Phyllis Hildreth

Phyllis Hildreth has been selected as the first director of Nashville’s newly established Office of Youth Safety, which will complement the work ongoing in the city to support young Nashvillians. As director, Hildreth will unite the efforts underway in the space of youth safety and programming. Most recently, Hildreth served as chief of staff at American Baptist College and academic director of the Institute for Conflict Management at Lipscomb University. She also served on Nashville’s Community Oversight Board and Human Relations Commission, and she worked as chief counsel for administration for the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, as Deputy Secretary for the Maryland Department of Juvenile Justice, and as the first Managing Director of the Baltimore Juvenile Justice Center. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Harvard University, a law degree from University of Maryland, and a master's in conflict management from Lipscomb.