About Us
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
Kim has served on the board since 2017 after being invited to join by the late Franklin Alderman Pearl Bransford. All three Cannon kids have participated in the German Student Exchange. Kim and her family of five moved to Franklin after her husband retired from the military and she retired from American Airlines. Kim particularly enjoys helping young people connect and travel, establishing lifelong friendships through exchanges and internships.
Kim Cannon
VICE PRESIDENT
Summer Sheldon is a Franklin native. Summer owns and operates Social Ambitions Events, an event and wedding planning company. She joined the board in 2014 and has served in various roles, including secretary for four years, before becoming vice president. Summer traveled with the delegation to Bad Soden, Germany, for our city’s official “twining” in 2016. Summer also serves as the Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada Chair.
Summer Sheldon
TREASURER
David is a retired PwC Trust Partner who moved to Cool Springs in 2017. He joined our Board as Treasurer in 2019. During his 35-year PwC career, he served numerous domestic and international clients and spent over 13 years living and working in Germany, Switzerland, and Puerto Rico. From 1990 to 1993, he and his family lived a ten-minute walk from the center of Bad Soden and, later, twice hosted students from the Albert Einstein Gymnasium, for eleven-month student exchanges.
David Haas
BOARD MEMBER
City of Franklin BOMA Representative
Matt Brown is an accomplished small business owner, community leader and brand strategist, having spent the past two decades building and leading great companies, organizations, and brands. For more than two decades, Matt has been focused on service – to his nation in the Army National Guard, to his family as a husband and father, to his BrandMETTLE clients as a brand builder and public opinion strategist, and to his community as a Franklin City Alderman and a supporter of an array of local non-profit initiatives.
Matt Brown
BOARD MEMBER
Cheryl Wilson has served on the Sister Cities board for over 13 years after being appointed by Williamson County Mayor Rogers Anderson as the Williamson County representative. Cheryl’s leadership and international travel experience, including spending time in Ireland, have been instrumental in forging the County Laois relationship.
Cheryl Wilson
BOARD MEMBER
Doug Sharp is a Sister Cities founding member and current board member. He and other members of the Leadership Franklin class of 2000-2001 established the organization in 2001 as their class project. Since that time, Doug has served continuously on its board. He was elected the first president and served in that capacity for over 10 years. Under Doug’s leadership, relationships with all three sister cities were established. Doug is a land planner and landscape architect who owns and operates Sharp Urban Planning.
Doug Sharp
BOARD MEMBER
Robbie, who joined our Board in 2023, lived in West Germany and England from the mid 1970s to the early 1990s. He attended college in the US and moved to Williamson County in 1997. Robbie is founder of Traitmarker Media LLC, a story telling and media advisory company, where he works with a variety of American and international authors. Robbie and his wife are the proud parents of six children. He has shared interesting ideas to expand the knowledge of our Sister Cities efforts and relationships.
Robbie Grayson III
BOARD MEMBER
Justin was born and raised in Franklin, where his family roots go back to the early 1800s. He is married to Summer and they have three children. Justin is an Eagle Scout involved in Cub Scouts with his son. He is a Deacon at Christ Community Church and is involved with Franklin Noon Rotary. Justin is the Manager of Mighty Dog Roofing and Siding in Franklin. He and his wife are avid travelers and have journeyed to Ireland on multiple adventures, Scotland, Jamaica, and numerous locations in the United States. Justin Currently serves as the County Laois, Ireland Chair
Justin Morris
BOARD MEMBER
Recently relocated to Williamson County, to be near grandchildren, Jairo is an entrepreneur who has built and sold several brand name companies. Born and raised in Bogota, Colombia, Jairo first came to the US as an AFS student in 1962. He later returned for undergraduate and graduate degrees. He has worked as a consultant in Central and South America and in the Caribbean. A world traveler, Jairo, who joined our Board in 2023, shares with us his unique perspective, knowledge and graciousness.
Jairo A. Estrada
BOARD MEMBER EMERITUS
Patricia felt we needed a sister city that would provide a foreign language component for our students. With the help of Rachel Obermeier of Bad Soden am Taunus, Germany, it became apparent that a relationship would be attainable. After six years of efforts to make this happen, the first student exchange took place in 2014. The relationship with Bad Soden was solidified in 2016 and has been active since then. The relationship is thriving with official visits, student exchanges, internships with the city, and the Humboldt Exhibit. Patricia and her husband, Robert, retired from official duties with Sister Cities in 2024 to enjoy travel and time with family.
Patricia Kriebel
BOARD MEMBER
Ondrea has dedicated her career to non-profit development roles, emerging from the University of Tennessee at Martin. Notably, she served as the Director of Development for Williamson County CASA and later assumed the role of Director at the Williamson County Animal Center in 2018. Completing her 2020 Leadership Franklin graduation, Ondrea has also served on various boards, including Friends of WCAC and Williamson County CASA's Advisory Board. Balancing a diverse personal life with family and pets and running the Franklin Cattle Company, she looks forward to bringing her passion for community, travel, culture, and people to the Sister Cities board for Franklin.
Ondrea Johnson
BOARD MEMBER
Don relocated to Franklin, TN, in November 2022 with his wife, Heather, and their two boys, Liam (16) and Colin (14). Through Liam’s interest in the high school student exchange program, Don learned of the Sister Cities organization. The entire family is originally from Northeastern Pennsylvania but came to Franklin after three years in Zug, Switzerland. The time in Europe was transformative for the entire family, allowing everyone to experience many new cultures and customs through the international school and connect with other expatriates worldwide. Through involvement with Sister Cities, Don hopes to build relationships in his new community and help provide opportunities for others to gain international experiences. Don is a CPA and currently serves as the CFO for the North American business of LKQ Corporation, based in Antioch, TN.
Don Wittkopp
BOARD MEMBER
Ali Adair joined the Sister Cities Board in 2024, a Franklin native with an overwhelming passion for giving back to her community. Ali serves as a member of the Franklin Noon Rotary and a Youth Leadership Franklin board member while maintaining her role as Performance Manager of Revenue Cycle with R1RCM. Ali is married to Jonathan, and they have 3 children ranging from the age of 8 to 22, as well as several labrador fur children. Ali is known to be an adventurer, a trait she received from her late father, Tim Wallace, a respected Franklin philanthropist. Ali has traveled a lot over the USA and abroad and hopes to travel to sister cities in the near future.