Meet Our Board

Shain Dennison

Shain, retired Greenways Director for Metro Parks, brings over thirty years of productive public service in historic preservation, greenway development and land conservation. With a degree in historic preservation, her early career was as executive director of the Metro Historic Zoning Commission, where she was instrumental in the creation of conservation zoning, a tool that has since preserved thousands of Nashville’s historic neighborhood properties. As Metro’s first director of greenways, she served over twenty years in that role at Metro Parks, overseeing development of 91 miles of greenway trails and acquisition and conservation of over 7,000 acres of park land and greenway easements. She was key to the strategic efforts of Metro to acquire and protect Stone Hall, Ravenwood and the Moe Lytle 600 acres in Donelson and Hermitage, combining personal passions for historic preservation and conservation. She is excited that Friends of Two Rivers has added Stone Hall to its efforts that will now preserve and utilize both exceptional properties for the public’s enjoyment.