On March 5, 2021, TennGreen Land Conservancy welcomed Marcya A Carter-Sheats (Nashville) and Scott McKinney (Nashville) to its Board of Directors.
Marcya A Carter-Sheats is the Global Operations Excellence & Executive Complaint Manager for Cummins Inc, a global manufacturing leader. She has lived and worked overseas, has 2 MBAs, and has worked in a variety of roles within Cummins. Marcya has enjoyed her experience at Cummins because of the opportunity to experience a range of positions from Finance, Quality, New Plant start-up, Risk Management to Customer Service and Sales. She has held leadership positions as a certified six sigma black belt or line leader for the last 10 of her almost 19 years with the company. She’s also had the privilege of serving the communities that she’s lived and worked in as a volunteer or board member for various nonprofits that primarily serve children, women, and the arts. She’s a nature enthusiast and is excited to contribute to keeping Tennessee beautiful by partnering with and continuing the strategy execution of TennGreen. Marcya says that the most important and most fulfilling job that she has is being a wife to Jamaal and a mother to their 5-year-old daughter, Juliana (aka. GiGi).
Scott McKinney will serve on TennGreen’s Board (in a non-voting capacity) for one year as a Young Leaders Council program intern. Scott is a senior associate at Foundry Commercial with 6+ years of experience in commercial real estate. He has experience across multiple service lines including office/retail tenant representation, multimarket site selection, and land sales. Scott currently works within Foundry’s Corporate Solutions team in Nashville that specifically advises large corporations that have multiple locations across the country in their overall real estate strategy. A graduate of Florida State University, Scott originally grew up in Gainesville Florida, and made his way to Nashville by way of Asheville, NC. He is an avid rock climber, trail runner, cyclist, and married to his wonderful wife Jessica.