The story...

Three things have always been a major part of Glen's life.  He has a true passion for (1) Relationship building, (2) Community Building and (3) striving to help others (individually or as a group) to see their own potential and become the creators and successes of their own vision.

Glen began his professional life shortly after moving to Nashville with the Oasis Center.  Oasis is an amazing  youth-serving organization that began in 1969 by a group of Nashville lawyers.  Oasis Center was also financially supported by the best artists in Nashville through the annual Artists for the Oasis art show/event. (https://oasiscenter.org)  The arts is another passion of Glen's.  These artists included Summers Randolph, Allen Lequire,  Olen Bryant, Margaret Ellis, Michael McBride, Samuel Dunson, Michael Manly and Norris Hall...the true "cream of the crop" Nashville artists.    

Oasis gave Glen the foundation and rich relationships that are still a vital core of his connection to the Nashville community.  At Oasis, Glen witnessed first hand the true possibilities that can happen when you partner caring adults with youth who are struggling and at risk.

The past 14+ years, Glen served as Senior Associate Director of Alignment Nashville.   Alignment Nashville is a non-profit that "works to mobilize strategic partners to challenge and address systemic barriers in order to equitably impact the growth, development and academic achievement of each Metro Nashville Public Schools student."  This work was done through the lens of collective impact.    Through Glen's coaching and facilitating, alongside the top leadership of Metro Nashville Public Schools along with various community partners, the work on vital initiatives in the most critical areas of education such as behavioral health, chronic absenteeism, issues in discipline disparities, literacy, and Social Emotional Learning, just to name a few.  Glen's collective impact efforts created highly successful programs such as Parent University, Summer Reading Partners, the Music City National Conference on Social and Emotion Learning and a Mental Health 101 training implemented throughout MNPS and 5,500 employees.  Throughout his career with Alignment Nashville, Glen worked with hundreds of partner organizations both in and outside of Nashville.

Glen gained his Life/Leadership Coaching credentials (NLPC) from Coach Academy International in 2008.  Glen's passion and vision for the power of coaching propelled him to co-create the Re3 (Re-Discover, Re-Ignite, Re-Engage) Community-Based coaching program.  This one-of-a-kind coaches training program was designed to give non-profits and other institutional staff across Nashville, who work one-on-one with Nashville's Opportunity Youth (young people who are between the ages of 16 to 24 years old and are disconnected from school and work), a real coaching framework that could assist their clients into gaining a vision of purpose, setting goals and developing a cohesive plan to success.  A number of Nashville's youth participated in this program and their lives were often transformed from hopelessness to real purpose built on real education rewarded with real jobs/careers that could support them and their families often breaking the grip of generational poverty.  Re3 was highly recognized by important institutions such as Nashville Public Television, Center for Non-Profit Management's Salute to Excellence, Dollar General Foundation and, nationally, by the National League of Cities.  

Glen, along with coaching partners Edy Nash, Nancy McMorrow and Karen Nash James, were named as recipients of the Tennessee Chapter of the International Coach Federation (formerly, Tennessee Coaches Alliance) PRISM award for their leading-edge coaching program developed for and with the Tennessee National Guard.  

Glen has served on the founding board of directors for Nashville LaunchPad, an organization created to meet the immediate needs of the homeless youth (18-24 year olds) community while working towards a broader comprehensive system of care, in partnership with local, state, and federal agencies, designed for preventing and addressing homelessness in Davidson County (https://www.nashvillelaunchpad.com/)

Glen also serves on the Frist Art Museum's Education Council.  

Glen currently serves as the President/CEO of Arts Bellevue a 501(C)3 nonprofit that supports local artists, students, families, and individuals by promoting diversity, partnerships and community building through the arts. (https://artsbellevue.org)

Glen's current vision for CenterSource Strategies, LLC is to take these many years of education, experience and knowledge to the next level in assisting those in the LGBTQ+ and ally community in developing their own vision and roadmap for success, both personally and/or organizationally.  

Member organization of the International Coach Federation Tennessee.

Certified NLP Coach (NLPC) through Coach Academy International

Member of Tennessee Pride Chamber of Commerce

Member of Inclusion Tennessee