Committee Members
“What I wouldn’t give
for just one day
When holding you
was all it took to wipe
those tears away
Remember all the days
we’ve left behind
and hold them in your heart,
sweet child of mine”
Gretchen Peters
“Child of Mine”
Sony Music. Used with Permission.
Children’s Memory Garden Committee, 2020
Mandated Positions
- Mackenzie Britt, Victim Witness Coordinator, Office of District Attorney General 20th Judicial District
- John Drake, Chief of Metro Nashville Police Department
- Monique Odom, Metro Parks Director and Tim Netsch, Assistant Director of
Planning - Diane Lance, Director of Office of Family Safety
- John Buntin, Mayor’s Office
- Cathy Gurley, CEO, “You Have the Power…Know How to Use It”
Appointed Positions
- Andrea Conte, Founder “You Have the Power…Know How to Use It”
- Tam Gordon, Metro Human Resources, former journalist Nashville Banner
- Regina Hockett, mother of Adriane Dickerson
- Torry Johnson, retired District Attorney General 20th Judicial District
- Irma Paz, Nashville Business Leader and Entrepreneur
- Sylvia Rapaport, Office of U.S. Representative Jim Cooper,
Founding President of The Conservancy Parthenon Centennial
Park - Kennda Watkins Sr., father of Kennda Watkins Jr.
Volunteers and Advisers
- Judy Bayer, Board Member, You Have the Power
- John Buntin
- Natilee Duning, retired editor, John Seigenthaler Center
- MP&F Strategic Communications
- Chinedu Amaefula, Nashville Public Library
- Ken Fieth, Nashville Public Library
- Darlene Williams, Operations Manager, You Have the Power
- Kaitlin Ladha, Communication Coordinator, You Have the Power
- Nashville Public Library