2025 Board Meetings

Lorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation Board of Directors meets quarterly. All meetings are at 4:00pm Central Time.

Board of Directors

The National Civil Rights Museum is a non-profit organization operated by the Lorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation board of directors.

Herbert Hilliard
Retired Executive VP of Risk Management
First Tennessee Bank
Chairman, Board of Directors

Joseph R. Hyde III
President, Pittco Management, LLC
Chairman, Executive Committee

State Senator Raumesh Akbari

Pamela Alexander
Head of Corporate Citizenship
KKR

Darrell T. Cobbins
President & Principal Broker
Universal Commercial Real Estate, LLC

Gregory Duckett
Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation, Inc.
Vice Chair

Nnaemeka “Meka” Egwuekwe
Founder
CodeCrew

Rose Jackson Flenorl
Manager, Global Citizenship-Signature Programs
FedEx
Secretary

Preston Frazer

Kathy Buckman Gibson
President & COO
KBG Technologies, LLC

Aram Goudsouzian
Professor, Department of History, University of Memphis

Rabbi Micah Greenstein
Temple Israel

Shaila Karkera

Lisa Krupicka
Burch Porter & Johnson, PLLC

Connie Lewis Lensing
Retired SVP Legal, FedEx Express and Bradley Law Firm Counsel

Johnny B. Moore, Jr.
President, Truist Bank

Jonathan Moorehead
Audit & Assurance Partner, Deloitte

William “Billy” Orgel
CEO, Tower Ventures

Elliot L. Perry
Community Advisor, The Poplar Foundation

Bill Rhodes
Executive Chairman of the Board, Auto Zone
Treasurer

Cathy Ross

Gail Tyree
Executive Director, AFSCME Local 1733

Michael Ugwueke
President, COO, Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare

Sylvia Williams
General Counsel for Global Sourcing, International Paper

Spence Wilson, Jr.
Vice President, Kemmons Wilson Companies