Tess McNair

Tess McNair joined the C.E. and S. Foundation in 2010 as a program officer focused primarily on integrating the Foundation’s education-related interests at the local and national level.  In 2014, she assumed the role of executive director. Prior to joining the C. E. and S. Foundation, Tess focused her career in the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors of the healthcare industry, working for companies including Humana, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, and HCA Healthcare. Her expertise is in communications, organization effectiveness, performance and process improvement, and executive leadership strategy. Tess is actively involved with many of the Louisville community’s education-focused initiatives. She is a member of the boards of directors of the Greater Louisville Project, You Decide, Kentucky!, Evolve502, the Donors Forum of Kentuckiana, and Elevate: A Women’s Leadership Council. She is the past chair of the Center for Non-Profit Excellence. Tess is a graduate of Vanderbilt University.