Two members of Nashville’s LGBTQ community will sit on the newly created Nashville Policing Policy Commission, which was created by Mayor John Cooper to review use-of-force policies within the MNPD and develop necessary reforms to set a new national standard in policing and public safety.
Ashlee Davis and Mac Huffington will join 38 prominent community leaders to serve on the commission.
Davis, who is also chair of the Community Oversight Board, is vice president at global financial firm AllianceBernstein, leading diversity and inclusion at its Nashville headquarters. Read this profile of her in The Tennessean.
Huffington, founder and owner of MAC Productions, is very active in the local LGBTQ community. Read this profile of her in Out & About Nashville.
Mayor Cooper has asked the Commission to form three committees to undertake this work. Former Mayor Karl Dean and Judge Richard Dinkins will take the lead in organizing the committees outlined below.
1) Serving Nashville’s Communities
2) Screening, Supervision, Resources, and Recruitment
3) Policies, Tactics, and Training
Policing Policy Commission Members
Karl Dean, Co-Chair of Police Policy Commission, Former Mayor and Public Defender of Nashville
Richard Dinkins, TN Co-Chair of Police Policy Commission, Judge, Court of Appeals, State of Tennessee
Ashlee Davis, VP, AllianceBernstein, Chair of Community Oversight Board
Phil Ponder, Former Councilmember
Beth Seigenthaler Courtney, Managing Partner, Finn Partners
Russ Pulley, Public Safety Committee Chair
Bob Fisher, Belmont University President
Whitney Washington, Political Director of Stand Up Nashville
Melissa Blackburn, Judge of Division II General Session Court
Bob Allen, SWAT Team Instructor, Fraternity of Police
David Esquivel, Founding Member, Bass Berry
Mac Huffington, Founder & Owner, Mac Productions
LeShaun Oliver, Police Captain, Vanderbilt University Police Department
Juliana Ospina Cano, Executive Director, Conexion Americas
Margie Quin, CEO, End Slavery Tennessee
Robert Sherrill, CEO & Founder, Imperial Cleaning Systems/ Impact Youth Outreach
Chris Jackson, Pastor, Pleasant Green Baptist Church
Sabina Moyhuddin, Executive Director, American Muslim Advisory Council
Phreadom Dimas, Youth Leader, Oasis Center
Darrell Talbert, President, ICON Entertainment
Larry Woods, Chairman, Wood & Woods Attorneys at Law
Jimmy Greer, Pastor, Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
Tom Turner, President & CEO Nashville Downtown Partnership
Reggie Miller, President, National Black Police Association Nashville Chapter
Nawzad Harami, Manager, Salahadeen Center
Meera Reddy Balal, Founder, Women’s Healthcare Initiative
David Fox, Financial Markets Trader, Former Chairman of Nashville Board of Public Education
Rachel Freeman, President & CEO, Sexual Assault Center
Clifton Harris, President & CEO, Urban League of Middle Tennessee
Torry Johnson, Former District Attorney of Metro Nashville and Davidson County
Demetria Kalidemos, Executive Producer, Nashville Banner
Lonnell Matthews, Juvenile Court Clerk, Davidson County Juvenile Courts
Amanda Lucas, LCSW, Criminal Justice Member, Nashville Organized for Hope and Action (NOAH)
Bruce Maxwell, Pastor, Lake Providence Baptist Church
Sharon K. Roberson, President & CEO, YWCA
Larry Turnley, Violence Interrupter, Gideon’s Army
John R. Faison, Pastor, Watson Grove Missionary Baptist Church
Manuel Delgado, Owner, Delgado Guitars
Gary Moore, Former Councilmember, Retired Nashville Fire Department, IAFF Local 140
Worrick Robinson, Member, Robinson, Regan and Young PLLC
Eli Foster, Blue Ribbon MNPS Teacher
