Our Team
Board Members
Chair – Emma Shouse Garton (TN Council on Developmental Disabilities)
Vice Chair – Andrew Tiberi-Warner (Huntington National Bank)
Treasurer – Susie Lafferty (Lafferty Law Firm)
Secretary – Jackie Cullom (Tennessee State University)
Ex Officio – Irena Stjepic (Recovery Club America)
PAC Chair – Angela Childress (Surpass Behavioral Health)
Cole Adams (West TN Legal Services)
Dan Hoffman (ASL Street LLC)
Edward Mitchell (The Statewide Independent Living Council of Tennessee)
Jaylon Fincannon (Retired Independent Consultant)
Julie Lounds Taylor (Vanderbilt University Medical Center)
Julie Sears (Vanderbilt Consortium LEND)
Leah Goldstein (Center on Developmental Disabilities at UTHSC)
Lesley Guilaran (Jackson-Madison County School System)
Stephanie Cook (City of Knoxville)
Tim Hughes (Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services)
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)
Austin Nichols (TN Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services)
Christopher Cowart (Urban Housing Solutions)
James DiMarco (West TN Legal Services)
Kezia Cox (MCO Wellpoint)
Melinda Jones (CMI Healthcare Services)
Verity Rodrigues (Vanderbilt University Medical Center)