Employees

Caylan Hays serves as the External Relations Associate at ThinkTennessee. In her role, she provides communications, event, and fundraising support, expanding the capacity of ThinkTennessee to [...]

Dorcas Young Griffin serves as Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Shelby County Government. She has served in various roles during her 18 years in local government, including as Public [...]

A native of Nashville, Tennessee, Dr. Paul Cavert Stumb, IV, was named President of Cumberland University in August 2015. He has served Cumberland University since 2003, initially as an Adjunct [...]

Dr. Carol Rothstein is the president of Jackson State Community College, which serves a ten-county region in West Tennessee. Since stepping into the presidency at Jackson State, she has led with [...]

Allison Walker joined ThinkTennessee as Strategy and Development Director in November 2025. In this role, she oversees fundraising and internal operations and supports organizational strategic [...]

Chris joined ThinkTennessee as Research Director in August 2025. In this role, he designs and executes ThinkTennessee‘s many research projects, supporting both the Working Families and [...]

As a third-generation real estate professional in Memphis, Darrell Cobbins’s career spans 20 years in service through commercial real estate brokerage and advisory. Darrell currently serves [...]

Helen Souki Reyes joined ThinkTennessee as a Policy Associate in July 2024, contributing to research and data analysis in the Supporting Working Families and State of Our State priority areas. [...]

For almost 30 years, Tomeka Hart Wigginton has worked to improve education outcomes and increase social and economic mobility at the local, state, and national levels. Specializing in building [...]

Bridgett Massengill serves as the President/CEO of the Thrive Regional Partnership, Inc., an independent nonprofit organization working across the tristate Chattanooga region to ignite [...]