Meet Our Staff
Kelvin
D. Jones, III, Executive Director of the Metro Human Relations
Commission
He is a native of Huntsville, Alabama, and earned his baccalaureate degree from Howard University (Washington, D.C.) and his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Alabama. During his tenure in Metro government, Mr. Jones has served as Special Assistant for Legal Affairs to the Mayor, Deputy Director of the Mayor’s Office of Economic and Community Development and Director of the Metro Transportation Licensing Commission.
Shirley
Sims-Saldana, Compliance Services Manager
A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Shirley Sims-Saldana
earned her baccalaureate degree in Psychology from Converse
College (Spartanburg, SC). She is a trained mediator and a
facilitator for national and international dialogues on race
relations. Her experience in building inter-ethnic and intra-ethnic
coalitions has included work with The White House Race Initiative,
The U.S. Justice Department, UNESCO (United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization), and several national
foundations. She is an experienced strategic planner and has
developed programming initiatives for non-profit and for-profit
organizations.
Denise Bowers Hopgood, Compliance Inspector II
Denise Bowers Hopgood is a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she earned her baccalaureate from Concordia University and her MBA from Cardinal Stritch University. Denise gained her experience in Title VI and Title VII Employment law while working in the Office of Diversity, investigating employment discrimination complaints for the City of Milwaukee. Denise has been trained as a Rule 31 mediator.