Program Leadership

Lauren Saliba
Vice President of Education and Leadership Development
Lauren, a native Jacksonian, is 2003 graduate of University School of Jackson, a 2007 graduate of The University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and a 2010 graduate of Jackson State Community College.
Lauren has been involved in the Leadership Jackson program for almost two decades, as she graduated from the Jackson Chamber’s Leadership University program in high school. She is also a member of the 2017 Leadership Jackson class, was co-chair of Leadership Jackson 2018, and has served on the Leadership Jackson Alumni Association Board since 2019. Lauren is married to Greg Saliba (Leadership Jackson – Class of 2014) and they have two children, Ava Jane and John.

2025 Chair
Mike Bryant
LJ'23
Centennial Bank

2025 Vice Chair
Mari Hakim
LJ'24
TBDN Tennessee Company
Leadership Jackson Board of Directors
Officers
President

Donna Stines
LJ'21
Hope and Healing Foundation
Vice President

Shelby Matthis
LJ'18
9Round
Secretary

Dr. Allison Berry
LJ'17
The STAR Center
Treasurer

Blake Taylor
LJ'23
Commercial Bank & Trust Company
Past President

Lowell Beller
LJ'15
Central Distributors, Inc.
Board

Hope Alexander
LJ'95
Connor Real Estate

Ashlee Allison
LJ'24
Scarlett Rope Project

Leigh Anne Bentley
LJ'08
Leaders Credit Union

Darian Brown
LJ'24
Love & Truth Church

Mark Cancia
LJ'22
Community Advocate

Johnathon Chung
LJ'22
Guiding Star Insurance

Allison Donahoe
LJ'22
State of Tennessee

Vadessa Flack
LJ'17
Manpower of the MidSouth

Kevin Kirskey
LJ'23
FSB Insurance

Don McCorry
LJ'23
Jackson-Madison County African American Chamber of Commerce

Jack Matthis
Emeritis, LJ'03
ATA

Katie Mott
LJ'24
West Tennessee Bank

Greg Parsons
LJ'08
Centennial Bank

Joseph Ross
LJ'14
Bank of Jackson
Leadership University Board of Directors
Officers
Chair
Ryan Blake
LJ'19
West Tennessee Healthcare Sportsplex
Vice Chair
Amanda Kimery
LJ'22
Jackson Energy Authority
Board
- Morganne Austin-Dotson, (LJ’22) University of Memphis - Lambuth
- Maegan Bayless, (LJ’23) Stanley Black & Decker
- Ryan Blake, (LJ’19) West TN Healthcare Sportsplex
- Alan Brown,(LJ’17) State Farm
- Thomas Brown, (LJ’21) RIFA
- Christi David, (LJ’21) City of Jackson
- Holly Dean, (LJ’19) Regions Bank
- Christi David - LJ’21 - City of Jackson
- Brian Ferrell, (LJ’22) Commercial Bank and Trust
- Brandon Gray, (LJ’24) Allen Samuels
- Dan Griffin, Union University
- Alexis Halbrook, (LJ’22) First Horizon
- Dennis Hornsby, (LJ’14) Hoyt Hayes Construction
- Justin Howell, (LJ’15) VOYA
- Amanda Kimery, (LJ’22) Jackson Energy Authority
- Scott Lawson, (LJ’21) Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Allison Rickett, (LJ’20) Christ Community Health Services
- Will Shull, Jackson State Community College
- Derick Tisdale, (LJ’22) Jackson Police Department