Who We Are

Millard Darnell Collins, Jr. was born in New Orleans, LA on January 4, 1976. He graduated from Xavier University and Meharry Medical College.  Since graduating from Meharry Medical College, Dr Collins has held positions as Associate Dean of Student & Academic Affairs, and currently serves as Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Family & Community Medicine. In addition to his efforts at Meharry, he is also a is a Harvard Macy Scholar (2010).  Dr. Collins spends his days as a versatile administrator, mentor to many students, residents and junior faculty, and letting the local Nashville community and beyond know of his passion for serving God through worship of mankind.  It is indeed his hope to apply his innovative approach to problem solving to the larger societal needs surrounding health disparities.

Sada is a technology development visionary with a notable track record for successfully moving great ideas from grassroots level to production status and into the marketplace.  As Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Givful, (http://givful.com/) - a platform for charity giving and partnerships - he has overseen the development of the current software platform, from sketch concept to today’s production version, and he will spearhead future progression on the company’s product development roadmap. Sada’s development work has touched a wide variety of industries, from interactive media (including extensive work on high-profile gaming projects such as Spiderman 3) to financial payment solutions.  As an independent developer and consultant in recent years, he built a client roster that has included Ogilvy-Mather, Atlanta; TNG Wallet + Invox Finance, Melbourne; MedCenterDisplay, Nashville; the non-profit Contributor newspaper, Nashville; and Tango Mobile, Los Angeles. Like all the Givful executive leadership, Sada contributes significant time to the community, including as a volunteer and Next Generation Board member at Siloam Health, a care provider to the underserved and refugee population of Nashville.

Sada holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Nevada—Las Vegas and has been a resident of Nashville since 2012.  Sada enjoys music, reading, writing, playing soccer and creating mini-games for his seven nieces and nephews who still think he's a super-hero.

Dr. Doyle's particular areas of expertise are diversity in the workplace, women’s leadership, risk financing and the healthcare industry. She currently serves on the Boards of Trust of Martin Methodist College and has previously served on the board of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society. She consults with Fortune 500 companies and professional service firms on their diversity & inclusion strategies and is an external member of Nissan America’s Executive Diversity Council.

Recent honors and awards include: Education Honoree of Peabody College, the PLUS One Award for outstanding contributions to the professional liability industry, and the APIW Insurance Woman of the Year award. Prior board affiliations include: Definity Healthcare, Sterling Insurance Company, the American Society of Healthcare Risk Managers, the CPCU Board of Governors, and the Owen Alumni Board.

I am an infill developer in one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. My specialty is in helping to redevelop Nashville's inner core neighborhoods working closely with the community on land use issues and policy. I work a grassroots effort with neighborhoods and the municipality to develop housing stock, and policies that help to curb socioeconomic gentrification of preexisting communities. Smart Growth and the school of New-Urbanism are defining practices that I strive to implement in every project I select.

Stephen G. Young was born in Nashville, Tennessee in 1967. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in 1989 from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.  In 1994, Mr. Young received his Juris Doctor from the University of Memphis. There, he served as Associate Chief Justice on the Moot Court Board. From 1994 through 1998, Mr. Young was an attorney for the Metropolitan Office of Public Defender of Nashville, Tennessee, where he represented indigent individuals charged with crimes.

Mr. Young is a strong supporter of pro bono and other volunteer efforts within the community. He has worked directly with the Legal Aid Society as an annual fundraising volunteer since 2001. Mr. Young also coached youth soccer, basketball and baseball, served on non-profit boards and committees, participated in missions, active at Westminster Presbyterian Church and in Leadership Nashville.

Mr. Young is a member of the Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations and the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the latter of which he is past president. He is a member of the Nashville Bar Foundation and served as a pro-bono program volunteer and mock trial coach for the Nashville Bar Association. In 2006, Governor Phil Bredesen appointed Mr. Young to the Tennessee Council of Interstate Adult Offender Supervision, which monitors the transfer of criminal offenders into and out of Tennessee. His main areas of practice are criminal defense, general civil litigation, collections and personal injury.

Howard Gentry serves the Metropolitan Government of Nashville as the Criminal Court Clerk of Davidson County in the Twentieth Judicial District. In this capacity, his office is responsible for performing the clerical duties (hard copy and electronic forms) for the operation of the General Sessions and State Trial Criminal Courts.He was appointed Criminal Court Clerk in 2011 and reelected, without opposition, in 2012.

A Nashville native, Gentry was elected three times to countywide public office. He was a Metro Council member-at-large before being elected Metro Nashville-Davidson County’s first African American vice mayor. He was re-elected in 2003. In 2007, Gentry was a candidate for Mayor and narrowly missed the run-off by less than 300 votes. He received his B.S. and master’s degrees in education from TSU. Howard has served in various civic organizations including: The Tennessee Prayer Breakfast Committee (past chair), Metropolitan Homelessness Commission (founding chair), 100 Black Men of Middle Tennessee, Nashville’s Agenda, Nashville Alliance for Public Education, Music City Bowl, Nashville Sports Council, Metropolitan Social Services Commission (former chair), Nashville Poverty Reduction Council (founding chair), NAACP, Leadership Nashville and United4hope (chair). Tn Sports Hall of Fame (past president), Nashville Public Television, Arts and Business Council, Fisk University, Boy Scouts of America Nashboro District (chair), Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Operation Andrew and Key Alliance

Curtis Baysinger, MD, received his undergraduate and medical education at Vanderbilt University. After a residency in anesthesiology and an obstetric anesthesia fellowship at the University of California at San Francisco, Dr. Baysinger joined the faculty at Vanderbilt in 2003 and was the Director of Obstetric Anesthesia from 2008 - 2014. Dr. Baysinger’s research interests the combined effects of hypoxia and PDE5 inhibition on the feto-placental circulation and the effects of other druggable targets on outcomes in preeclamptic women. With Ray Johnson, MS and John Downing, MD, Dr. Baysinger conducts laboratory investigations using fresh placental tissue in a dual perfused single cotyledon model of the placenta.

Sean is a native of Nashville and has lived here most of his life. He is president of Sean Roach & Associates PC.  They are a full service CPA firm and provide strategic planning as well as tax and accounting services to their clients. He is the current Treasurer for the Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce.

He has served on numerous boards over the past 25 years. Some of which include YMCA of Sumner County, Hendersonville Rotary club, Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce, Boys and Girls Club day of Sullivan County and Sumner County Mounties. He and his wife if 31 years enjoy horseback riding and spend much of their free time on the trail.