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Rosalyn Carpenter
· President & CEO
· Urban League
of Middle Tennessee
Rosalyn is a 45-year-old native of Memphis, Tennessee;
she is the mother of Edwin N. Feagins Jr. She worships
at St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church. She is a
graduate of Tennessee State University and Meharry
Medical College with majors in Health Care
Administration and Planning.
Rosalyn has been a resident of Nashville since 1981; she
began her professional career in 1986 with Cumberland
Health Systems, Cumberland Hall Psychiatric Hospital.
There she served in the roles of counselor, team manager
and community education representative. As a community
liaison, she covered Davidson County and Eastern
Tennessee territories. She traveled to various juvenile
courts to be available to judges, court officers and
parents, offering services for our youth.
Rosalyn later joined the United Way of Middle Tennessee
to serve our community in the roles of Community
Relations Manager which included Success By 6 - Parent
Education, Project Blueprint, a diversity initiative in
partnership with the Young Leaders Council, and
supervision of the Ryan White Community AIDS
Partnership. Other roles included Assistant Director of
Administration, Director of Administration and Volunteer
Resources, Director of the Volunteer Center, and as
Director of Strengthening Families Council where she
managed a funding portfolio of over 2 million dollars to
not-for-profit programs.
Rosalyn left United Way in 1998 to become Executive
Director of the Metropolitan Human Relations
Commission. She staffed 17 Commissioners appointed by
the Mayor. Her responsibilities were to resolve
Davidson County discrimination complaints in the areas
of education, employment, housing, commercial and
financial services, public accommodations and the city’s
provision of activities. She was also responsible for
policy recommendations for citizens whose first language
is not English. The Human Relations Commission has 3
priorities: Building Two-way respect between the
Community and Police, Promoting Respect for
Diversity/Encouraging Positive Race Relations, and
Compliance Enforcement Services.
Rosalyn has made a tremendous commitment to serving the
needs of others through volunteerism. Her involvements
in Nashville ranges from being appointed by Governor
Bredesen to the Tennessee Board of Economic Development
in 2003, appointed by Mayor Purcell to the Metro
Nashville Airport authority in 2004, to being selected
to the Leadership Middle Tennessee Class of 2005, to
being a member of the Music City Chapter, Links
Incorporated. Past affiliations include The Coalition
of 100 Black Women, Nashville Chapter, to the Chamber of
Commerce, to being a delegate for the Diocese of
Nashville at the National Black Catholic Congress in
1997. Past volunteer affiliations include the Northwest
YMCA, Young Leaders Council Board of Directors, St. Pius
X School Board, St. Vincent De Paul Parish Council,
Leadership Nashville Alumni Board of Directors,
Tennessee Fair Housing Council; The International
Bridge; St. Luke’s Community House; Domestic Violence
Intervention Center formerly known as PEACE, Inc.; and
the Crisis Intervention Center Board of Directors, Jr.
League of Nashville Advisory Board, Nashville DID! Study
Circle Advisory Board (Past Chairperson), Ladies of
Charity, Boy Scouts Scoutreach Advisory Committee, Girl
Scout Performance Advisory Committee, Tennessee Fair
Housing Council, Bordeaux Long Term Care Facility
Advisory Board, and the Taskforce on Immigrants and
Refugees.
Rosalyn began her role of President and CEO of the Urban
League of Middle Tennessee on May 15, 2003. She brings
to the League an accomplished background in management
and program development. She plans to not only return
the affiliate to its place of prominence but also
distinguish the Nashville affiliate Urban League of
Middle Tennessee as one of the finest in the country.
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Highlights of FY 2007
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