Joanne Sowell
President
The Impact100 model is readily available to all communities who wish to implement it. The model is designed to empower women to see themselves as philanthropists and overcome the barriers women have historically faced in this arena. The model is designed for transformational grant-making within local communities, with a minimum grant size of $100,000.
At Least 100 Women
Come Together
Each Woman
Donates $1,000
$100,000
is donated to a
Local Charity
Joanne is an attorney, community activist and philanthropist in Nashville, and is passionate about making Tennessee a welcoming and inclusive place to live. Besides practicing law, she has worked at social service agencies, owned a social enterprise and been an active volunteer on political campaigns and in numerous community projects.
Contact Joanne:
president@nashville.impact100council.org
Janet is president and founder of Delta Blvd, a management consulting and executive coaching company she founded in 2007. Prior to starting Delta Blvd, Janet spent 27 years in the corporate world including roles as Chief Financial officer and VP of Operations. She also serves as a board member of OCLC, a global technology company and as adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University. Janet joined Impact100 Nashville in 2017.
Jill moved to the Nashville area in 1993 and is a Director at a Fortune 100 Healthcare company. She’s also a Certified Project Manager and is excited to utilize those skills while serving on the Impact100 Nashville board to further the objectives of the organization. Jill was drawn into Impact100 Nashville because it offers a unique, welcoming environment and is a perfect combination for women wanting philanthropy, networking and comradery on their own terms.
Contact Jill:
membership@nashville.impact100council.org
Tara is an Attorney, specializing in advocating for disabled individuals. Tara also serves in other capacities making a difference; as a member of the Orphan, Foster, Adoption Ministry team at Brentwood United Methodist Church, serving as a volunteer Attorney for the Legal Aid Society, and as a Member Relations Committee member for the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. Tara has served on the Advisory Board/Committee and Grants Committee during her tenure and looks forward to the collaborative continuation of working together with other women making a positive and transformative IMPACT in our community.
secretary@nashville.impact100c
Tina is originally from St. George, Utah and has been a Tennessee resident since 2010. Tina works as an Accounts Receivable Manager in the Revenue Cycle department at a local health care company. She got involved with Impact100 Nashville through a friend. She is excited to be part of a growing organization that both inspires and empowers women who want to make a significant difference in their community. She is inspired by being involved in a group effort that makes an impact on the Nashville non-profit community.
Contact Tina:
finance@nashville.impact100council.org
Michele co-founded Impact100 Nashville in 2015. She was President from 2018 to 2021, doubling our membership to over 200 members. She continues to be dedicated to Impact100 Nashville because she loves combining philanthropic and financial power to create social change in our community. She is an Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer for Barge Design Solutions and lives in Mt. Juliet with her husband Doug. She loves paddle boarding, yoga, and being with her children and grandchildren.
Contact Michelle:
info@nashville.impact100council.org
Beth is a Senior Investment Consultant at Mercer. She currently services endowment, foundation and family office clients with over $9 billion in aggregate assets under advisement. For these clients, Beth focuses on projects relating to asset allocation, investment manager selection, performance evaluation, fund operations, and governance.
Beth’s prior professional experience includes work as an Investment Director for Vanderbilt University’s endowment, where she was responsible for investments across traditional equities and bonds, marketable alternatives, oil and gas and private equity. She started her investment career as an Investment Analyst at Duke Management Company, managing investment projects across all asset classes for Duke University’s endowment office.
Throughout her career, Beth has remained active in her community, sitting on several not-for-profit boards of directors, previously serving as the Investment Committee Chair and then Chair of the Board for the Missouri Foundation for Health, a $1 billion healthcare foundation in St. Louis. She is also a previous recipient of the Foundation and Endowment Money Management’s Non-Profit Consultant of the Year Award.
Kristen Phillips, a Nashvillian since 2009, works in healthcare administration and has been a member of Impact Nashville since 2020. She immediately fell in love with the work of the grants committee for both the ability to support the amazing work by nonprofits in the Nashville community she loves, as well as the opportunity to meet and work with the supportive and driven women of Impact100 Nashville.
Contact Kristen:
grants@nashville.impact100council.org
Melissa is a technology leader who specializes in Data Analytics. She manages a team of developers and analysts at a local healthcare company. Melissa became involved in Impact100 Nashville to be a part of the solution for middle Tennesseans in need. She’s been with Impact100 Nashville for four years and served on the grants committee for three of those years.
Contact Melissa:
dataanalytics@nashville.impact100council.org
Katherine is a seasoned creative professional with 25+ years building brands and designing products in the entertainment, healthtech, and fintech industries. She was thrilled to join Impact100 Nashville in 2022 after hearing its model of gathering 100 women donating $1,000 each to give incremental grants of $100,000 each year to local non-profits. Katherine looks forward to growing the Impact100 brand and awareness.
marketing@nashville.impact100council.org