Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Leadership Council members serve as community champions on behalf of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. Council members ensure the Center's success by providing input regarding community needs and concerns. Council members usually serve a three-year term, which can be renewed, and participate in working groups including the Arts and Recreation, Outreach, Development, Board Development and the Nicholas Hobbs Committee. Council members play an invaluable ‘friend and fund’ raising role, helping to identify diverse sources of partnership and support for the Center. Inquiries about the Leadership Council can be directed to Laura McLeod, Coordinator of Operations.
More about goal-oriented Leadership Council committees
Mrs. Cathy Stewart Brown, Chair
Mrs. Annette S. Eskind, Past Chair
Mrs. Barbara Gregg Phillips, Past Chair
Mrs. Honey Alexander
Ms. Sissy Allen
Mrs. John S. Atkins
Mrs. Jean Ann Banker
Mrs. Madge Bass
Mrs. Ann Bernard
Mrs. Barbara T. Bovender
Mrs. Linda Brooks
Mrs. Cathy S. Brown
Ms. Mary L. Carlson
Mrs. Juanita Cate
Mrs.Elizabeth Ginsberg Dreifuss
Mrs. Ann Eaden
Mrs. Annette S. Eskind
Mrs. Donna G. Eskind
Mr. Glenn Funk
Mrs. Charlotte Gavigan
Mrs. Bernice Gordon
Mrs. Carol Henderson
Mr. Robert H. Henderson II
Ms. Lucile Houseworth
Ms. Bethany Jackson
Mrs. Gail Gordon Jacobs
Mr. Chris and Mrs. Rebecca Link
Mrs. Michael F. Lovett
Mrs. Lorie Hoppers Lytle
Mrs. Jack C. Massey
Ms. Andrea Blake McDermott
Ms. Pat McNellis
Mrs. Anne Nesbitt
Mrs. Barbara Gregg Phillips
The Honorable Andrew Shookhoff
Mrs. Shirley F. Speyer
Mrs. Sue Spickard
Dr. Karen L. Summar
Mrs. Patricia W. Wallace
Dr. Pat Levitt
Dr. Elisabeth Dykens
Mrs. Elise McMillan
Mr. Tim Stafford
Board Development and Orientation
This committee recruits interested and committed volunteers to serve on the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Leadership Council. In consultation with the Center Director and Leadership Council Chair, they recruit members in areas particularly important to achieving the Center’s strategic goals. This committee also designs and provide orientation for new Council members.
Nicholas Hobbs Committee
Members of this committee work with staff to identify donors and prospects to support Kennedy Center programs. This committee provides assistance on major fund-raising initiatives working with the Nicholas Hobbs Donor Society to enable the Center to achieve its financial goals as established by the Center’s strategic plan. Inquiries about the Development Committee can be directed to Shirley Speyer and Donna Eskind at deskind@gmail.com.
Outreach
This committee endeavors to promote the community and national awareness of the research and outreach of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. This volunteer leadership committee works with staff to identify key groups important to the Center’s strategic initiatives. They provide an external perspective as ambassadors for the VKC with the public, the business community and public policy makers. They also provide guidance on enhancing the local and national reputation of the Center through implementation of outreach activities. Inquiries about the Outreach Committee can be directed to Lucile Houseworth at houseworth@comcast.net.
Arts and Recreation Committee
Members of this committee help lead Vanderbilt Kennedy Center initiatives including the Music Camp Leadership Dinner, Golf Tournament, and other civic and social activities for promoting causes of the VKC. Inquiries about the Arts and Recreation Committee can be directed to Lorie Hoppers Lytle at llytle@comcast.net.