Jul 7, 2019 | All Alumni
Nashville Business Journal recently featured its 2019 Best of the Bar awards to recognize the top legal minds in Middle Tennessee, based on nominations from the public which were then voted on by one another to determine who is the best of the best. Of the 70 winners, we’re excited to announce that 12 are YLC alumni. Congratulations to Kay Caudle(Class 42), STR; Chase Cole (Class 1), Waller; Jonathan Cole (Class 27), Baker Donelson; Sam Funk (Class 33), Sims|Funk PLC; Jay Hardcastle(Class 11), Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP; Mark Ison (Class 53), Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison; Kim Looney (Class 23), Waller; Erin Palmer Polly (Class 45), Butler Snow LLP; Matt Potempa (Class 56), Martin Heller Potempa & Sheppard, PLLC; Tracy Powell (Class 17), Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison; Donna Roberts (Class 43), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store; and Stephen Zralek (Class 32), Bone McAllester Norton PLLC. If you have a digital subscription to NBJ, you can read more about all the winners, from the lessons they learned as young lawyers to the legal advice friends and family most often ask for and what law they would create for Nashville if given the opportunity.
Jul 6, 2019 | All Alumni, Nonprofit News
Thanks to Brentwood Home Page and its sister publications in Franklin, Nolensville and Spring Hill, for helping us get the word out about YLC’s seventh annual partnership with Williamson, Inc. to train young professionals between the ages of 25-40, who live, work or do business in Williamson County, in 11 weekly sessions, beginning September 12. Each session, meeting on consecutive Thursdays through November 21, will meet from 8:00-10:30 a.m. at Williamson Inc.’s office in Cool Springs, and will cover board member responsibilities, strategic planning, nonprofit financials, legal responsibilities, conflict resolution, fundraising, and effective meetings, all of which are crucial skills needed for today’s nonprofit leadership roles. The graduates of the program will then serve a one-year internship on a local nonprofit board to put their newfound skills into action. The application deadline has been extended to July 20. Apply online at https://lnkd.in/eyswh_8 The participation fee is $550. Be a part of the premier organization for training nonprofit board leaders with more than 2,600 graduates in middle Tennessee making a difference since 1985. https://lnkd.in/eDJmWCx
Jul 6, 2019 | All Alumni, Nonprofit News
Although liver disease is among the ten major causes of death in the United States, there was no national voluntary health agency devoted exclusively to combating liver diseases until 1976, when the American Liver Foundation was formed. The Mid-South Division was founded in the late 1990’s in Memphis and eventually moved to Nashville to serve the entire state, in addition to Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana to promote education, advocacy, support services and research for prevention, treatment and cure of liver disease. Read more about the organization here. The Mid-South Division is looking for a board member with marketing skills. If interested, contact executive director Teresa Davidson at tdavidson@liverfoundation.org or (615) 970-1690. 
Jul 5, 2019 | All Alumni, News
Thanks to Nashville Business Journal for publishing photos online today from Diane Hayes‘ farewell reception. Click on the link here and see Diane, Lisa Shacklett, Blair Smyly, Matthew Harrison, Glenn Bradley, Eden Afriat, Debbie Robinson, Holly Urbanowicz, Dietz Osborne, Jaclyn Avara, Morgan Stewart, Tanya Bonney, Kenisha L. Rhone, Laini Brown, Justin Luckett and Meredith McKay Luckett on slides 19 through 24. 
Jul 3, 2019 | All Alumni, Nonprofit News
Dietz Osborne (Class 58) has been named President/CEO of Miriam’s Promise, after Debbie Robinson, the former Executive Director, retired on June 30. Founded in 1985, Miriam’s Promise is a licensed child-placing agency located in Nashville with the mission to ensure the well-being of the child by nurturing individuals and families. Dietz’s initial volunteer experience was at the organization’s annual golf fundraiser which led to ten years of volunteer service for the organization. He was hired eight years ago and has worked in progressive roles including development and administration. In that time he was responsible for raising over $3.5 million dollars to support the services offered by Miriam’s Promise. Most recently he earned his Master of Science in Management and Leadership from Western Governor’s University. Congratulations to Dietz! We wish him all the best in this new role.
Jul 2, 2019 | All Alumni
Michael Moscardelli (Class 40) has been elected by the Cumberland University Board of Trust as a new trustee, according to the article here. A Lebanon native, Michael previously owned and operated his family’s manufacturing business, PFP, with his brother before the company was sold in 2018. In addition to being a 2003 YLC graduate, he is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and the University of Tennessee College of Law. He serves on the board of directors at CedarStone Bank and has been involved in the Lebanon/Wilson Chamber of Commerce and Leadership Wilson. Good luck to Michael in this new leadership role!
