2024 Fall Impact Series

Sunny Bray is a passionate community-builder, intentionally bringing people together to make lasting change. In 2015 she launched Network Under 40: Nashville, a successful networking organization for young professionals. She immediately immersed herself in the community and saw the challenges facing the city’s nonprofits. Three years later she founded Catalyst Collective on a mission to change the world. Sunny began her professional career in Indianapolis in corporate sales, tech start-ups and as a business development consultant. The loss of a close friend to Melanoma moved Sunny to shift her focus to more fulfilling work within the nonprofit community. Sunny has been recognized through several awards including The Nashville Post’s 2020 All-Star Board and the 2023 and 2024 In Charge list; named to the 2021 40 Under 40 list and a 2023 Women of Influence Honoree by The Nashville Business Journal; Nfocus Magazine’s 2022 Model Behavior and the 2023 Bizwomen100 list. She is an Alumni of both Young Leaders Council and Nashville Emerging Leaders.

Herbert Brown serves as the Regional Community & Citizenship Director for Turner Construction Company (Nashville/Memphis/Huntsville). In this role, Herbert helps support, align, and communicate strategic priorities relative to economic impact for underrepresented business enterprises in the construction industry. In addition to economic development, he is also responsible for leading workforce development and community outreach/engagement. With more than 14 years of experience, Herbert has held positions with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. He currently serves on PENCIL’s Board of Directors and the Urban League of Middle Tennessee Board of Directors. He was a 2022 National Urban League Emerging Leader Fellow and a 2022 Graduate of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Nashville Pathways to Inclusion Program. Herbert was named to the Nashville Business Journal’s 2023 40 under 40 Class and he was included in the Nashville Post In Charge List as a 2023 & 2024 Leader in Real Estate.

Johari Matthews serves as the Vice President and Executive Director of ONE Community and Tennessee Titans Foundation. In her role, Johari provides direct insight in elevating the Club’s community-driven priorities, supporting and driving engagement, and overseeing the Club’s philanthropic endeavors across Tennessee. Since joining the organization, Johari has worked to restructure the Club’s community involvement by using the latest announcement of the new stadium to establish a forward-facing multifaceted philanthropic platform known as ONE Community. Prior to joining the Titans, Johari spent 18 years with the YMCA of Middle Tennessee in a number of transformative leadership roles, with the most recent being Executive Director of the Northwest Family YMCA. In her personal endeavors, she serves on various boards and committees including Corner to Corner, Nashville Public Radio, PENCIL Foundation, and The Community Foundation of Middle TN. She is also a member of Junior League of Nashville, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, and Rotary Club of Nashville. In 2020 Johari was named by the Nashville Business Journal as one of Nashville’s Top 40 Under 40 and most recently recognized as a 2024 “Ten People to Watch”.