Elizabeth Latt is assistant vice chancellor for news and communications and director of the Vanderbilt News Service. She is responsible for planning and implementing Vanderbilt's relationship with the local and national news media. A graduate of and former instructor at the University of South Carolina College of Journalism, Liz spent her early career as a newspaper reporter and city editor and as an Associated Press writer. She is secretary of the Vanderbilt Employees Credit Union, a member of the YW Marketing and Public Relations Committee, a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, a past president of the Nashville chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators and a past member of the board of Nashville Dismas House. In her more than 15 years at Vanderbilt, Liz has served on a number of university committees and task forces, including the Margaret Cunningham Women's Center Advisory Task Force, the Community Giving Campaign Allocations Committee and the Quality of Work Life Task Force. She has a son who is attending the University of Dayton and another who is a junior at Martin Luther King Magnet School. She is active in the MLK School PTSA and edits a weekly e-newsletter for parents, teachers and students.

Tiffany Huggins currently serves the Senior Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions. During her time with the Vanderbilt Admissions Office, her professional development was enhanced by opportunities to reach out to students on a national scale. Tiffany's work with admissions also consists of campus-wide programs such as MOSAIC Weekend. This four day recruitment program is designed to give prospective students a unique introduction to a campus constantly striving for increased diversity and awareness.

Tiffany is a native New Yorker, but she decided to make Vanderbilt University and Nashville her home in 1999. As an undergraduate, she pursued a Bachelors of Science degree in Educational Studies and History.

In her spare time Tiffany enjoys bowling, attending live music concerts throughout Nashville, and painting.

The Reverend Gary White is the Associate Director of Religious Life. He serves on the University's Critical Incident Stress Management team and is a "trained trainer" in Pastoral Crisis Intervention through the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation. He is a member of the Institutional Review Board for Research on Human Subjects, Behavorial Sciences Committee and is staff advisor to the Interfaith Council <http://www.vanderbilt.edu/religiouslife/interfaithcouncil.html> and the Vanderbilt Lambda Association <http://www.vanderbilt.edu/lambda/>.

Gary has co-chaired the Holocaust Lecture Series <http://www.vanderbilt.edu./religiouslife/holocaustlectures.html>
Committee and is the Chair for Project Dialogue <http://www.vanderbilt.edu/dialogue>. He works closely as a Supervisor with Vanderbilt Divinity School's <http://www.vanderbilt.edu/divinity/> Field Education Program and has served with the Ingram Scholarship Program <http://www.vanderbilt.edu/ingram/programOverview.htm> for seven years. Currently, he helps to facilitate the Ingram monthly report groups.

Gail Carr Williams is Assistant Director of Community, Government and Neighborhood Relations in the Division of Public Affairs at Vanderbilt University. She is responsible for building community relationships on behalf of the university. Prior to her work with Vanderbilt, Gail had similar responsibilities at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Other career experiences have been as a Human Resources Employee Relations Specialist with emphasis on conflict resolution and mediation. Gail also practiced law in Oakland County, Michigan for ten years before relocating to Columbus.

Gail received her undergraduate degree from The University of Michigan in 1979 and her Juris Doctor from the University of Detroit School of Law in December of 1982.

Gail is a member of the following public service and community boards: Metropolitan Transit Authority; OUR KIDS CENTER; University School of Nashville, The Arc (The Association of Retarded Citizens) of Davidson County, The Ladies’ Hermitage Association, Community IMPACT! Nashville and the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Gail and her husband David reside in Nashville and have two children.

Candice Storey works in the Division of Student Life as an Academic Counselor for men's and women's basketball. She played basketball at Vanderbilt from 1996-2002, granted 6 years of eligibility due to injuries.

She received her undergraduate degree in 2000, and holds a Master’s in Human Development Counseling from Peabody College of Vanderbilt. She is currently pursuing an Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration at Peabody.

In her spare time Candice enjoys working out, reading, and watching sporting events.

Larry Dowdy is a professor in the School of Engineering.  He has been at Vanderbilt since 1981, after doing his undergraduate work at Florida State University and his graduate work at Duke University.  Larry served as the Chair of the Computer Science Department from 1995-1998 and as Vanderbilt's Dean of Students from 1998-2001.  During his tenure, he spent two years abroad, one year at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, and one year at the University of Leeds, England.  Larry has participated in Alternative Spring Break as a faculty participant every year since 1991 and regularly makes waffles for various student events around campus.

Anne Gordon, a Nashville native, began as the Program Coordinator for the Ingram Scholars Program in September 2006.  Previously, she worked at Columbia College, the College of Charleston, and the University of Richmond, where she coordinated the Bonner Scholars Program. 

Anne received her bachelor's degree in Art History from the University of Richmond and her master's in Student Personnel Services from the University of South Carolina.

Anne is married to Stuart Gordon, who serves on the staff of First Presbyterian Church.  They have two sons, Drew and Will.

The Reverend Jennifer E. Fouse, a graduate of Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC and Columbia Theological Seminary, thoroughly enjoys serving as the Presbyterian (USA) Campus Minister at Vanderbilt. Before coming to Vanderbilt in 2003, she was the Chaplain at a Psychiatric hospital and Drug and Alcohol Detox Facility outside Atlanta, GA.

Anything creative and fun is right up Jennifer's alley. Her loves include: travel, great vegetarian food, Goodwill jaunts, reading, the outdoors, gardening and live music.

Brent Tener currently serves as an Associate Director of Financial Aid at Vanderbilt University and has been at Vanderbilt since 1992.He oversees undergraduate operations and loan processing at Vanderbilt. Prior to Vanderbilt, Brent worked at Wichita State University in Admissions and in Financial Aid.

He has been involved in varying capacities with both the Tennessee Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (TASFAA) and the Southern Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (SASFAA), and served as TASFAA President during the 2001-2002 year and SASFAA President during the 2006-2007 year.

Brent graduated from Wichita State University with a B.A. in Political Science and a M.Ed. in Counseling, with an emphasis in Higher Education Administration. He and his wife Stacy have two sons: Mitchell, born in April, 2000; and Bryson, born in February, 2002. His hobbies include watching football, basketball and baseball and playing softball.

Bryn Samuels is the Summer Project Program Coordinator. She teaches a monthly workshop for all Scholars wanting to design and implement a summer project. She is also pursuing an M.S. Information Sciences degree through UT Knoxville's distance education program. She looks forward to researching the role of children's literature in a school's literacy and library programming.

Bryn received her bachelor's degree from Florida State University (Go Noles!) in Elementary Education before moving to Franklin, TN in 2004. She has taught fourth grade, and in 2007 completed her M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instructional Design with a concentration in Reading Education at Peabody College.

Bryn grew up in a military family and continues to love to travel and explore, always with a book in hand.

Whitney Weeks is a writer living in Nashville, Tennessee. She served as director of strategic communications for Vanderbilt University's Division of Public Affairs for six and a half years before leaving to launch her freelance writing career. Both before and after earning her bachelor of arts from Vanderbilt and her master's degree from Smith College, she has worked in various capacities for Vanderbilt - including but not limited to administrative assistant for the Department of Otolaryngology, undergraduate admissions counselor and speech writer. She lives with her husband and their two children.