The Riverfront Development Corporation was created in February 2000 as a not-for-profit, public-private partnership. Its mission is to create a world-class riverfront. The RDC staff is led by Benny Lendermon III and its board is made up of the following members:
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President Benny Lendermon, III |
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Chairman John W. Stokes Jr. Senior Partner, Morgan Keegan & Company Inc. |
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Vice-Chairman John Michael Farris Principal, Farris Mathews Branan Bobango & Hellen PLC. |
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Treasurer John Bobango Principal, Farris Mathews Branan Bobango Hellen & Dunlap PLC; Served on the Memphis City Council from 1996 to 2000 |
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Assistant Treasurer Herb Hilliard Executive Vice President of Risk Management for First Horizons National Corporation |
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Secretary Tomeka Hart President, Memphis Urban League, Commissioner, Memphis City Schools Board of Education |
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Assistant Secretary Lucia Gilliland Philanthropist |
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Immediate Past Chairman Greg Duckett Senior Vice President and Corporate Counsel, Baptist Memorial Health Care System |
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Tina Birchett Founder & Owner of Grace Magazine and the Sisterhood Summit and Showcase |
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Charles Carpenter Attorney |
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Bill Dance Professional Angler and TV Host |
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George Little CAO, City of Memphis |
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Terry Lynch Managing Partner, Southland Development Partners |
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Margaret Craddock McLean Community Volunteer |
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Mary Lynn Perl Community Volunteer |
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Susan Schadt President & CEO of the Greater Memphis Arts Council |
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Rita Sparks Owner, Sparks Enterprises |
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Nick Vergos Partner, The Rendezvous Restaurant and Rendezvous Shipping |
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Barbara Swearengen Ware Memphis City Council Representative |
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A C Wharton, Jr. Mayor, City of Memphis |
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Bob Williams Downtown Resident |
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Susan Arney Chairman, Memphis in May International Festival Board of Directors |
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Shante Avant Mpact Memphis Representative |
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Cynthia Buchanan Director of Park Services Division, City of Memphis |
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Robert Carter Executive Vice President & CIO, FedEx Corporation |
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William Hudson Jr. Memphis Area Transit Authority |
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Kevin Kane Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau |
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Robert Lipscomb City of Memphis, MHA, & HCD |
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Rick Masson Executive Director, Shelby Farms Park Conservancy |
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Scott McCormick Executive Director, Plough Foundation |
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Paul Morris Center City Commission |
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Teresa Sloyan Executive Director, Hyde Family Foundations |
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Bill Taylor Senior Customer Service Manager, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) |
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Sally Palmer Thomason, PhD. Retired Dean of the Meeman Center for Special Studies, Rhodes College |
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Pat Kerr Tigrett Designer |
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Terry Woodard President, Downtown Neighborhood Association |
