People

Living in an ecosystem of trust, the Maddox Board and Staff enjoy a relationship of mutuality and are committed to restorative practices.

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First Vice President & Senior Financial Advisor at Merill Lynch

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Metro Nashville

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Senior Analyst at Bellwether Education Partners

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Ancestry.com

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Partner at Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC

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Tennessee Department of Treasury

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First Horizon Bank

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Nashville SC

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Parallon

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Community Volunteer

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AllianceBernstein

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Business Leader for People and Planet

The Maddox board has 13 members. 3 identify as LGBTIA+.  11 Members of the Board identify as people of color — 2 as Asian, Asian American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; 6 as Black; 2 as Latinx; 1 as Middle Eastern or North African; and 2 as white. The board meets four times each year.  In 2024, the board had an 87% attendance rate.  We utilize active committees to fulfill our mission.  Board members may serve two 3-year terms.

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Maddox Staff

Jen Bailey (she/hers)

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joseph gutierrez (he/him)

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Dan & Margaret

Dan and Margaret Maddox married in 1969. They both loved the outdoors. They enjoyed hunting and fishing and were committed to nature. They died, in a boating accident, while on a hunting and fishing trip in Louisiana in 1998.
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People North Stars

Living in an ecosystem of trust, the Maddox Board and Staff enjoy a relationship of mutuality and are committed to restorative practices.

  • Board Members
    • Maddox Board members believe in the power of a diverse, collaborative board to create change. 
    • Maddox Board members embody, practice, and are fully committed to DEIJL.
  • Board Leadership
    • Maddox Board embraces our connectedness to nature and the community, recognizing the need to listen and learn.
  • Staff
    • Maddox Staff is diverse and demonstrates and champions DEIJL in the workplace and the community.
    • Maddox Staff is dedicated to supporting and empowering our partners while continuing to listen with humility and curiosity.
    • Maddox Staff annual evaluations reflect a growing knowledge of and commitment to DEIJL.
  • Staff and Board Relations
    • Maddox Staff and Board trust, affirm and support one another in our respective roles. Maddox Board and Staff have the resources we need to grow, thrive and serve as agents of change in the community.

Jen Bailey is the Executive Director of the Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund, bringing her deep experience in community-based leadership, philanthropy, and movement-building to the organization.

Jen is the Founder of Faith Matters Network, a national Womanist-led organization accompanying spiritually-grounded leaders on their journey to heal themselves and their communities. Since its inception, Faith Matters Network has served over 25,000 leaders through its programs and initiatives. She is Co-Founder of The People’s Supper, a global initiative that has hosted over 2,000 gatherings in 135 communities to foster conversation and collective healing across lines of difference.

Committed to advancing social change through philanthropy and nonprofit leadership, Jen serves on the boards of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, the Fetzer Institute, and The Healing Trust, where she is the Board Chair.

An Ashoka Fellow, New Pluralist Field Builder, Aspen Ideas Scholar, On Being Fellow, and Truman Scholar, Jen holds degrees from Tufts University and Vanderbilt University Divinity School, where she was awarded the Wilbur F. Tillett Prize for accomplishments in the study of theology. Her work has been featured by On Being with Krista Tippett, CBS This Morning, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and more. She is also the author of To My Beloveds: Letters on Faith, Race, Loss, and Radical Hope (Chalice Press, 2021).

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joseph gutierrez is the Program Officer at the Dan & Margaret Maddox Fund.  He was born in Long Beach, California and is the proud son of Filipino immigrants.  After graduating from UCLA, joseph moved to South Korea to teach English as a second language.  He met his wife there and followed her to Nashville, Tennessee in 2014.  Joseph worked for different nonprofit organizations and eventually graduated from Vanderbilt in 2017 with a masters degree in Community Development.

Outside of his work at the Maddox Fund, joseph also is the executive director of API Tennessee, an Asian and Pacific Islander-serving nonprofit organization.  When he’s not working, joseph can be found biking around Nashville, trying new restaurants with his wife, or hanging out with his dog, Donut.

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