Nashville Lifestyles' 2017 Most Eligible Singles

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Luke Pell

Age: 32
Occupation: Entrepreneur; Songwriter
Neighborhood: Green Hills

You know you’re in love when: I can’t wake up in the morning without wanting to see that person, or at least talk to them or hear their voice.
Ideal date: Dogsledding in Pennsylvania with a hot tub in the woods… Oh, wait…
Deal breakers: Insecurity, dishonesty, and lack of motivation.
Weekend go-tos: I love to go to the lake in the summer. I love being outdoors, and I love getting away from the hustle and bustle of the city. I like to be outdoors and get away from my phone. I’ll go to Radnor Lake or go play golf, something like that.
People are surprised to learn: That I’m goofy! A lot of people can’t tell that from the outside. Sometimes people see a different version of me. I have resting bitch face, I guess.

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Hai Anh Dinh

Age: 25
 Occupation: Media Buyer, Phase 3 Marketing and Communications
 Neighborhood: Green Hills

Ideal date: Quality conversation over harmonious cocktails, my date letting me eat food I can’t pronounce off of their plate, and possibly trespassing to get the best view of an astounding skyline in a lively city.
Gutsiest thing you’ve ever done for love: I got on a 6 a.m. flight to Toronto on New Year’s Eve.
Most surprising place you’ve ever met another single: In an airport, where I flew to meet them for the first time. I may be slightly audacious and rather outrageous. (This is a separate airport occasion. I guess that’s my thing!)
People are surprised to learn: I tutor adults who are working to earn their high school equivalency diploma through the YWCA’s Family Literacy Center program. I also host “family dinners x93 as an opportunity to cook for the people I value in my life, so we can hear about each other’s days. And I have a seven-year-old little sister―she’s my best buddy.
Your proudest professional moment is: Having my own office with a mini fridge stocked full of Capri Sun, and tricking my Senior Vice President into going to Santa’s Pub.

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Ashley Alexander

Age: 30
Occupation: Third Grade Teacher
Neighborhood: Belle Meade

Weekend go-tos (places, activities): Brunch at Saint Añejo; Titans’ games at Nissan Stadium; drinks and dancing at L27 Rooftop Bar, Acme, or No. 308; staying fit and healthy at Percy Warner Park, Radnor Lake, and Escape Day Spa.
Your perfect mate is: If I could roll John Legend, John Krasinski, and Morris Chestnut into one man, then that’d be my perfect mate.
Ideal date: Anything adventurous and thoughtful, especially if it involves traveling, concerts, or bucket lists.
Favorite karaoke song: "Gangsta’s Paradise." *drops mic*
People compliment you most often for: My smile, style, or insight.

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Colton Sissons

Age: 23
 Occupation: Professional Hockey Player, Nashville Predators

Describe yourself in three words: Easygoing, humorous, and loyal.
People are surprised to learn: I love cooking. There’s a dill salmon recipe that I really like to make.
Your perfect mate is: Family-oriented who also has a sense of humor.
Guilty pleasure: Dessert―my favorite is crème brûlée.
Favorite karaoke song: "Friends in Low Places."

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Rachael Schendel

Age: 35
 Occupation: Marketing Manager, M Street Entertainment Group
 Neighborhood: Crieve Hall

Your perfect mate is: Someone who has a strong work ethic, owns a tool belt, can find the humor in any situation, is active, and knows how to be both supportive and thoughtful.
Ideal date: Something scenic (a hike, Arrington Vineyards, dinner on a patio or by a fire), wine, and good conversation.
Hobbies: Running and Instagram food blogging (is that a thing?) for @fivedishesnash.
If you’re cooking dinner for someone, your playlist includes: The Lumineers, Vance Joy, The Avett Brothers, and Kings of Leon.
Signature cocktail: A Moscow mule, and all the craft varieties of it!

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Donald Phillips

Age: 31
 Occupation: Pharmacy Informaticist
 Neighborhood: Germantown

Your perfect mate is: Faith and family are at the top of the list. A desire to serve others and the community. Thoughtful, humble, and kind. Hardworking and goal-oriented. Can laugh at themselves and make me laugh. Likes occasional spontaneity. Enjoys college football (even better if they’re a Vols fan, #GBO). Can be just as content going out to dinner or staying in. Seeks compromise. Appreciates my quirks―we all have a few!
Hobbies: Running, community-service projects, and philanthropy―supporting the Make-A-Wish Foundation and programs that strive to strengthen music education.
People compliment you most often for: My smile.
If you’re cooking dinner for someone, your playlist includes: Michael Bublé, John Mayer, something a little old school, and we’ll likely end up with country.
The gutsiest thing you’ve ever done for love is: ‘Gutsiest’ may be a PC way of saying ‘crazy,’ so I’ll leave that tucked away for now…

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Kelly Jackson

Age: 30
 Occupation: Perinatal Medical Device Sales Rep, Hologic
 Neighborhood: Germantown

Your perfect mate is: I really dig a guy who makes an enormous effort with my family and friends. Someone who can laugh at themselves and not take life too seriously.
If you’re cooking dinner for someone, your playlist includes: Frank Sinatra, Otis Redding, Temptations, and Lake Street Dive.
Proudest professional moment: Landing my current job! I have worked extremely hard and lived in some unappealing cities in order to get to where I am today. It’s an amazing feeling to wake up and do something you are truly passionate about. I am a firm believer that good things come to those who hustle.
Hobbies: Traveling, Barry’s Bootcamp, playing tennis, and spending time with my adorable Goldendoodle, Rosie.
Celebrity crush: This was a no-brainer, considering the OG silver fox George Clooney has had my heart since I was 15.

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Kasey Staniszewski

Age: 25
 Occupation: Human Resources Recruiter
 Neighborhood: Brentwood

Your perfect mate is: Motivated, sincere, confident, and has a good sense of style!
Ideal date: Dinner on a rooftop, followed by a night of music and dancing.
Most surprising place you’ve ever met another single: Instagram.
Hobbies: Performing with my sister (the pair are in country-pop duo The Marilynds), playing guitar, make-up freelancing, cooking, hiking, and catching the latest concerts in town.
Celebrity crush: Chris Pine.

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Wells Adams

Age: 32
 Occupation: Radio DJ
 Neighborhood: Inglewood

Describe yourself in three words: I like tacos.
People compliment you most often for: My sense of humor and my smile... And my dog, Carl.
Ideal date: Tacos at El Jalisciense, drinks at Old Glory, a show at Basement East or the Ryman (depending on who’s playing), and finishing up with bottle of wine on my porch while listening to old records. Or just binge watching Westworld while drinking Miller High Life and consuming an unhealthy amount of chicken wings.
Deal breakers: You owning a cat and not knowing who Levon Helm is.
Signature cocktail: Old Fashioned (with an orange peel, no maraschino cherries, you goof… Grow up, Peter Pan).

Questions you didn’t ask me, but should have:

Biggest turnoffs: Fake, pointy, acrylic nails. What’s that all about?
Reasons why you’re still single: I dunno, that’s a mean question. You’re a jerk for asking it. But probably ‘cause I don’t like Radiohead. Everything after OK Computer was weird. Don’t shame me into liking something just ‘cause everyone else says it’s good. Also, I don’t like Woody Allen movies. Sorry, I’m not sorry. Also, I’ve never gotten through The Godfather part three.
Crazy conspiracy theory on Back to the Future: What if Marty is really the bully and Biff is the victim? I’d be a little salty, too, if you kept throwing me into manure. Especially if “I hate manure. x93 The only time Biff is truly bad is in BTTF2 when they are in an alternate future. A future that Marty created by getting the sports almanac. Also, when they fix the future to be more advantageous to Marty, Biff is like their 'car wash bitch.' That’s kinda messed up. Just think about it…

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Shari Lewin

Age: 31
 Occupation: Partner of Branding and Sponsorships, WME
 Neighborhood: Midtown

Proudest professional moment: I was recently named Partner at WME. This was an especially sweet moment for me, because, when I started at the company, I was the only agent in a brand new department. In a little over five years, the department has grown tremendously, and I now lead a team of the best people in the business.
Weekend go-tos: I love water, so, during the summer months in Nashville, you can either find me on the lake or by a pool. My other go-tos include brunching at Tavern or Adele’s, or hitting up Red Door with all of my co-workers.
People compliment you most often for: My parallel parking ability.
Who would you cast to play you in your biopic and why? Anna Kendrick. Not only have people told me I look like her, but I also think we have similar personalities and senses of humor.
Guilty pleasures: Netflix, social media, and Taylor Swift songs.

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Leola Westbrook

Age: 47
 Occupation: Television Executive Producer
 Neighborhood: Music Row

Describe yourself in three words: Worldly, welcoming, and feisty.
People are surprised to learn: I am a horrible cook. This is especially tragic, since my mother owns a restaurant.
Hobbies: Giving my passport a workout. I work like crazy to fund my wanderlust.
You know you’re in love when: I leave work on time―no excuses!
Signature cocktail: My go-to libation is a crisp glass of Sancerre, but who could ever walk away from a top shelf ‘rita?

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Jake Basden

Age: 32
 Occupation: Vice President of Publicity, Big Machine Label Group
 Neighborhood: Midtown

Your perfect mate is: Someone who is extremely outgoing, loves their work, likes to travel, and wants to be a dad.
Your deal breakers are: Inefficient communicators.
If you’re cooking dinner for someone, your playlist includes: The 1975, Drake, and Midland.
Favorite karaoke song: Nobody wants to hear me sing―I work behind the scenes for a reason.
Hobbies: Fitness, traveling, and binge watching new TV series.

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Lauren Beasley

Age: 25
Occupation: Studio Manager, Pure Barre
Neighborhood: Woodbine

Describe yourself in three words: Active, sarcastic, and driven.
People are surprised to learn: I grew up in a really small town outside of Mobile, Alabama. There’s something refreshing about going back to where you came from and taking a second to decompress from life. It keeps you grounded!
Your perfect mate is: Arms and ambition.
Hobbies: Working out (judge me for that answer, it’s okay), dinner and drinks with my girlfriends, and teaching my little ballerinas at Nashville Dance Center!
Celebrity crush: Jon Hamm. 2009 Jon Hamm, if we’re being specific. So dreamy, plus, the man has a good sense of humor.

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Rachel Stutts

Age: 34
 Occupation: Attorney; Professor
 Neighborhood: The Nations

People compliment you most often for: My smile.
Proudest professional moment: Being sworn in to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court this past November.
Deal breakers: Poor hygiene, inability to be open-minded, and lack of ambition.
People are surprised to learn: I was an Easter Bunny at The Mall at Green Hills in college.
Guilty pleasures: Netflix, wine, and the trifecta of goodness: guacamole, cheese dip, and salsa.

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Emmanuel LeGrair

Age: 32
 Occupation: Consultant; Life and Style Blogger; Performer
 Neighborhood: Vanderbilt

Describe yourself in three words: Driven, charismatic, and grounded.
Your perfect mate is: Someone who is funny, holds great conversation, open-minded, ambitious, a believer, cultured, stylish, and someone that can see beauty in most anything. Musical talent would be a bonus.
Deal breakers: People who are overbearing or pushy, extremely high maintenance, non-sociable, or narrow-minded.
If you’re cooking dinner for someone, your playlist includes: This could vary… Jazz, R&B, some hip-hop and trap music, easy listening ballads, or even classical. Cooking for me is fun and enjoyable, so the music would reflect the environment that I want to produce in that instance.
Who would you cast to play you in your biopic and why? Michael Ealy, Common, or Will Smith. I think that they are great actors, and I look up to them as creatives and businessmen.

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Shannon Ford

Age: 23
 Occupation: AVP of Investor Relations, Castle Venture Group
 Neighborhood: Midtown

Guilty pleasures: People watching at large venues. Licking my fingers after eating Doritos. (I know, Mom, “It’s disgusting. x93)
People compliment you most often for: My red hair, although they completely disregard my bountiful knowledge of fancy cheese, which is incredibly frustrating.
Deal breakers: I have this odd, yet effective “just kidding x93 rule for first dates. I have a pretty dry sense of humor, and if I have to say, “I’m just kidding, x93 more than 3 times, I know it probably won’t work out.
Gutsiest thing you’ve ever done for love: Sitting on the edge of a rooftop for dinner. A little background for you: I am deathly afraid of heights. I think I hid my sweat pretty well, though, so that's a plus.
Signature cocktail: Tequila.

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Jennifer Connors

Age: 34
 Occupation: Owner, One10 Beauty
 Neighborhood: Mount Juliet

People compliment you most often for: My sense of humor.
Guilty pleasures: Taco Bell, video games, and watching Game of Thrones.
The most surprising place you’ve met another single: I met my ex-boyfriend’s mother at a bar, and she set us up over the phone. We dated for three years.
You know you’re in love when: I let him have control of the radio.
Who would you cast to play you in your biopic and why? Chelsea Handler―she’s hilarious and unapologetic about who she is.

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Tyler Holloway

Age: 30
 Occupation: Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach, Belmont University
 Neighborhood: Green Hills

Your perfect mate is: Christian, authentic, trustworthy, funny, and outgoing.
Hobbies: Anything outdoors, traveling, exercising, golfing, trying out new places in Nashville.
Weekend go-tos: Anywhere that has a patio or rooftop, sporting events, or concerts.
Guilty pleasures: Mexican food. I have a big sweet tooth, as well.
Favorite karaoke song: "Sweet Home Alabama." (Sorry, Rocky Top fans.)

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