SHELDON WALKER IS THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE METROPOLITAN NASHVILLE PUBLIC HEALTHDEPARTMENT AND CO-CHAIRS SPAAFCC WITH GWEN HAMER. ANATIVE OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, HE HOLDS A BACH ELOR OFSCIENCE DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK FROM THE PRESTIGIOUSTENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY. HE AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE,NICOLE HAVE TWO AMAZING CHILDREN, EBONI AND PAIGE.THOSE IN NASHVILLE AND THE SURROUNDING CITIES HAVEHAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE SHELDON’S GENUINELOVE FOR PEOPLE. HIS 25 YEARS OF COMMITTING HIS LIFETOWARD THE BETTERMENT OF OTHERS HAS GIVEN HIMEXTENSIVE EXPERIENCES AND ADEPTNESS WITH DIVERSECULTURES AND AGE GROUPS. SHELDON’S SERVICE ON THE FOSTERCARE BOARD IN DAVIDSON COUNTY IS JUST ONE OF THE WAYSHE HAS BEEN A RECOGNIZED VOICE FOR THE UNDER SERVEDIN AND AROUND NASHVILLE. SHELDON IS RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE STATE AS A PHOENOMINAL SPEAKER AND MOTIVATORSHELDON’S PRESENT INFLUENCES EXTEND FAR BEYONDSUICIDE PREVENTION. HE IS AN ENTHUSIASTIC ADVOCATEFOR YOUNG BLACK MALES AND WAS RECOGNIZED AS ANINFLUENCER BY 100 BLACK MEN. AS FOUNDER OF THETWOGETHER GROUP (A GROUP OF MARRIED OR SERIOUSLYDATING INDIVIDUALS WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO STRENGTHENFAMILIES), SHELDON HAS RAISED OVER $500,000 FOR THECOMMUNITIES IN NASHVILLE. THANKS TO SHELDON’SLEADERSHIP, THIS GROUP OF OVER TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE,CONTINUES TO MAKE A MAJOR POSITIVE IMPACT IN OUR CITYAND OUR COUNTRY.