Inauguration Committees
Inaugural Oversight Committee
Milton Johnson, chair, Board of Trustees
Harry Allen, Board of Trustees
Janet Ayers, Board of Trustees
Cordia Harrington, Board of Trustees
Larry Kloess, Board of Trustees
Steve Lasley, Vice President of Finance & Operations
Inaugural Planning Committee
John Carney, co-chair, Vice President of Marketing & Communications
Susan West, co-chair, Vice President & Chief of Staff
Thomas Burns, Provost
Sarah Cates, Vice President for Special Projects and Strategic Partnerships
Todd Colburn, President, Belmont University Alumni Association
Amy Crook, Vice President for Transformative Innovation, Character & Purpose
Heather Daugherty, University Minister
Edgar Diaz-Cruz, Associate Professor of Pharmacy
Paula Gill, Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness
Alberto Gonzales, College of Law Dean & Doyle Rogers Distinguished Professor of Law
Nathan Griffith, Associate Professor of Political Science
April Hefner, Director of Public Relations & Marketing Content
Shirley Kyere, Alumna and Board Regent
Joe Mankowski, Associate Director of Fitness and Recreation
Adrienne Sternberg, Associate Dean of Students and Director of Leadership Development
Inaugural Welcome Committee
Charles Abbott
Tim Adams
Councilwoman Burkley Allen
Meitra Aycock
Adrienne Battle
Peter Bird
Senator Marsha Blackburn
Anne Henning Byfield
Councilman Tom Cash
Carol Cavin-Dillon
Representative John Ray Clemmons
Mayor John Cooper
Representative Jim Cooper
Yuri Cunza
Rashed Fakhruddin
Gill Geldreich
Councilman Steve Glover
John Green
Nathan Griffith
Senator Bill Hagerty
Brian Hassett
Sam Hazen
Chris Holmes
Tari Hughes
Councilwoman Sharon Hurt
Martha Ingram
Orrin Ingram
A.J. Kazimi
Matt Largen
Hal Lawton
Governor Bill Lee
Ellen Lehman
Tara Lentz
Representative Harold Love
Alvin Love III
Joe Mankowski
Walker Mathews, Sr.
Bruce Maxwell
Bill McAllily
Councilman Bob Mendes
Troy Merritt
Janet Miller
Richard Miller
Breonus Mitchell
Ryan Moore
Brenda Morrow
Councilman Freddie O’Connell
Richard Perko
Joelle Phillips
Virginia Rogan
Doug Rohleder
Ralph Schulz
Jim Seabury
Vice Mayor Jim Shulman
Martha Silva
Councilman Colby Sledge
Butch Spyridon
Councilwoman Zulfat Suara
Holly Sullivan
Joseph Walker III
Carolyn Waller
Cameron Wells
John West
Senator Jeff Yarbro