Common Ground Planning Team

The Common Ground planning team includes:

• Lasandra Barksdale, The Commercial Appeal, marketing research analyst
• Kenya Bradshaw, community activist
• Nancy Coffee, The Leadership Academy, President and CEO
• Rabbi Micah Greenstein, Temple Israel
• Daniel Kiel, University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Adjunct Professor
• Tarrin McGhee, New Path, program manager
• Chris Peck, The Commercial Appeal, Editor
• Jack Peck, Clear Channel Television, Vice President and General Manager
• Beverly Robertson, National Civil Rights Museum, President
• Ray Rico, Ray Rico Freelance
• Cris Stovall, Girl Scouts of the Mid-South, Asst. Exec. Director
• Wendi Thomas, The Commercial Appeal, metro columnist
• Darryl Tukufu, Crichton College, Vice President for Academic Affairs; Associate Professor of Urban Studies
• Leah Wells, researcher and community activist
• David Williams, Leadership Memphis, President/CEO
• Lisa Moore Willis, BRIDGES, Vice President
• Russ Wigginton, Rhodes College, Vice-President for College Relations