Mid-South /
West TN Leadership
West TN Leadership
Building healthier communities throughout the Mid-South and West Tennessee.

2021 Mid-South Board of Directors
Chair
Monica Wharton
Chief Administrative Officer
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
President
Dr. Steven S. Gubin
President and Cardiologist
Stern Cardiovascular Foundation
Communications Chair
Valerie Morris Bearup
CEO and President
Morris Marketing Group
Board Development Chair
Keith Sharpe
SVP
Alliant Insurance Services
Advocacy Chair
Brian Yoakum
Attorney, Partner
Evans Petree PC
Members
Andy Davis
VP & Mid-South Business Manager
Turner Construction Company
Dr. Dwight Dishmon
Cardiologist
UT Methodist Physicians
Raaj Kurapati
Chief Financial Officer
University of Memphis
John Lewis
Administrator & CEO
Semmes-Murphey Neurologic & Spine Institute
Roxanne McGonigal
Director of Casino Marketing
Caesars Entertainment
Angela Moss
Senior VP, Human Resources
First Horizon Bank
Dr. Keith Norman
VP of Government Affairs
Baptist Memorial Health Care
Quintin Robinson
Vice-President of Sales
Cigna
Robyn Sharp
Operations Manager - Export, Sales
International Paper
Manoucheka Thermitus
Chief Operating Officer
Regional One Health
2021 Mid-South Go Red For Women Executive Leadership Team
Chair
Susan Springfield
Chief Credit Officer
First Horizon
Chair Emeritus
Dr. Cassandra Howard
Chief Medical Officer, Germantown
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
Kae Babineaux
Director of Marketing Operations
Encompass Health
Robert Burns
Principal/CEO
ClearlyMD
Darrell Cobbins
President & Principal Broker
Universal Commercial Real Estate, LLC
Mike Keeney
Lawyer
Lewis Thomason, P.C.
Ronna-Renee Jackson
Angela Moss
First Horizon Bank
Senior VP, Human Resources
Jenne Williams
2022 Mid-South Heart Walk Executive Leadership Team
Chair
Jarl “J.T.” Young
President & CEO
Memphis Light Gas & Water
Members
Eric Brown
VP & General Manager
Valero
Susan Cooper
Senior VP & Chief Integration Officer
Regional One
Greg Duckett
SVP-CLO
Baptist Memorial Healthcare
Hunter Hill
Chief Digital Transformation Officer
First Horizon
Dr. John Jefferies
Professor & Chair
UT Methodist Cardiovascular Institute
Raaj Kurapati
Chief Financial Officer
University of Memphis
Doug McGowen
Chief Operating Officer
City of Memphis
Ted Miller
Market President – Memphis
Truist Bank
Robyn Sharp
Operations Manager – Export, Sales
International Paper
Manoucheka Thermitus
Chief Operating Officer
Regional One
John Threadgill
President
Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce
2022 Mid-South Heart Ball Executive Leadership Team
Co-Chairs
Judy & Peter Felsenthal
Tracy & Bob Moore
Members
Brian Bendersky
Holly Ford
University of Memphis
Kristi Goldsmith
Dr. Steven Gubin
Stern Cardiovascular
Jim Isaacs
Legacy Wealth
Adele Landers
Truist
Bob Moore
Vistage International
Tracy Moore
Hunter Fan
Jeff Roth
Ernst-Roth
Debra Saharovich
Julie Wright
Craig Wright
Lipscomb & Pitts
2021 West TN Heart Walk Executive Leadership Team
Chair
Julie Taylor
West TN Healthcare Rehabilitation Hospital – Jackson, a partnership with Encompass Health
CEO
Members
Courtney Caton
Volunteer Homecare
LHC Group – Medical Center Medical Products
Valerie Collins
Ryder Logistics
Vadessa Flack
Manpower Staffing
Tina Martin
LHC Group – Medical Center Medical Products
Jonathan McAnulty
West TN Healthcare Rehabilitation Hospital – Cane Creek - a partnership with Encompass Health
Shelby Spurgeon
Weekly County Chamber
2022 West TN Go Red for Women Leadership
Co-Chairs
Marda Wallace & Stan Harris