Tanaka Vercher Headshot

Tanaka Vercher

A new advocacy group for equal-opportunity education announced Monday morning that it has named its first executive director to spearhead efforts aimed at raising educational inequity awareness.

Tanaka Vercher — a U.S. Navy veteran and two-term Metro Councilmember for District 28 — dedicated a significant portion of her career to higher education as an administrator at both Tennessee State University and the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation to support students entering college. She now steps up as the first executive director of Opportunity Nashville.