Jean Burkhart is the director of choral activities and a vocal-music teacher at Seymour High School. She serves as a mentor to student teachers from UT and Carson-Newman College.

Kathy Hart is conductor-manager and teacher for the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra Association. She has been teaching string methods at the UT School of Music for 19 years.  

Ellie Kittrell is the executive director of Muse Knoxville. Kittrell is an advocate for helping children find creative and educational outlets.

Monique Anderson is the associate dean and university registrar for the University of Tennessee. She is responsible for academic records, catalog and other registration services.

Dr. Jennifer Ladd-Lively is a senior research and development staffer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She leads the electrical systems engineering and integration group. 

Janet Testerman is the CEO of Young-Williams Animal Center. Testerman was formerly manager of internal communication for Scripps Networks Interactive and executive editor of E.W. Scripps' custom publications.

PJ Alexander has worked in the mental health field for 28 years in the Knoxville Area.  PJ established the Knoxville Suicide Grievers Support Group in 1996 and has been Chairperson for the Out of the Darkness Community Walks for the past 11 years.

Joshalyn Hundley is vice president of community development at First Tennessee Bank. She embodies "system thinking" and emphasizes collaboration and a servant heart. 

Katharine Pearson Criss is a senior fellow at the Center for Rural Strategies. She is the founding executive director of the East Tennessee Foundation and served as representative for the Ford Foundation in Eastern Africa. 

Joan Heminway serves as Rick Rose Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee College of Law. She joined the faculty in 2000 after 15 years of business law practice. 

Missy Parker is the director of arts and sciences advising services at the University of Tennessee. She has spent 35 years providing advising to UT undergraduates and is director of the largest advising center at UT. 

Joy Radice is an associate professor of law and director of clinical programs at the University of Tennessee College of Law. She was formerly a Skadden Fellow and public defender and has done legal advocacy. 

Elle Benson is the director of capacity building for the Alliance for Better Nonprofits. She trains, consults, volunteers and advocates across the state in the nonprofit community. 

Claudia Caballero is the executive director for Centro Hispano. She works to show the diversity, intersectionality and economic contributions of the Latino community in East Tennessee.

Erin Gill is the director of sustainability for the City of Knoxville. She has championed major initiatives like the City's LED streetlight retrofit and the Knoxville Extreme Energy Makeover. 

Meghan Conley is the director of community partnerships and sociology instructor at the University of Tennessee. She is co-founder and a steering committee member of Allies of Knoxville's Immigrant Neighbors. 

Jacqueline Kittrell is the executive director of the Community Mediation Center, which serves Knox County courts, neighborhoods and individuals, mediating more than 700 disputes a year for people of limited means.

Shigeko Uppuluri is a community volunteer. She is an ambassador for peace and co-chairs the committee that completed the Peace Pavilion in Bissell Park, where the International Friendship and Peace Bell resides.

Dr. Brenda Pracheil is an aquatic ecologist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She conducts research on increasing the environmental sustainability of hydropower production and mentors graduate students in scientific research.

Kinga Unocic is a research staff scientist at UT-Battelle. She has been a staff member in the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at ORNL since 2009. 

Katatra Vasquez is an environmental scientist with the U.S. Department of Energy at Oak Ridge. She is the first African American woman to serve as compliance officer for the National Environmental Policy Act.