Tennessee Jump$tart

Tennessee Jump$tart is a non-profit organization comprised of approximately 50 individuals and organizations representing business, government and education who have joined together to improve the personal financial literacy of Tennessee’s youth.

Board

The following officers and directors comprise the Board of the Tennessee Jump$tart Coalition:

  • Ascend Federal Credit Union

  • Cadence Bank

  • Christian Community Services, Inc.

  • Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta-Nashville Branch

  • Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis-Memphis Branch

  • Middle Tennessee Council on Economic and Free Enterprise Education @ Middle Tennessee State University

  • Pinnacle Financial Partners

  • Regions Bank

  • Rutherford County Schools

  • Truist Bank

  • Tennessee Attorney General's Office

  • Tennessee Consumer Finance Association

  • Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance

  • Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions

  • Tennessee Financial Literacy Commission

  • Tennessee Higher Education Commission/Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation

  • Tennessee Tech University - College of Business

  • The Farmers Bank

  • The University of Tennessee Extension

  • Wellworth Bank

  • Y-12 Federal Credit Union

Officers of the Board

The following individuals serve as officers on the board of the Tennessee Jump$tart Coalition.

Rachel C. Carden
President

Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance
Director of Investor Education, Securities Division

Rachel.Carden@tn.gov

John Nolan
President-Elect

Truist Bank | Workplace Financial Wellness
Senior Vice President, Truist Momentum 

John.Nolan@truist.com

Wally Luckeydoo
Vice President

Rutherford County Schools
Career & Technical Education Teacher/Work-Based Learning Coordinator,
Smyrna High School

luckeydoo@rcschools.net

Greg Davis
Secretary

Rutherford County Schools
Substitute Teacher

gregdnow@mac.com

Lori Mitchum
Treasurer

Tennessee Higher Education Commission/Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation
Outreach Specialist, West Region

lori.mitchum@tn.gov

Past Coalition Presidents

Dr. Maria Edlin King
Tennessee Council on Economic and
Free Enterprise Education, MTSU
2022-2024

Alan Smith
Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions
2021-2022

Jason Seay
TN Student Assistance Corporation
2019-2020

Natasha Bishop
Apprisen
2017-2018

Jared Plunk
Tennessee Attorney General’s Office
2015-2016

Carla Jarrell
Pinnacle Financial Partners
2013-2014

Kristina Howard
Knoxville TVA Employees Credit Union
2010-2012

Ann Berry
The University of Tennessee Extension
2010-2012

Jackie Morgan
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Nashville Branch
2007-2009

Christy Minton
Cadence Bank, formerly BancorpSouth
2000-2006