Meet Our Team

Taylor Davis serves as the Project Manager for the Tennesseans for Student Success team. Taylor graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas with her Bachelor’s of Marketing in May of 2021. She is an alumna of the Eugene McDermott Scholars Program and has experience working in event and wedding planning. Taylor has lived in Idaho, Florida, and Texas, and is proud to now call Tennessee her home. Taylor and her husband spend their free time at church, volunteering with various organizations, and hiking with their rescue dog, Peter.

Brooke began working for Tennesseans for Student Success in March 2017 as the Operations Manager, overseeing the daily operations and providing support to team members. Brooke graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in 2014 from Middle Tennessee State University. She lived as a Nashville native, before relocating to Portland, Oregon, and is a wife and mother of two girls. Outside of working for TSS, you can find her exploring her new home in the PNW, volunteering in the children’s ministry at her family’s church, and serving as treasurer on the parent organization board for her daughter’s charter school.

Jack Minor serves as the Vice President of Strategy and Advocacy for Tennesseans for Student Success. He has experience working in the U.S. House, U.S. Senate, congressional and presidential campaigns, and at a leading national think tank and advocacy organization. Previously, he served as Chief of Staff and lead communications staffer to U.S. Representative Mark Walker – the House Republican Conference Vice Chairman – and as the Digital Content Manager for Ted Cruz’s 2016 presidential campaign. As a communications, advocacy, and policy professional, Jack has helped raise millions in online donations, managed seven-figure campaign spends, booked clients on premier national news outlets, and assisted candidates from local school boards to Congress and the presidency. He is a graduate of Elon University, a North Carolina native, and a former student of Tennessee public schools.

Lana Skelo joins Tennesseans for Student Success as the General Counsel and VP, Government Relations, prior to serving as the Senior Director of State Legislative Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In that role, she oversaw lobbying compliance for both the Institute for Legal Reform and Workforce Freedom Initiative. In that capacity, Lana was responsible for developing and managing state-level policy advocacy program in the tort reform space through an aggressive grassroots and public education plan.

Before her time with ILR, Lana was an attorney with Waller Law firm in Nashville, TN, where she focused on state business regulation and represented clients in strategic planning matters involving the executive and legislative branches of government, as well as commissions, authorities, and other entities.

Lana is a graduate of Vanderbilt University. She earned her J.D. from The University of Memphis-Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.