Matt Marshall

Matt Marshall

Matt Marshall serves as President/CEO of the United Way of West Tennessee.  He was formerly Executive Director and Head of School at Hands Up! Preschool, a non-profit Early Childhood Education program in Jackson, TN.   Before that, he spent eight years in Higher...
Karen Pershing

Karen Pershing

Karen Pershing is the Director of Grants and Government Relations for the Metro Drug Coalition in Knoxville, Tennessee and previously served for nine years as the organization’s executive director. A Certified Prevention Specialist II and a 2014 graduate of the UT...
Doug Overbey

Doug Overbey

Doug Overbey is a partner and co-founder of the Knoxville law firm Owings, Wilson & Coleman, where he focuses on white-collar defense, high-stakes litigation, healthcare, and state and local government law. From 2017-2021, Overbey served as U.S. Attorney for the...
Christi Branscom

Christi Branscom

Christi Branscom is a native Knoxvillian, who has recently returned home and rejoined her former firm, Partners Development, located in downtown Knoxville, as principal, general counsel and managing broker. She recently completed almost six years of service as...
Sheila Calloway

Sheila Calloway

Sheila Calloway, a native of Louisville, KY, came to Nashville, Tennessee in 1987 to attend Vanderbilt University Law School. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications in 1991 and her Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1994. After graduating from law school,...