Stewart Clifton is an attorney and since 2001 a public policy advocate with a practice focused on nonprofit organizations. He provides advocacy, monitoring and consulting services for several health, social welfare, justice and environmental groups, including:
Alzheimer’s Tennessee, Center for Nonprofit Management, League of Women Voters of Tennessee, National Association of Social Workers – Tennessee Chapter, Radnor to River, SchoolHouse Connection, Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services, Tennessee Association for Adult Day Services, Tennessee Association for Children’s Early Education, Tennessee Association of Pastoral Therapists, Tennessee Conservation Voters, and United Ways of Tennessee.
A Nashville resident since 1969 and member of Tennessee Bar since 1977, Clifton received a BA and JD from Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt Law School. He served as a staff attorney for the Legal Aid Society (Nashville and Middle Tennessee) and staff attorney and executive director of the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services for over two decades.
Clifton serves as a founding board member of The Sycamore Institute, a volunteer member of the Tennessee Bar Association government affairs committee, and a board member of Tennessee Interfaith Power and Light. He recently completed two terms as a trustee for The Healing Trust and 10 years of service as chair of the public policy committee and board member of United Ways of Tennessee.
He served from 1987-1999 as the elected Metro Nashville Councilmember for District 18 and from 2000-2017 as an appointed member of the Metro Planning Commission.