected member of the Memphis City Schools Board of Education.

Ms. Lewis also served on the Board of Directors of the French Fort Forum, Shelby County HeadStart Inc., Memphis Education Association, Tennessee Education Association, and the Memphis Public Schools Principals Association where she was elected president for three consecutive terms.

Ms. Lewis is the recipient of hundreds of awards including the: Friend of Education Award given by the Memphis Education Association; Susan B. Anthony Award bestowed by the Tennessee Education Association; Alumni of the Year Award and Curriculum Leadership Award bestowed by the University of Memphis; the Guardian Angel Award from the Tennessee Black Heritage Celebration and the First Police Chief in Hurt Village Award given by the women in a public housing development project that she helped reclaim their homes and families from the drug and crime lords who previously controlled it. Ms. Lewis received the Distinguished Role Model of the Year Award from the Memphis Alliance of Black School Educators and MED Week 1996 Business Advocate of the Year Award. She was inducted into the Memphis African American Hall of Fame in 2010. In 2011, Mrs. Lewis was inducted into the Memphis City Schools Alumni Hall of Fame.

Mrs. Lewis believes that all children can learn and that teachers are the critical link in the teaching and learning process. She also believes strongly that so goes public schools, so goes America.

Reginald Porter
Commissioner
District 6

Since 2007, Reginald Porter has been a part of the FedEx Services team. Currently as Process/Project Advisor, he is responsible for International IT Virtual Education Summits and creating continuing education avenues and training solutions.

A native Memphian and graduate of Memphis-Central High School, Reginald returned to Memphis after Student/Academic Affairs roles at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Maryville College, University of Evansville, and Arkansas State University.. He returned to Memphis to join the staff at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center where he served in various capacities during his four year tenure including; Forensic Program Coordinator, Public Relations & Community Coordination Manager and Assistant Registrar.

A member of the Leadership Academy's Fellows program, Reginald displayed the type of leadership that will truly move our city forward for years to come. As a Fellow, Reginald worked with the Memphis Food Bank as a part of his Community Action Project, a component of the program designed to build capacity with area non-profits. With this project Reginald along with his Fellows group worked with the Food Bank to create a formal partner agency recruitment process for the organization. Respected by his peers for his commitment and work ethic, Reginald was selected as the Dean Deyo Award recipient for his outstanding work by his Fellows cohort. He was also recently selected as 2011 Memphis Business Journal's Top 40 Under 40.

As the chair elect of MPACT Memphis he helps to engage and support the diverse, creative generation of Memphis young professionals who contribute their talents to the community. He serves on the board of several area non-profits including the Memphis Boys & Girls Club and Aurora Collegiate Charter School as well as a deacon at Metropolitan Baptist Church, where his father Reginald Porter, Sr. presides as pastor.

David A. Pickler, J.D., CFP, ChFC

Philanthropic Leader
Public Schools Official and Advocate
Founder and CEO, Pickler Wealth Advisors
Founder and Senior Partner, The Pickler Law Firm

David Pickler believes community service to be an essential element of citizenship – for both individuals and businesses. Volunteerism, Community Engagement, Civic Leadership, and Philanthropic Investment have framed the pillars of his life over the past quarter century. These same attributes are imbedded into the DNA of Pickler Wealth Advisors and The Pickler Law Firm (Pickler Companies).

David personally is involved with numerous activities that benefit youth. These include extensive involvement with Shelby County Schools, as both a leader of the school board and a philanthropist, support for the Memphis Oral School for the Deaf, and multiple responsibilities with the Boy Scouts of America and local Scout organizations.

David has served as a member of the Shelby County Board of Education since 1998 and was elected Chairman by his fellow board members in 1999, a position he continues to hold. During this time Shelby County Schools has proven themselves as the best large school system in Tennessee. Under his leadership, Shelby County Schools has the highest graduation rate – 96.3% – of any of the large school systems in Tennessee and is one of only three systems in Tennessee to receive all A's in Academic Achievement for four consecutive years on the Tennessee Report Card.

The Tennessee School Boards Association has recognized David as School Board Member of the Year and the National School Boards Association has presented him with the Distinguished Service Award an unprecedented three times.

As School Board Chairman, one of David's first initiatives was the creation of the Shelby County Schools Education Foundation to which he has donated his entire stipend as a school board member.

Since its founding, the Foundation has provided well over $1 million in financial support. David also has endowed two annual giving programs through the foundation, The David A. Pickler Distinguished Technology Educator Award, which provides technology grants to teachers who demonstrate creativity in the use of technology in their classrooms, and The Pickler Community Leader Scholarship awarded to a graduating senior who has demonstrated superior academic achievement and community engagement.

The Memphis Oral School for the Deaf (MOSD) is another institution with which David actively is involved. The mission of MOSD is to empower deaf children to LISTEN, LEARN, AND TALK. Once listening skills are developed a child can begin to develop speech and language skills that will allow them to communicate in the mainstream. The MOSD serves children in pre-K and Kindergarten. Once completing the program these students can be mainstreamed into classes with students their age. In addition to benefitting each child, the savings from mainstreaming these students through high school is substantial. While tuition is more than $40,000 per year per student, substantial financial support is available for needy students and no child has been turned away due to an inability to pay.

David has been a member of the MOSD Board since 2000, and was tasked with developing the school's first permanent home. He negotiated an agreement with the Kingsway Christian Church to permit the school to build on the church campus and organized the highly successful Capital Campaign that raised more than $2 million.

He then led a second campaign to fund a $125,000 playground designed and built to accommodate the students' unique needs. Presently, David is leading the campaign to build a $3 million endowment for the school's ongoing support, and the effort already has raised over $1 million. In recognition of his work on behalf of MOSD, the Memphis Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals honored David with the 2010 Crystal Award for Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser.

As a Boy Scout Leader, David's responsibilities have ranged from Cubmaster to Vice President of the Chickasaw Council. One of his most significant accomplishments was re-establishing ScoutBase, a National Jamboree quality event for the 26,000 Scouts in the 19 counties comprising the Council. In recognition of his leadership, David has been named to the Order of the Arrow, Honor Vigil and received the Silver Beaver and Golden Eagle, among other awards.

An active Kiwanian, during his year as President of the Germantown Club, David was recognized as a Distinguished Club President and Distinguished Kiwanian and the Club was honored as the Most Outstanding Kiwanis Club in the three-state District. He also served as District Governor and created the first District Major Emphasis Initiative, the Kiwanis AED Project, a program to place at least one automated External Defibrillator in every school in Louisiana, Mississippi, and West Tennessee. In August of 2009, an AED placed at a Shelby County school saved the life of Firefighter Kenneth Richmond, a parent of two Shelby County students.

David has also assumed leadership roles and provided significant financial and endowment support for Kiwanis children's charities. He has served on the Board of the Kiwanis District Foundation and has been honored for his philanthropy with numerous awards, including the River of Life Fellow, John T. Roberts Fellow, George F. Hixson Fellow, Hixson Ambassador, and Heritage Society membership.

While David focuses his individual efforts on supporting the youth of the community, the Pickler Companies support programs that improve the quality of life for everyone in Shelby County. For example, the firm is a major sponsor for the Tenth Anniversary Season of The IRIS Orchestra at the Germantown Performing Arts Center. Renowned cellist Yo Yo Ma opened the season as the first of five special guests performing with the orchestra. A sixth performance features the Tennessee Shakespeare Company.

In keeping with the theme of community enrichment, PWA also is a corporate sponsor of The Orpheum Theater. The Orpheum, known as "The South's Finest Theater" following its construction in 1928, had fallen into disrepair before its acquisition and restoration by a non-profit group. Today, the Orpheum, with the support of sponsors such as PWA, brings Broadway to Memphis, as well as top comedians, musical groups, and classic cinema. In addition to the corporate sponsorship, David serves as a member of the Memphis Development Foundation, the non-profit organization that owns and operates the Orpheum.

A third major PWA philanthropy is the Memphis Redbirds Foundation, parent of the Memphis Redbirds AAA baseball team. In addition to bringing high quality professional baseball to Memphis, the Foundation funds programs that support baseball programs in the Memphis City Schools as well as summer baseball for inner city youth.

To sustain these philanthropic efforts, David created the Pickler Foundation to perpetuate his support for youth, Scouting, and other programs to enhance his community's quality of life.

David is a regularly published author writing on business and public policy topics. He is a co-author of "Memphis, Profiles in Courage," published by MainStreet Books, a look at the lives and ministries of those who have had a profound impact on the Memphis community. David is a regular contributor to The Journal, the official publication of the Tennessee School Boards Association, and to The Main Street Journal. He also has authored op-eds appearing in The Memphis Commercial Appeal.

In February 2011, Barron's Magazine honored David as one of America's Top 1000 Financial Advisors. He was the only Financial Advisor in West Tennessee named to this prestigious list.

In May 2011, Registered Rep magazine, the leading publication for Investment Advisor in the industry, honored David as recipient of the magazine's 31st Annual Altruism Award. David was one of only ten named nationwide.

Betty J. Mallott
District 2
MallottBettyJ@mcsk12.net

Prior to her election as a Memphis City Schools Board member for District 2, Commissioner Betty Mallott had amassed more than 30 years experience in management, internal/external consulting, training, customer service, and community service with emphasis on complex change projects, primarily in sales, marketing and information technology environments in private industry. More recently, she has focused her talents in full-time community service in public and private education.

Recently adding her 2009 graduation from Leadership Memphis to her education credentials, Commissioner Mallott earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Memphis and went on to receive a master's degree in Organizational Behavior and Development, also from the University of Memphis. In addition to her corporate career experience, which included 20 years with Holiday Inns Worldwide, she has worked as a mathematics teacher at Melrose Junior High School, a psychological aide for a summer Headstart Program and as a consultant to several companies and non-profit businesses.

She has served in a number of community service roles, including the Partnership for Advancement of Character Education (PACE), an organization of parents, administrators and faculty focused on character-related issues and priorities; Mediation and Restitution Services (MARS), providing mediation services for first-time juvenile offenders referred by the juvenile court system; Memphis City Schools Mental Health Department training projects; Parent-to-Parent training classes to prevent alcohol and drug abuse by children; the Aim for Success Abstinence Education program; Junior League of Memphis Community Advisory Board and others. She is a founding member of the Mid-South Coalition for Adolescent Parenting and Pregnancy Prevention; a member of the South East Memphis Neighborhood Strengths Institute; a member of the Memphis City Schools Coordinated School Health Committee; and more recently, she has become a member of the Early Success Coalition Steering Committee.

Commissioner Mallott was active in the Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) of Ridgeway High School, serving as its President for two years. She served Memphis City Schools not only as a Commissioner but also as a CONNECT mentor, mentoring a student at Fairview Middle School. She began her term as a Board Commissioner in January of 2007, where she serves as Chair of the Mental Health Committee. Commissioner Mallott also served on the Memphis City Schools Charter Review AdHoc Committee. She is the current Chairperson of the Shelby County Board of Education Internal Board Operations Ad Hoc Committee.


Schools Represented by Commissioner Betty J. Mallott:

• Balmoral Elementary	• Kirby High	• Ridgeway Middle
• Cordova Elementary	• Kirby Middle	• Ridgeway High
• Cordova Middle	• Oak Forest Elementary	• Ross Elementary
• Cordova High	• Overton High	• White Station Middle
• Germanshire Elementary	• Richland Elementary	• Winridge Elementary
• Hickory Ridge Middle	• Ridgeway Elementary

Kevin Woods
Commissioner
District 5

Kevin Woods is the Director of Career Development with New Horizons where he has worked for almost 10 years. Educated in Public Schools and obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering and a Master's Degree in Business both right here at the University of Memphis. During his days at the University of Memphis, he advanced his people skills by serving on the Student Government Body, serving as the Keeper of Records for his Fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., and he also served as a member of the President's Student Ambassador Board.

Now at 35 years old, this proud Memphis City Resident is dedicated to his work, where he was selected to the President's Club for the last two years, the highest accomplishment for any consultant with New Horizons. He is dedicated to his family, where he coaches basketball and soccer for his daughters, Lauren and Lily. And he is extremely committed to his Community, where he sits on his Homeowners Associations Board; he raises funds for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and supports Guthrie Elementary through his affiliation with Memphis Alumni Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity where he is an active member. He is also a member of Stand for Children which is a child advocacy group that is dedicated to closing the achievement gap for all children.

PATRICE JORDAN ROBINSON
SHELBY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
DISTRICT 3

Commissioner Patrice Jordan Robinson, Board President for 2007, was first elected to the Memphis Board of Education in 2000 and also served as Board President in 2004. As a Board member, she has distinguished herself by chairing the Policy, Personnel, Audit and Capital Improvements Committees, and the Prevailing Wages Commission. She served as the Memphis Board of Education's representative on the 2009-2010 Tennessee Legislative Network as the President-Elect, which is composed of school board members statewide who set the legislative agenda for the Tennessee School Boards Association. She now serves as the President of the Tennessee Legislative Network for the Tennessee School Board Association. With more than 800 School Board members in the state of Tennessee, Commissioner Robinson is one of 50 board members that have earned the designation as a Master School Boardsman.

She has more than 24 years of professional experience in Human Resources, Training and Development, Counseling, Job Development and Grant Writing. Commissioner Robinson, who is a Supervisor, Employee Development, at Memphis Light Gas and Water Division, is responsible for coordinating training classes and programs for Division employees and oversees and/or coordinates the MLGW Goes to School Week/Program, Carver Adopt-A-School Program, Weekend Academy and the Intern/Cooperative Education Programs. She is responsible for the overall area operations including the MLGW Customer Information System training and documentation and liaison to outside agencies, Information Services, and advises the following chairs of the MLGW University Schools of Core Studies, Engineering and Customer Service. She co-chaired MLGW/IBEW United Way campaigns.

From 1988 - 1994, Commissioner Robinson was a project manager/trainer for Memphis City Schools' Comprehensive Out of School Youth Program, which served to help develop job opportunities for program participants with area businesses and merchants. In addition, she has served as an Adult Vocational Instructor at the district's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Educational and Cultural Center and an Administrative Coordinator/Trainer for the Jobs for Tennessee Graduates, Inc. program.

She earned a Master of Science degree in Technological and Adult Education from the University Of Tennessee, Knoxville and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, with emphasis in Management, from the University of Memphis.

In May of 2006, she was a graduate of Leadership Memphis. She is also a graduate of the Memphis Leadership Academy's 2010 Class. Commissioner Robinson has served as secretary-treasurer of the West Tennessee Technical and Adult Education Society, as a member of Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, the American Society for Training and Development, on the Board of Directors of Jobs for Stars, and has served her church as a Sunday School teacher and President of Pastor's Aid. She served on the Board of Memphis In May Festival, Inc. 2006-2009 and served as the Education Chair of the Tennessee Chapter of the American Association of Blacks in Energy.

Commissioner Robinson is married and has three adult children and one granddaughter.

Mike Wissman
5002 Brian Ridge Rd.
Arlington, TN 38002
(901)461-0508

Education & Family

• Lifelong resident of Shelby County
• Bartlett High School – Class of 1989
• Bachelor of Professional Studies – University of Memphis
• Degree in Emergency Medical Technology – Shelby State
• Wife – Wendy, Son - Wade

Work Experience

• Memphis Fire Fighter/EMT (2001-present)
• Outside Sales Rep.- Network DSL (2000-01) and Acurid (1999-2000)
• General Manager – Laser Quest (1996-99)
• Manager – Adventure River (1987-96)
• Mayor of Arlington, TN – Elected September 15, 2011

Community Involvement

• Member of Hope Presbyterian Church
• U of M Alumni Association
• Shelby County Republicans
• Northeast Shelby Co. Republican Club
• Memphis Fire Fighters Association
• Arlington Chamber of Commerce
• MDA Volunteer
• Relay for Life
• Member of every SCS Parent Teacher Assoc.(PTA)
• Former Reserve Officer for Shelby Co. Emergency Services
• Former Germantown Fire Reserve

Shelby County Board of Education

• Elected to Board August 7, 2008
• Vice-Chairman 2009-2010 School Year
• Tennessee Legislative Network (TLN) District Coordinator
• TLN Board of Directors
• Chairman of Ad Hoc Committee – School Start and End Times, Dress Code
• District Accreditation Co-Chair

Freda G. Williams, Ed.D.

At-Large Position 1 Commissioner

Dr. Freda Williams was born and educated in Memphis, Tennessee. Her undergraduate degree was earned at LeMoyne-Owen College. Her Master's and Doctoral degrees were received from the University of Memphis. Dr. Williams began her teaching career as a Teacher Corps intern in Memphis City Schools while still a student at LeMoyne-Owen College. Her first full-time teaching position was with the Metro Nashville Public Schools as third grade teacher.

Dr. Williams held many positions within Memphis City Schools before her retirement in June 2007. She served as classroom teacher, Instructional Resource Specialist, School Reform Coordinator, NCLB Professional Development Coordinator and Director of Professional Development.

In December 2007, the Memphis City Schools Board of Commissioners unanimously voted Dr. Williams as Interim Commissioner for At-Large Position 1. She was elected to the position in November 2008.

Dr. Williams has taught as adjunct professor at the University of Memphis, Christian Brothers University and LeMoyne-Owen College. She is presently a part-time Professor with Walden University in the Education Doctoral Program.

The Federal Relations Network (FRN) was established by the National School Boards Association and consists of board members from each congressional district. It is part of the National School Board Association's Federal Relations Network. Dr. Williams was recently elected to serve as FRN Coordinator for the Delta Region. TSBA's federal legislative efforts are supported by the Federal Relations Network, Each year TSBA takes part in the NSBA Federal Relations Network Conference, where Tennessee school board members visit the nation's capitol to meet with the state's senators and congressmen to discuss the needs of local school systems.

Dr. Kenneth T. Whalum, Jr.

At-Large Position 2 Commissoner

Dr. Kenneth T. Whalum, Jr., who was born and reared in Memphis, is a 1978 graduate of Atlanta's Morehouse College and a 1981 graduate of Philadelphia's Temple University School of Law. He received his master of divinity degree from the Memphis Theological Seminary. He has been the Pastor of New Olivet Baptist Church since 1999.

Elected to the Memphis Board of Education in 2006, he began his tenure as Commissioner At-Large Position 2 in January of 2007. Dr. Whalum also serves as the representative for the Memphis City Council and the Council of Urban School Boards.

Commissioner Whalum has been involved in various civic organizations, such as member of the Stellar Awards Gospel Music Academy, member of The Recording Academy, member of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, member of the Memphis Urban League Board of Directors and member of the Memphis Housing Authority Board of Commissioners.

In April 2010 Commissioner Whalum released, Hip-Hop Is NOT Our Enemy!, which celebrates the creativity of African American youth and young-adults. "It is easy to condemn hip-hop for the condition of our society, but as we condemn our own young people for being who they are, what role do we play in making them who they are, and what do we have to offer them as an alternative to who they are?"-KTWJR

In 1998, at the request of Mayor Willie W. Herenton, Commissioner Whalum produced the City of Memphis' official 30th Anniversary Observance of the life and death of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

He often attributes his success to the support of his wife, Sheila. He and his wife are the parents of three sons, Kenneth III, Kortland and Kameron, all graduates of Memphis City Schools. They are also the proud parents-in-law of Crystal Whalum, wed to Kenneth III.