Diana Holland – President
Diana Holland was born in Argentina and raised in a cross-cultural English and Spanish environment, where she worked as a cultural and language instructor for over 12 years. In addition, her expertise as an event producer and marketer was formed and she developed a reputation as a woman who could create important and fun events.

Diana holds a Bachelor of Science in International Business, and is fluent in Spanish and English, and versed in Portuguese and French. She moved to the US in December of 1999 and worked as a Community Liaison for the Consulate of Argentina in Atlanta. In Nashville, she worked for The Tennessean, prior to establishing her own business: Hispanic Link Consulting.

Diana is Co-founding Member of Tango Nashville and defines her core skill as “weaving communities together”. She is a natural leader and brings to Tango Nashville her business savvy and expertise as a bridge-builder and a business developer.

In 2007, Diana received the Women of Influcence Award from the Nashville Business Journal, for Nonprofit Leadership for Tango Nashville. On a lighter note, in 2008 Diana was featured in Nashville Scene's 'Lust List', which annually presents a selection of the fifteen 'hottest' residents of Nashville.

A fully-fledged “porteña” (native of the port city of Buenos Aires), Diana agrees that, “The fiery romance of Tango is what makes it an unforgettable experience. It brings people together in a way words cannot express”. Diana loves the idea that Tango brings “a piece of my Argentina” to Nashville.

Linda Mason – Vice President
Linda is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana and earned her B.S. in Secondary Education from Louisiana State University.

She brings to Tango Nashville her knowledge and skill as a member of a wide variety of arts and community organizations. She currently serves on the Cheekwood Swan Ball Advisory Committee, the Nashville Symphony Ball Advisory Committee, and the Friends of Warner Parks Board.

Linda has experience planning and directing large scale events, and has previously Chaired the Swan Ball (1992) and Co-Chaired the Nashville Symphony Ball (1989).

Some of the organizations that Linda has worked with include Tennessee Dance Theatre; Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; Ladies Hermitage Association; Junior League of Nashville; Cumberland Museum and Science Center; Iroquois Steeple Chase Vanderbilt Pediatrician Circle; Tennessee Arts Commission Grants Review Committee; and Nashville Metro Arts Commission Grants Review Committee.

Among these commitments, Linda has also found time to publish a two volume book entitled A Past Remembered: A Collection of Antebellum Houses in Davidson County, Tennessee.

Ed Rufo – Treasurer
Ed Rufo, a native of Argentina, earned his B.S. in Business Administration at New York University. He now resides in Clarksville, where he is Owner and President of Verities, Inc., home of the Trustcard prepaid Mastercard payroll card, exclusively for Better Business Bureau accredited businesses.

Ed believes in stregthening communities through the empowerment of the diverse cultures that co-exist within them. He currently serves as President of the Hispanic Empowerment Corporation and Chairman of the Middle Tennessee Better Business Bureau. He is also a founder of “Operation Eagle's Nest,” a community initiative of the Military Affairs Committees of Clarksville, Oak Grove and Hopkinsville to assist soldiers and families of soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division and other units at Fort Campbell Kentucky.

Ed has a long track record of community service and committment to giving. He earned multiple public service accolades in 2005, including the Paul Harris Award from Rotary International, Special Congressional Recognition from the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Secretary of the Army Public Service Award.

Scott Hallgreen - 2nd. Vice President & Music Advisor
An award-winning composer of numerous indie films, videogames and regional commercial work, and a Board Member of the Nashville Composers Association, Scott Hallgreen is also a verteran of Nashville's music scene.

Scott's extensive credits are a "who's who" in music, including Sir Elton John, Aaron Neville, Donna Summer, and David Foster.

Hallgreen is also the owner of Scootman Music & Sound Design, which provides original and library music, sonic branding, sound design and voiceovers for multimedia projects, including video games, commercials, episodic TV, film scores, Flash media, live events and web content.

In the Summer of 2007, Scott composed an original tango for Tango Nashville, La ultima llamada (Last Call), which was premiered at our signature event 'Tango by Moonlight', on September 28, 2007.

Lisa Dunn – Communications Director
Born in South Carolina, and raised in West Tennessee, Lisa would spend her summers in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte, where she would practice her Portuguese with her family.

Believe it or not Lisa didn’t come to Nashville for the music industry but to attend Belmont University, where she graduated with a double major in communications, broadcasting and journalism, and became close friends to a lot of successful music industry grads. Before becoming a graphic artist, she worked in a variety of fields in the communication’s industry, including film and video production, paste-up artist and traffic manager for Gish, Sherwood & Friends.

Lisa has been running Lisa Dunn Graphic Design since 1998, freelancing for a myriad of organizations where she has either filled in the gaps wherever and whenever she’s needed or have continued to drum up her own projects.

An active volunteer, Lisa was on the board of directors of the Nashville Ballet for 10 years, and has worked with the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, the Nashville Zoo, the Nashville Symphony, Swan Ball and Junior League to name a few.

Lisa brings to Tango Nashville a rich vision and understanding of the creative process, as well as a driven spirit for community building.