Team
Joshua Abbott
Empowerment Specialist
Pam Bauer
Empowerment Specialist
Griffin Bohn
Empowerment Specialist
Chasten Bugge
Empowerment Specialist
Aura Ciungan
Empowerment Specialist
Mary Ann Copeland
Senior Director of Business Affairs
Maddie Dugan
Empowerment Specialist
Sarah Edwards, M.A., RDT
Director of Advocacy Through the Arts
Audria Frattini, M.Ed., CRC, CVE
Chief Operating Officer
Waverly Ann Harris , M.S.Ed.
CEO
Jennifer Haston
Visual Arts Program Coordinator
Ashlyn Kolbert
Empowerment Specialist
Sarah Perkins
Business Office Coordinator
Nikkita Staggs
Performng Arts Program Coordinator
Caroline Swenson
Philanthropy Manager
Emme Teller
Special Events Coordinator
Dre Todd
Empowerment Specialist
Addie Warinner
Empowerment Specialist
Patsy Webb, M.S.Ed., CESP, ACRE
Director of Pathways to Independence
Lauren B. Zook
VP of Philanthropy
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Client Empowerment Specialist
Board of Directors
Annalisa Baltz, HCA Healthcare, AVP Physician Engagement
Treasurer, Sibling of a Friend
Keane Barger, J.D., Riley, Warnock, & Jacobson
Chris Beckler, Edley’s Restaurant Group, President
Officer 2019-2021
Michael Flatt, P.E.
Chair, Parent of Friend
Raleigh Harwell, Insight Risk Management, Secretary
Sharon Cheek, TN Brewers Guild
Andrew Neilson, Client Executive InfoWorks, Inc.
Jennifer Ogden
Amy Richards, active at Christ Presbyterian Church, Board Chair at Explore Community School, Board Member at Tennessee Innocence Project
Molly Rollins, J.D., Parent of a Friend
Jennifer Turner, President/CEO Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Mary Ann Weprin, AJ Capital Partners
Carly Young, MBA. Sales and Marketing Manager at Eddie V’s Prime Seafood. Active member at Covenant Presbyterian Church.
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