Nashville Career Advancement Center

Youth Council

Lisa Pote
Lisa Pote
Center for Nonprofit Management
Led by Lisa Pote of the Center for Nonprofit Management, the purpose of the Youth Council is to provide oversight, direction and leadership to youth activities in the regional workforce investment area comprised of Davidson, Rutherford, Wilson and Trousdale counties.

To enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the Area youth, the Council gives guidance with the intent to increase graduation rates, employability, and the basic skills of school age youth, and increase employment, earnings, post-secondary training opportunities, including apprenticeship and entry into the military, for older youth.

Council Members

  • Jennifer Baker
    Fifth Third Bank
  • Yancy Belcher
    Attorney at Law
  • Leanna Bone
  • Tom Boyd
    Bank of America
  • Vicki Holder
    Trousdale County Schools
  • Laurene McLemore
  • Carmen Moore-Minor
    Metro Development and Housing Authority
  • Kay Nixon
    Board of Education for Rutherford County
  • Carol Puryear
    TN Technology Center at Murfreesboro
  • Zachary t. Simmons
    Boy Scouts of America
  • Larry Tomlinson
    Wilson County Government
  • Martha Trammell
  • Melissa Watkins
    Job Corps