Team
![Joshua Abbott](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/josh-head-shot-scaled-e1714060603918.jpg?resize=1080%2C1080&ssl=1)
Joshua Abbott
Empowerment Specialist
![Bridget Bailey](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Bridget-Head-Shot-scaled-e1686839200377.jpg?resize=1080%2C1081&ssl=1)
Bridget Bailey
Empowerment Specialist
![Chasten Bugge](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Chasten-for-website-scaled.jpg?resize=1080%2C1080&ssl=1)
Chasten Bugge
Empowerment Specialist
![Aura Ciungan](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Aura-scaled-e1713282190730.jpg?resize=1080%2C1080&ssl=1)
Aura Ciungan
Empowerment Specialist
![Mary Ann Copeland](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Mary-Ann-Copeland-for-website-scaled.jpg?resize=1080%2C1080&ssl=1)
Mary Ann Copeland
Senior Director of Business Affairs
![Maddie Dugan](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/maddie-headshot-scaled-e1714060643791.jpg?resize=1080%2C1080&ssl=1)
Maddie Dugan
Empowerment Specialist
![Sarah Edwards, M.A., RDT](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sarah-e-headshot.jpg?resize=1080%2C1079&ssl=1)
Sarah Edwards, M.A., RDT
Director of Advocacy Through the Arts
![Audria Frattini, M.Ed., CRC, CVE](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Friends-Life_0503-e1671142642310.jpg?resize=1080%2C1080&ssl=1)
Audria Frattini, M.Ed., CRC, CVE
Chief Operating Officer
![Waverly Ann Harris , M.S.Ed.](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/waverly-headshot-e1669053223121.jpg?resize=914%2C915&ssl=1)
Waverly Ann Harris , M.S.Ed.
CEO
![Jennifer Haston](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Jennifer-H2-scaled.jpg?resize=1080%2C1080&ssl=1)
Jennifer Haston
Visual Arts Program Coordinator
![India-Jane Hodge](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Friends-Life_0434-e1671142795914.jpg?resize=1080%2C1080&ssl=1)
India-Jane Hodge
Empowerment Specialist
![Julianne Hughart](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/julianne.jpg?w=1080&ssl=1)
Julianne Hughart
Empowerment Specialist
![Camille Mayle](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/DSC9117-e1671143231880.jpg?resize=1080%2C1080&ssl=1)
Camille Mayle
Director of Partnerships and Social Enterprise
![Spencer Overbay](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/spencer.jpg?w=1080&ssl=1)
Spencer Overbay
Empowerment Specialist
![Sarah Perkins](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/6.png?resize=1080%2C1080&ssl=1)
Sarah Perkins
Business Office Coordinator
![Nikkita Staggs](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Nikki-e1707509314318.jpeg?resize=1080%2C1080&ssl=1)
Nikkita Staggs
Performng Arts Program Coordinator
![Emme Teller](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Emme-headshot.png?resize=1080%2C1080&ssl=1)
Emme Teller
Special Events Coordinator
![Dre Todd](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Dre-scaled-e1713282369103.jpg?resize=1080%2C1080&ssl=1)
Dre Todd
Empowerment Specialist
![Patsy Webb, M.S.Ed., CESP, ACRE](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1.png?resize=1080%2C1080&ssl=1)
Patsy Webb, M.S.Ed., CESP, ACRE
Director of Pathways to Independence
![Lauren B. Zook](https://i0.wp.com/friendslife.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/LBZ-1-for-website-scaled.jpg?resize=1080%2C1080&ssl=1)
Lauren B. Zook
VP of Philanthropy
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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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