Team
Joshua Abbott
Empowerment Specialist
Bridget Bailey
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
Sarah Hepler
Empowerment Specialist
India-Jane Hodge
Empowerment Specialist
Julianne Hughart
Empowerment Specialist
Camille Mayle
Director of Partnerships and Social Enterprise
Spencer Overbay
Empowerment Specialist
Sarah Perkins
Business Office Coordinator
Nikkita Staggs
Performng Arts Program Coordinator
Dre Todd
Empowerment Specialist
Patsy Webb, M.S.Ed., CESP, ACRE
Director of Pathways to Independence
Lauren B. Zook
VP of Philanthropy
Join Our Team
See current career opportunities below.
Client Empowerment Specialist (PT or FT)
Visual Arts Empowerment Specialist (PT or FT)
Special Events Coordinator (PT)
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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