Lisa Maddox-Vinson is very enthusiastic about Early Childhood Education. She holds a master’s degree in early childhood leadership. For 15 years, she was the Children's Library Director for the LaVergne Public Library, ranked fifth in the nation for its children's programs. Lisa worked as an Early Childhood Education Coordinator at Austin Peay State University with the Tennessee Early Childhood Training Alliance. She has taken on a new position as a Leadership Advisor for the Middle/North area for the Tennessee Early Childhood Training Alliance at Tennessee State University. In this position, she works as an advisor and coach to directors. She also teaches Early Childhood courses at the university. Lisa has an award-winning children's recording, Snap, Clap, Wiggle, and Giggle, full of songs to enhance any Early Childhood Classroom.
Lisa presents at many National, State, and Local conferences across the United States Some of the national conferences where she has presented informative sessions and workshops include the National Association for Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA), the National Kindergarten Conference, and Keynote for Mississippi Early Childhood Association, Keynote for Kentucky Early Childhood Association, and many others. Lisa has served and does serve on several Early Childhood advisory boards, including the Tennessee Association for Children's Early Education, Two Rivers Association for Children Early Education, Head Start Board, Southern Early Childhood Association Dolly Parton Imagination Library Board and several others. Lisa has been working with children and adults for more than thirty years. She feels it is an honor to serve the families and children of Tennessee.