FiftyForward Board of Directors, 2025-2026

Fatima Karwandyar

Fatima Karwandyar, Chair

Founder
Manana

Penny Grogan

Penny Grogan, Vice Chair

Consulting and Engineering Services
DXC Technology

Christopher McClintock, Treasurer

Owner
Comfort Keepers

Garrett Miller, Secretary

VP, Enterprise Applications & IT Governance, Tivity Health

lynn winans

Lynn Winans, Past Chair

AVP, Division Strategy and Support
HCA Healthcare

Board Members

Alex Burlason
Manager Community Relations
Ingram Charities

Kacky Fell
Retired
Business Owner, IT Professional

Donald Frost
Senior Project Manager
Bridgestone Americas

Dr. Ralf Habermann
Geriatrician
Veterans Administration

Jim Higgins
Attorney
The Higgins Firm

Dave Horrell
Sr VP Commercial Banking
Studio Bank

Felicia Johnson
Sr Consultant Regulatory Compliance Support
HCA Healthcare

John Kreft, III
Owner
Austin Funeral & Cremation Services

Shannon Lashlee
Paralegal
Schell & Oglesby, LLC

Dawn Mason
Sr AVP Supplier Diversity
Revantage, a Blackstone Portfolio Company

Ashley Pope
VP Strategy & Financial Communication
Prudential

Dr. James Powers
Geriatrician
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Suzanne Sawyers
Manager of Training & Development
Dollar General

Christine Smalley
Dir of Data & Artificial Intelligence
Jackson National

Lelan Statom
Meteorologist
NewsChannel 5*

Advisory Council

Bill LaFollette, Chair
Brenda Albright
Clay Bailey
Ed Birthright
Seawell Brandau
Laurel Buntin
John W. (Wally) Dant III
Betty Dunn
Carolyn Ermey

Brenda Gilmore
Don Greene
Irma Kaplan
Aileen Katcher
Mary Herbert Kelly
Kim Harvey Looney
Tara MacDougall
Hilda McGregor
Barbara Moss

Carla Nelson
Emily Plotkin
Tracy Rode
Anne Roos
Lisa Small
Laura Smith
Denine Torr

Endowment Board of Trustees 2024

Chris Kirk, Board Chair
UBS Wealth Management Americas

Steven Boles, Treasurer
First Horizon Advisors

Robin Fritz, Secretary
Harpeth Family Management, LLC

Patty St. Clair, Immediate Past President
Community Volunteer

Jimmy Allen
Tennessee Valley Authority

Seawell Brandau

Patrick Conger
LPL Financial

Don Greene
Don Greene and Associates

Aileen Katcher
Katcher Strategic Communications

Rob Malin
Pinnacle Financial Partners

Barbara Moss
Elder Law of Nashville PLC

John Navin
The Navin Group

Emily Plotkin
GitLab Inc.

Paula Roberts
Jack C. Massey College of Business at Belmont University

Tracy Rode
Patient Empowerment Network

Pete Stringer