UWGK - Key Persons


Adam Fritts

Job Titles:
  • Community Schools Director

Alyson Gallaher - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer

Amie Cohorst

Job Titles:
  • Board Secretary & YLC Chair

Angela Conner

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Knoxville Utilities Board

Angie Palmore

Job Titles:
  • Community Schools Site Coordinator

Blake Valentine - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer

Brandon Parks

Job Titles:
  • Immediate past Board Chair

Brian Brooks

Job Titles:
  • DEI Chair

Camden Glenn

Job Titles:
  • Digital Graphic Designer

Cassia Owen

Job Titles:
  • Community Schools Site Coordinator

Cassidy White

Job Titles:
  • Community Schools Site Coordinator

Chrystal Armstrong Brown

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Impact Systems

CJ Butcher

Job Titles:
  • Labor Liaison & Campaign Manager

Clarence Vaughn, III - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board

Cristina Want

Job Titles:
  • Mobility Mentor Lead

Dana Coward

Job Titles:
  • Donor Services Specialist

Dana Smith

Job Titles:
  • Donor Services Specialist

Dana Walter

Job Titles:
  • Community Schools Site Coordinator

Danielle Humphrey

Job Titles:
  • Community Schools Site Coordinator

Dasan Dix

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Knoxville Utilities Board

Ellie Kittrell

Job Titles:
  • Director of Early Care and Education Systems

Emily Griggs

Job Titles:
  • Community Schools Site Coordinator

Eric Lindback

Job Titles:
  • Facilities & IT Supervisor

Frank Rothermel

Job Titles:
  • Denark Construction

Gary Miller

Job Titles:
  • Community Schools Site Coordinator

Gladys Farmer

Job Titles:
  • Community Schools Site Coordinator

Grace Bennett

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Individual Engagement & Gifts

Hailey Shastid-Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Community Schools Site Coordinator

Haley Engelman

Job Titles:
  • Community Schools Site Coordinator

Jamea Beach

Job Titles:
  • Education Impact Manager

Jasmine Harper

Job Titles:
  • Director of Equity & Community Partnership Consultant

Jeanna Beck

Job Titles:
  • Director of Consulting, ABN

Jeff Lee

Job Titles:
  • Media Consultant

Jennifer Ayers

Job Titles:
  • Community Schools Regional Supervisor

Jeremy Jennings

Job Titles:
  • Transformational Investment Plan Co - Chair

Jill Ellis

Job Titles:
  • Community Schools Site Coordinator

Jim LaPinska

Job Titles:
  • Board Treasurer, Finance & Operations Chair, and Board Chair - Elect

John Billings

Job Titles:
  • TCV Trust & Wealth Management

John McCulley

Job Titles:
  • Community Advocate

Julie Massie

Job Titles:
  • Director of Donor Services

Kaki Reynolds

Job Titles:
  • Director of East Tennessee Collaborative ( ETC )

Kara Strouse

Job Titles:
  • Community Schools Regional Supervisor

Karen Byrd

Job Titles:
  • Community Impact Associate

Karen Massey

Job Titles:
  • Kreative Events

Karen Ocon Mora

Job Titles:
  • Community Schools Site Coordinator

Kate Barnett

Job Titles:
  • Community Engagement Manager

Katie Cooper

Job Titles:
  • Community Schools Site Coordinator

Katy Neusner

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator

Kelli Canan-Denny

Job Titles:
  • Grant Administrator

Kimberly Pettigrew

Job Titles:
  • Director of Food Systems

Kristi McMahan

Job Titles:
  • Financial Accountant

Kyle Pickell

Job Titles:
  • Early Care and Education Systems Coordinator

Lily Hubbs

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Content Specialist

Lindsey Jaremko

Job Titles:
  • Director of Special Projects

Liz Stowers

Job Titles:
  • Community Advocate

Liza Reineri

Job Titles:
  • Controller

Marie Alcorn

Job Titles:
  • Director of Grant Writing / Administration

Mariel De Moya

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Marketing & Communications

Matt Ryerson - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President

Pam Headrick

Job Titles:
  • Mobility Mentor Lead

Rebecca Darnell

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Corporate Engagement

Robert Sherrod

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Resource Development & Facilities Manager

Sam Kimbro

Job Titles:
  • Director of Community Programs, ABN

Sarah Shires

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Major Gifts

Shanna Browning

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Nominations Committee

Susan Martin

Job Titles:
  • Community Schools Regional Supervisor

Tim Wirtz

Job Titles:
  • Branding and Messaging Chair

Tina Dell

Job Titles:
  • Director of People & Culture

Todd Skelton - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel

Tommy Dodson

Job Titles:
  • Transformational Investment Plan Co - Chair

Tony Benton

Job Titles:
  • Tennova Healthcare

Tony Gunn II

Job Titles:
  • Community Schools Site Coordinator

Torrie Boggs

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Community Engagement

Traci Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Outcome Based Investments Chair

Vanessa Williams

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Yolanda Grant

Job Titles:
  • Director of Housing Systems