District 1 Council Member

Lonnell Matthews, Jr.

2733 Cato Ridge Drive
Nashville, Tennessee 37218
Home: (615) 876-2319
lonnell.matthews@nashville.gov

Profession

• Operations Executive/ Davidson County School Age Services
  YMCA of Middle Tennessee
  1021 Russell Street
  Nashville, TN 37206
  (615) 259-3418

Birth Information

• August 3, 1979 in Nashville, TN

Family

• Wife: Johari Matthews
• Father: Lonnell R. Matthews, Sr.
• Mother: Billie Matthews
• Brother: Lonnell J. Matthews (deceased)
• Niece: Kailey Lanel Collier-Matthews

Religious Affiliation

• Member of Temple Baptist Church

Education

• M. L. King, Jr. Magnet High (Honors)
• Tennessee State University

Council Committees

• Education
• Personal-Public Information–Human Relations–Housing
• Planning, Zoning and Historical 

Council Experience

• Elected in 2007 as District 1 Councilmember
• 2007 Convention, Tourism & Public Entertainment Facilities Committee Vice Chair
• 2009 Chair/President of the Black Caucus of the Nashville Metropolitan Council
• 2009 Parks, Library & Recreation Committee Chair
• Re–elected in 2011 as District 1 Councilmember
• 2011 Education Committee Chair
• Greater Nashville Regional Council Executive Committee (2007–present)
• Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce: Education Report Card Committee (2008 & 2009)

Organizations

• Metro Council Minority Caucus
• Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity, Inc. (Nashville Alumni Chapter)
• Sigma Psi Omega High School Fraternity, Inc. (Alumni Member)
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• Tennessee State University National Alumni Association
• Governor’s Council for Physical Fitness and Health (State of Tennessee)
• Southern Word/YouthSpeaks Board of Directors
• Alignment Nashville Board of Directors
• Communities In Schools Task Force
• All the King’s Men Honorary Member
• Dirty Dozen Men’s Organization
• DhaimaFiri Foundation (Founder)