OUR TEAM
HALIM GENUS
Chief Executive Officer
Halim Genus is the Chief Executive Officer of the Nashville Police + Public Safety Alliance, where he leads the citywide effort to strengthen public safety through cross-sector collaboration, data transparency, and community partnership. In this role, Halim drives strategy, cultivates high-impact partnerships with Metro departments, nonprofits, and private sector leaders, and advances initiatives that improve outcomes for residents and support the wellbeing and effectiveness of law enforcement personnel.
Halim brings a deep record of systems leadership to this work. Prior to joining the Alliance, he served as Vice President of Statewide Partnerships at Teach For America, leading the North Carolina program team and driving student and educator outcomes across diverse communities. He also served as Chief Schools Officer for KIPP Albany Community Public Schools, overseeing school performance, coaching principals, and shaping equitable, high-impact learning environments for thousands of students.
Halim holds a Bachelor’s degree in Africana Studies and Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh and completed the National Principal Supervisors Academy at Relay Graduate School of Education. He is currently pursuing a Master’s in Leadership and Public Service at Lipscomb University, deepening his expertise at the intersection of public institutions, community impact, and organizational transformation.
KATHY SINBACK
Executive Vice President
Kathy Sinback is a Nashville-based attorney and senior executive with more than 25 years of experience advancing bipartisan improvements in public safety, education and youth justice across Tennessee. She currently serves as the Executive Vice President of the Nashville Police + Public Safety Alliance, which strives to improve public safety in partnership with the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD). The Alliance’s work focuses on preventing and reducing crime, improving community engagement in safety strategies, introducing new innovative ideas and best practices, and providing support to the MNPD.
Prior to her current role, Kathy served as Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee (2022–2024), where she led statewide legal, legislative, and advocacy initiatives to advance civil rights and civil liberties. Before joining ACLU-TN, Kathy spent over two decades in public service leading major reform efforts at the city and state levels. She began her career at the Metropolitan Public Defender’s Office representing youth facing transfer to the adult system. She later served as a senior attorney for both Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools and the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department within the Metropolitan Department of Law, advising on complex legal, policy, and operational matters.
Kathy went on to serve as Court Administrator of the Davidson County Juvenile Court, where she implemented evidence-based, public-safety-focused reforms. Her leadership helped strengthen cross-agency collaboration among law enforcement, schools, and mental-health providers, and drove practice changes that improved outcomes for youth and families.
A respected voice in statewide policy, Kathy was appointed to the Tennessee General Assembly’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on Juvenile Justice (2017) and has held leadership roles on numerous collaborative bodies, including as chair of the Alignment Nashville Action Team on Student Discipline, the Early Intervention Committee of the Community Mental Health Systems Initiative, and the Tennessee Joint Task Force on Children’s Justice and Child Sexual Abuse. Kathy’s work has been recognized with the Tennessee Juvenile Court Services Association’s Humanitarian Award for “compassion, support, and outstanding contributions to youth justice” and the End Slavery Tennessee Award for advancing awareness of youth sex trafficking.
Kathy holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a Master's in Public Service Management from Cumberland University.