Board Member

Bonnie Dow

Bonnie Dow is Distinguished Professor of the Communication of Science and Technology at Vanderbilt University where she also serves as the Vice Dean and Dean of Faculty Affairs for the College of Arts and Science.

Dow is a graduate of the 2017 class of Leadership Nashville, and a co-founder and former Chair of the Board of Directors of Women for Tennessee’s Future, a political action committee created to fund women candidates for state and local public office. She also has served on the Board of Directors of the Nashville Repertory Theatre, the Nashville Public Library Foundation, the Nashville Metro Arts Commission, and the Women’s Political Collaborative of Tennessee.

Elizabeth Noel Sitgreaves

Board Member

Elizabeth Sitgreaves focuses her practice on civil litigation on both the trial and appellate level. She has represented clients throughout all stages of litigation including depositions, mediations, trials, and appeals.

Prior to joining Littler, she worked at regional firms with an emphasis on tort and personal injury and appellate litigation, where she has represented clients in both state and federal courts. She also served as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Frank G. Clement, Jr., Tennessee Court of Appeals.

Board member

Monica Mackie

Monica Mackie is a thirty-five-year veteran of the legal industry, and most recently was the Executive Director of the Nashville Bar Association.

Prior to the NBA, she was the president of Monaco Management, providing services in the areas of leadership training, seminars, law practice management, business development, special events, corporate retreats, fundraising and general business operations. Monica holds a bachelor’s degree from Middle Tennessee State University in political science and is certified to administer the MBTI®, also known as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. She resides in Franklin, TN, with her husband, John.

Board Member

Scott Tift

Scott Tift is an attorney who represents plaintiffs in civil rights litigation, employees in disputes with their employers, and labor unions on the many issues they face.

Scott is Tennessee’s leading litigator on issues of reproductive freedom. Prior to the Dobbs decision, Scott represented clinics across Tennessee as plaintiffs in federal litigation challenging three of the State’s barriers to abortion access: a 48-hour waiting period, an ambulatory surgical treatment center requirement, and an admitting privileges requirement.

Board Member

Elise Boos

Elise Boos is an OB/GYN in Nashville who is board certified in Complex Family Planning. She focuses her clinical practice, advocacy and research on the equitable provision of evidence-based reproductive healthcare.

In recent years, Elise has played an active role in seeking further exceptions to TN’s abortion ban and ensuring consistency in clinical care across the state. She currently serves as the TN ACOG Hollis Fellow and is a member of the Tennessee Medical Association.

Board member

Anne Davis

Ms. Davis practiced civil and criminal litigation at Bass Berry & Sims and Neal & Harwell and was managing attorney of SELC’s Nashville office from 2011 until mid-2017.

She is an adjunct professor at the Vanderbilt University School of Law and currently serves on the board of the TennGreen Land Conservancy. She is a former board member of the Tennessee Heritage Conservation Trust Fund, Nashville Zoo, Friends of Warner Parks, Harpeth Hall School, and the Nashville Public Library Foundation, and was chair of the Metro Nashville Task Force on Environmental Sustainability. A Nashville native, Ms. Davis holds degrees from Denison University and the Vanderbilt University School of Law.