Posted on NashvillePost this morning:

Probate Court names ‘Trustee Nominating Committee’ for Maddox Foundation
In addition to tapping well-known nonprofit players, court also approves tweaks to trust agreement

 By Walker Duncan

03-27-2008 9:40 AM -
A Davidson County Probate Court yesterday signed an order that allows the Dan and Margaret Maddox Charitable Trust to return to Middle Tennessee. In addition, Judge Randy Kennedy tapped a five-member Trustee Nominating Committee to help select a new board of directors.

Comprising the committee is a group with strong backgrounds in the nonprofit world. The group includes:
- Lewis Lavine, head of the Center for Nonprofit Management
- Former vice mayor Howard Gentry
- Kay Simmons, former executive director of the Nashville Alliance for Public Education
- Congressman Jim Cooper’s outreach director, Brenda Wynn
- J.D. Elliot, who serves as president of the Memorial Foundation of Nashville

In addition to forming that committee, the court also amended the trust agreement, which now states that the trust will have a focus in aiding “activities that make a positive difference in the lives of young people and the conservation of wildlife resources.” Additionally, the trust will only make grants to Middle Tennessee organizations or those whose principal activity is to be performed in Middle Tennessee.

The lengthy battle over the trust’s $55 million ended with a settlement last May.

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