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September 27, 2023 | 11:30 a.m.

Music City Center

2022 Honorees

Nelson C. Andrews Distinguished Service Award

presented by Vanderbilt University


Distinguished Alumni Award

presented by Belmont University

2022 Award Winners


Inspiring Leader Award

presented by Lipscomb University


Annette Eskind Inspiring Educator Award

presented by UBS


Thomas J. Sherrard Inspiring Innovation Award

presented by Nissan

Meet Our Event Chairs

Michelle Gaskin Brown

Michelle Gaskin Brown is an attorney and currently serves as the Manager of Public Policy at Amazon in Nashville, Tennessee, supporting all public policy and advocacy efforts throughout the state with a focus on Nashville as the location of Amazon’s new corporate operations office. She currently serves on the board for the Nashville Public Education Foundation, the Hospital Authority of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, the Center for Nonprofit Management, Music City Bowl, and Oz Arts Nashville.

Dr. Alex Jahangir

Dr. Alex Jahangir is the Vice Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Jahangir serves as the current chair of the Metropolitan Board of Health of Nashville and was named chair of the Metropolitan Nashville Coronavirus Taskforce in March 2020 by Mayor Cooper and led Nashville's response to the Covid-19 epidemic. He is a graduate of Martin Luther King Magnet High School and was inducted into the Public Schools Hall of Fame in 2021 as a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award.

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Contact Us

To learn more about the Public Schools Hall of Fame, please contact Melinda Judd, Vice President of Outreach and Development

[email protected] | (615) 456-7485

Thank You to Our Sponsors

Presenting Sponsor


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Thank You to Our Sponsors

Presenting Sponsor


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Award Presenters


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Vanderbilt University logo

Gold Sponsors


Alliance Bernstein logo
Amazon logo
Asurion logo
Bass Bery Sims logo

The Enchiridion Foundation

The Eskind Family

Mrs. Annette Eskind
Donna & Jeffrey Eskind
Laurie & Steven Eskind
Richard Eskind

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Silver Sponsors


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Margaret & Tony Heard

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Denice & Milton Johnson

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Manuel Zeitlin Architects logo
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Ryman Hospitality Properties Foundation logo
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Bronze Sponsors


Ashley & Joe
Cook

Brenda & Ron
Corbin

Suann & Ralph
Davis

enterprise solutions

Carole & John
Ferguson

Debbie & Joey
Hatch

Kraft CPAs logo
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce logo
Opportunity Nashville logo
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Carole & John
Sergent

Stones River Group logo
Studio Bank logo
Synovus Logo
Truist logo

Steve Turner

Wiseman Ashworth Trauger logo

Media Sponsor


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SPECIAL THANKS AND SUPPORT


Anchor Transportation
Artists Pat Matranga & Maddie Rarick
Dr. Jill Pittman & Overton High School
Moving Picture Boys
Charles Starks and the Music City Center staff
Dr. Nita Smith, choir and music teacher, and choir students from Isaiah T. Creswell Middle Magnet School of the Performing and Visual Arts
Uplight Technologies

Friends of Public Education

Barbara & Greg Burns
Ashley & Joe Cook
Suann & Ralph Davis
Julie & Thomas F. Frist III
Meg & Alex Harris
Kraft CPAs
Nashville State Community College
Tennessee Tribune Newspaper