Ladawna Parham, CEO of Nourish Food Bank, has been in nonprofit management for more than 15 years. Parham received her Bachelor of Science degree from MTSU and later her Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Leadership from Belmont University. During her time at the food bank, she has grown Nourish to include multiple sites, over 400,000 meals annually and over 1 million meals during the COVID-19 pandemic, and built critical partnerships to share food across other nonprofit agencies and the Rutherford County Schools’ homeless student population. Parham is a graduate of Leadership Rutherford, a current Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce Diplomat, a member of Junior League of Murfreesboro and RUTHERFORD Cable, co-founded Spread the Positive’s Women Nourishing our Community Series, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Rotary Club of Smyrna. She is currently the recipient of the MTSU Alumni Association Award of Distinction for Community Service. Parham was recognized as one of the Top 10 Women in Business through Murfreesboro Magazine’s Women in Business Awards and as one of VIP Murfreesboro’s Leading Ladies. She was a 2020 ATHENA Awards Nominee, and is the proud mother of two amazing sons.