Our Leaders
Chair – Chip Howorth (Adapt Development)
Chair for Mission Advancement– Chad Jones (STG Design)
Treasurer – Nicole Robben (Petros Pace)
Chair of Governance Committee – Sheila Dial Barton (EOA Architects)
ULI Trustee – Edward Henley III (Pillars Development)
ULI Nashville Staff information is HERE.
ULI Spring Meeting 2026 – Jody Moody (The Mathews Company) and Brittney Rowe (BWE), Co-Chairs
Management Committees
Communications/Marketing – Katie Wainman (Hardaway Construction) and Jackie Winkle (Wallace Design Collective), Co-Chairs
Membership – Chris Ferguson (Wolfram Development) and Kevin McAdams (Aprio), Co-Chairs
Programming/Awards – Sheena Francis (Kimley-Horn) and Bailie Klages (Commerce Bank), Co-Chairs
Sponsorship – Dillard Adams (Southeast Venture) and Bryan Hay (Skanska), Co-Chairs
Young Leader Committees:
Young Leader Steering Committee – Ashley Ayub (Barton Malow) and Orlando Cordero (Valterra), Co-Chairs
Mentor Program Sub-Committee – Orlando Cordero (Valterra) and Ryan Gram (Kimley-Horn), Co-Chairs
Leadership Luncheons – Arthur Butler (Urban Housing Solutions), Chair
Pop-Up Project Tours Committee – William Harvell (Centric Architecture) and Nick Siragusa (Thomas & Hutton), Co-Chairs
NEXT Committees:
NEXT Steering Committee – Brantley Beeler (Gresham Smith) and Jonathan Holmes (Manganaro TN), Co-Chairs
NEXT Lunch with a Leader – Katie Feldhaus (The Mathews Company) and Katie Hawk (FSA Lighting), Co-Chairs
NEXT TOURS – Eric Deems (Land Advisors) and Adam Milner (DeAngelis Diamond), Co-Chairs
NEXT Coffee Club – Rachael Spangler (InForm Advisory), Chair
WLI: Women’s Leadership Initiative:
WLI Steering Committee – Hunter Beyke (Steelcase) and Elizabeth Holland (Winstead PC), Co-Chairs
WLI Studio After Dark – Sera Cremona (Cremona Consulting), Chair
WLI Coffee Connect – Susan Marlow (Stantec), Chair
Pathways to Inclusion Committees:
Pathways Steering Committee – James Harper (Hensel Phelps) and Youvonia Moore (Thomas Moore Properties, LLC), Co-Chairs
Issue Action Councils:
Capital Markets – Graham Gilreath (Bellwether Enterprise) and Ryan Seibels (Elmington Capital), Co-Chairs
Building Healthy Places – John Vick (Tennessee Department of Health), Chair
Housing – Will Rosenthal (OpenWorks) and Kelsey Wilson (Nelson Community Partners), Co-Chairs
Infrastructure Action Council – Kyle McGavin (MarketStreet Enterprises), Lisa Milligan (Metro Nashville Planning Department), and Travis Todd (Thomas & Hutton), Co-Chairs
Mobility Action Council – Beth Ostrowski (KCI Technologies) and Marty Sewell (NDOT), Co-Chairs
ULI Nashville Initiatives:
Civic Leadership Forum – Michelle Beauvais (EOA Architects) and John Gore (Barge Civil Associates), Co-Chairs
East Tennessee Steering Committee – Rebekah Jane Justice (City of Knoxville) and Ben Skidmore (Kimley-Horn), Co-Chairs
UrbanPlan – Stacy Deru (Opus Strategy Group) and Malina Springer (Pillars Development), Co-Chairs