Join the NJC for the January Monthly Meeting! Come enjoy free food and beverages, meet new people, and listen to an interview with a notable Nashvillian. After the meeting, we will be walking down the block to Pinewood Social for a meetup.

The NJC is thrilled that January’s guest is Zulfat Suara. Zulfat Suara is originally from Nigeria, but came to the U.S. in 1993 and chose to make Tennessee her home when the opportunity for her husband to do a fellowship at Vanderbilt presented itself. She has been active in community service and leadership since she moved here in 1998, all while working full-time as a CPA. Zulfat founded an accounting firm that has worked with county governments in Hardeman, Haywood, Lake, and McNairy counties. She is currently the Assistant Controller of a local university in Nashville.

Zulfat was elected as an at large council member in September 2019. She became the first Muslim to be elected to the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and the first immigrant elected to an at-large position. She is the first Muslim woman elected in the State of Tennessee and the first Nigerian woman elected to any office in the United States.

We will have reserved free parking in the EC lot at the corner of Peabody and Lea Avenue. Proceed into the lot and through the gate. Bring your parking ticket in for validation.