The Partnership
Memphis River Parks Partnership works with and for the people of Memphis to trigger the transformative power of our river.
Mission
Memphis River Parks Partnership is a nonprofit 5O1(c)(3) public-private partnership that stewards the riverfront on behalf of the people of Memphis. The Partnership works to create a connected, catalytic and fun riverfront for all guided by the Memphis Riverfront Concept.
IN 2O17, MAYOR STRICKLAND AND THE CITY OF MEMPHIS CREATED A TASK FORCE TO REINVIGORATE THE RIVERFRONT.
That task force commissioned Studio Gang to develop a concept for the transformation of six miles of mostly underused river parks into a connected network of beautiful, natural public spaces that would reconnect Memphians with their river. More than 4,000 Memphians were engaged in the production of the Memphis Riverfront Concept.
Work to execute the Concept started quickly with the reinvention of two former-Confederate parks, now River Garden and Fourth Bluff Park, completed in 2O18 and 2O19. The River Line—a five-mile walking and biking trail that connects all river parks—opened in 2O18. The most visible and accessible riverfront park in Memphis—Tom Lee Park—was next.
BOARD
Chair: Shanea McKinney
Cigna
Vice Chair: Tammy LoCascio
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
First Horizon
Past Chair: Tyree Daniels
Managing Director Duncan Williams
Treasurer: Eric Brown
Vice President and General Manager
Valero
First Asst. Treasurer: Sam Cantor
Sam Cantor & Company
Second Asst. Treasurer: Billy Orgel
President
Tower Ventures
Secretary: Gabe Franceschi
Director of Government and Community Relations for the West Region
Tennessee Valley Authority
Asst. Secretary: Teresa Sloyan
Executive Director
Hyde Family Foundation
Chairperson Emeritus: Gregory M. Duckett
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Baptist Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Calvin Anderson
President
Clear Strategies Group
Robert Craddock
Managing Partner
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP
Liz Gilliland
Tom Grimes
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Mid-America Apartment Communities
Bruce B. Hopkins
Retired Chairman
West Tennessee Region First Horizon Bank
Penelope Huston
Chief Communication’s Officer City of Memphis - Mayor Young’s Representative
Kim Jordan
Cathy Lynch
Michelle McKissack
Board Chair
Memphis Shelby County Schools
Bruce McMullen
Memphis Office Managing Shareholder Baker Donelson
Amity Schuyler
Chief Innovation Officer and Senior Vice President of Workforce Development
Greater Memphis Chamber
Philip Spinosa
Memphis City Councilperson District 5
Van Turner Jr.
President - Memphis Branch
NAACP
Molly Wexler
Founder Last Bite Films, LLC
Max Wondries
Gary Wunderlich
Partner
Live Oak Merchant Partners
EX-OFFICIO:
Jen Andrews
Executive Director
Shelby Farms Park Conservancy
Chandell Ryan
President and CEO Downtown Memphis Commission
Nick Walker
Director Memphis Parks
BOARD MEETINGS
Email info@memphisriverparks.org for connection details for the next scheduled board meeting of the Partnership.