Jun 24, 2019 | News
On June 19, Young Leaders Council celebrated one of Nashville’s greatest treasures and our former executive director, Diane Hayes. Over 400 alumni and supporters joined us for a wonderful evening in the Gulch Crossing club room, and the rain held off long enough for us to enjoy remarks by our board chair, Josh Livingston, Class #1 alum and Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis partner, Chase Cole, a wonderful song by Diane’s daughter and YLC alum, Holly Shepherd Urbanowicz, and remarks from Diane.
The evening would not have been possible without the generous support of our sponsors:
Additionally, our alumni honored Diane’s 24 years of service with donations to YLC to help meet our goal of raising $24K. We have an anonymous donor who is matching donations given in Diane’s honor up to $10K. IT’S NOT TOO LATE to give HERE.
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Thank you for your support of Diane and YLC; our community is better because of YOU!
Lisa
Jun 22, 2019 | All Alumni, News
In the Summer 2019 issue of Nashville Post, one of the six profiled business leaders who were assembled for the 2019 All-Star Board is YLC alumna Yanika Nikki Smith-Bartley (Class 43). Yanika is Vice President and Special Counsel for Diversity and Inclusion at Asurion, where she brings employment and regulatory expertise to an organization now home to more than 16,000 employees around the world. She is a graduate of Fisk University and Vanderbilt University Law School and this year was also named a Women of Influence award winner by Nashville Business Journaland a nominee for the Nashville ATHENA award by Nashville Cable. Since the All-Star Board was created six years ago to showcase a group of people who could help improve, grow and guide organizations, an additional three YLC alumni have been chosen. In 2018, Harry Allen (Class 62) and Ray Guzman (Class 53) and in 2013, Kevin Lavender (Class 4) made the list. Congratulations to all our YLC All-Stars! Read the entire article here.
Jun 15, 2019 | News
According to Mayor David Brileyast week, Metro Nashville’s one-stop shop for reporting issues and offering input, hubNashville, keeps getting more popular – and more effective. Residents submitted a record-setting 15,380 requests in May, nearly 1,000 more than the previous month and more than doubling the number from May 2018. And the average time it takes for Metro to resolve requests has dropped from nearly 12 days in 2018 to just over seven days so far this year. Download the Hub app on your phone or go to hub.nashville.gov to report potholes, litter, leaning stop signs, street lights out, paving overdue, ditches clogged, speeding enforcement needed, etc.
Jun 15, 2019 | All Alumni, News
The YLC staff, from left, Jamie Weathers, Patty Kelley St. Clair and Lisa Shacklett, taking a quick breather after a very busy spring with 90 class participants graduating last month, planning Diane Hayes’ farewell reception next week, finalizing the participants for Class 73 kicking off in September and working on admissions for YLC/Williamson Chamber Class 2019 (with a few slots still available for those who live or do business in Williamson County). Oh, yeah…..and celebrating Lisa’s 13th week as executive director, Patty’s birthday and the YLC office getting a fresh coat of paint and new carpet after many, many years. Stay tuned for all the fantastic events coming up this summer and fall. 
Jun 9, 2019 | All Alumni, News
YLC was the association sponsor for Nashville Business Journal’s Next Gen series on May 21 at Fat Bottom Brewing with more than 100 young professionals and accomplished business leaders in small group discussions about personal and professional goals.
YLC executive director Lisa Clark Shacklett was one of the executive table hosts sharing her insight on how to succeed in career and life.
With lots of late afternoon sun streaming through the floor to ceiling windows of the brewing company’s private indoor space, The Reserve, nine YLC alumni were seen at the prime networking event, including Eden Afriat (Class 72), Brett Dabdoub (YLC/Massey Graduate School Alumni Class 2018), Nicole Dickerson (Class 70), Samantha Dwyer (Class 72), Amy Goode (Class 72), Tyler Graham (YLC/Massey Graduate School Alumni Class 2017), Hayley Levy (Class 71), Nathan Sachs (Class 70) and Lindsay Youngbauer (Class 72). 
Jun 7, 2019 | All Alumni, News
Four YLC alumni will be recognized on June 11 as Nashville Business Journal‘s 2019 Power Leaders in Commercial Real Estate, seen as the dealmakers and key professionals planning and securing a solid foundation that is moving Nashville’s skyline upward and outward. Congratulations to Kelly Knight Hodges (Class 40), Gresham Smith (for Architecture/engineering); Tatum Flynn (Class 62), Savills Nashville (for Brokers); and Byran Fort (YLC/Williamson Chamber Class 2014), CBRE and Janelle Gallagher (Class 72), CBRE (for Rising Stars).
