The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. Metropolitan Nashville Chapter Announces Board of Directors
New Chapter Leadership Localizes the National Organization’s Forty-Year History of
Advocating for Black Women and Girls
The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Incorporated (NCBW), Metropolitan Nashville Chapter announces Janet Rachel as its ninth President. Board Officers include Kimberly Cox, First Vice President; Ylonda Banister, Second Vice President; Tabitha Mundy, Third Vice President; Deanna Largin, Treasurer; Lynet Payne, Financial Secretary; Jacqueline Hayes, Recording Secretary; Nicole Rowan, Corresponding Secretary; Erica Grooms, Historian; Karen Thompson, Nominations Chair; and Crystal Banks, Parliamentarian.
“I am elated to lead the NCBW Metropolitan Nashville Chapter at this important time in our history standing on the shoulders of Susan Short Jones, our Charter President and Past Presidents, Samella Junior Spence, Linda Hare, K. Dawn Rutledge, Marilyn Robinson, Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge and
Veronica Marable Johnson. My vision is to advance the mission of the NCBW Metropolitan Nashville Chapter through impactful programming, strategic growth, member engagement, and expanded community collaborations,” said Janet Rachel, NCBW Metropolitan Nashville Chapter President.
President Rachel joined the NCBW Metropolitan Nashville Chapter in 1997 and has served as First Vice President, Second Vice President, Treasurer, and Economic Empowerment Committee Chair during her tenure. Rachel, a Human Resources and Diversity leader, recently retired from Vanderbilt University
Medical Center where she enjoyed eleven years in various Human Resources roles and served last as a Diversity Consultant in the Office of Diversity Affairs. During her career, Rachel held executive roles with Meharry Medical College, Dell Technologies, Metropolitan Human Relations Commission and First
American National Bank. Rachel is currently President of Rachel Consulting Service, providing coaching, career transition and diversity support services to individuals and organizations.
A community advocate for women, youth, and the underserved, Rachel is the Founding Director of the Middle Tennessee HERC (Higher Education Recruitment Consortium), Founding Coordinator for Nashville Industry Liaison Group, Founding President of Nashville Urban Bankers, and Founding Coordinator for
the Tennessee Economic Council for Women’s Summit for Women.
A Tennessee State University graduate, certified Diversity Recruiter and Rule 31 Mediator, Rachel is a former Metro Civil Service and Human Relations Commissioner, Past President of Nashville CABLE, Past Chair of ATHENA, and alumnus of Leadership Nashville.
Rachel has previous board service with Bethlehem Centers of Nashville, Community Foundation Women’s Advisory Board, YWCA, Fifty Forward, Nashville CABLE, Middle TN Urban League, the Nashville Workforce Network, and Leadership Nashville Alumni Board.
Named a “Woman Making History” by the Tennessean, Rachel has received numerous awards including the VUMC MLK Award, Nashville CABLE Spirit of Leadership and Power of Inclusion Awards, CES Youth about Business Harriett Tubman Award, YWCA Diversity Award, Middle TN Urban League Chair Award
and the NCBW Metropolitan Nashville Chapter Leadership Award.
“I have been extremely honored to lead the NCBW Nashville Chapter over the past four years. We overcame challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic by maximizing our talents and strengths, leveraging technology and creating new partnerships to provide programming in the areas of health,
education and economic empowerment. I am confident President Rachel will continue improving our organization and advance advocacy for Black women and girls in our community,” said Veronica Marable Johnson, Immediate Past President.
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The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Incorporated is a 40-year-old advocacy organization whose vision is that black women and girls will live in a world where socio-economic inequity does not exist. Thus, we advocate on behalf of black women and girls to promote leadership development and gender
equity in the areas of health, education, and economic empowerment. As a voice for millions of black women and girls in the United States, the Coalition believes in inclusion, respect, racial and social justice, integrity, accountability, and collaboration. For more information, visit the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc. at www.ncbw.org.