Our Team

Board Members

Chair – Emma Shouse Garton (TN Council on Developmental Disabilities)

Vice Chair – Andrew Tiberi-Warner (Huntington National Bank)

Treasurer – Susie Lefferty (Lafferty Law Firm)

Secretary – Jackie Cullom (Tennessee State University)

Ex Officio – Irena Stjepic (Recovery Club America)

PAC Chair – Angela Childress (Surpass Behavioral Health)

Tim Hughes (Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services)

Jaylon Fincannon (Retired Independent Consultant)

Edward Mitchell (The Statewide Independent Living Council of Tennessee)

Leslie Guilaran (Jackson-Madison County School System)

Stephanie B Cook (City of Knoxville)

Dan Hoffman (ASL Street LLC)

Leah Goldstein (Center on Developmental Disabilities at UTHSC)

Cole Adams (West TN Legal Services)

Julie Sears (Vanderbilt Consortium LEND)

Julie Lounds Taylor (Vanderbilt University Medical Center)

PAIMI Advisory Council (PAC) Members

Chair – Angela Childress (Surpass Behavioral Health)

Vice Chair – Donna Maddox (Retired from Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System)

Secretary – Kena Vassar (UT Health Science Center)

Anna Austin (University of Tennessee)

Verity Rodrigues (Vanderbilt University Medical Center)

Christopher Cowart (Urban Housing Solutions)

Kezia Cox (MCO Wellpoint)

Melinda Jones (CMI Healthcare Services)

James DiMarco (West TN Legal Services)

Austin Nichols (TN Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services)