Administrative Staff
Kate Trudell
Executive Director
Shantel Standefer
Senior Director of Programs
Michelle Kinzie
Director of Administration
Makinzi Greener
Director of Development & Communications
Tara Davis
Community Relationship Coordinator
Gracie Delaney
Community Care Liaison – Johnson City
Hayley Griffith
Education & Outreach Coordinator
Ariana Rumgay
Office Manager
Adult Services Team
Brittany Thompson
Director of Adult Services
Daphne Boatwright
Housing Support Specialist
Brittany Brown
Housing Support Specialist
Claire Brown
Therapist – Adult
Michelle Camara
Housing Support Specialist
Meredith Carey
Group Facilitator – TDOC As You Are Program
Amanda Dykes
Justice Involved Group Facilitator
Jill Ferrie
Care Coordinator
Brianna Harrison
Care Coordinator
Petra Jacques
Housing Support Specialist
Bethany Norris
Group Facilitator – TDOC As You Are Program
Nicole Panster
Lead Housing Support Specialist
Jessica Sheppard
Therapist, Justice-Centered
Melcharle Thompson
Housing Operations Coordinator
Abby Yarbrough
Housing Support Specialist
Youth Services Team
Hannah Brinson
Director of Youth Services
Demi DeBusk
Youth Care Coordinator
Taylor Berry
Therapist – Youth & Emerging Adult
Schylar Gault
Youth Risk Intervention Specialist
Doniqua Joyner
Youth Care Coordinator – Johnson City
Judy Martinez
Youth Care Coordinator
Heather McGhee
Family Support Specialist
Kaitlyn Rossi
Youth Risk Intervention Specialist – Johnson City
Becky Wilson
Activities Coordinator
Our Board of Directors
Cynthia Dietle, JD, LLM
Associate General Counsel
Civil Rights Division, Meta
Board President
Brooklyn Sawyers Belk, JD
General Counsel,
Educational Media Foundation
President-Elect
Kevin Sanford
Business Interface Director
Y12
Board Treasurer
Christyn Allen
Public Information Specialist,
Knoxville Police Department
Teri Baxter, JD
Professor,
UT College of Law
Amber Lynn Carroll
Host, Living East Tennessee
WATE News
Rhonda Clay, CFRE
Director, Major Gifts
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Sara Diamond
Anchor
WJHL-TV
Denise Douglas
Entrepreneur, Realtor
Douglas Dillon Realty
Paul Duncan
Technology Executive, Community Volunteer
Ernie Hoskins
Member, Board of Directors
Johnstone Supply
Karen Rodgers
Yoga Instructor, Community Volunteer
Natalie Saunders
Realtor
Crye Like