Deputy Mayor Brenda Haywood

Deputy Mayor Brenda Haywood currently serves Nashville as its Deputy Mayor of Community Engagement and was formerly a Metro Councilwoman. She is also a retired teacher and administrator spanning nearly 40 years in Metro Nashville Public Schools. Deputy Mayor Haywood is credited with the groundbreaking achievement of furthering public school desegregation in the 1960s and continues to be a leading advocate for equity and justice throughout the Greater Nashville community.