Our Leaders

These fine members of our community meet every month to direct policy and accountability at Renewal House, from programs to personnel to fundraising. Their dedication helps to keep the agency thriving.

Long-time Renewal House supporters
Jim Shulman, Cathy-Bender Jackson and Melvin Black
Board officers
Cristin Viebranz, Elizabeth Papel and Natasha Metcalf


Board of Directors 2009

 
Jessica Averbuch Zeitlin & Company, Realtors
Henry Blaze III Progressive Baptist Church
Phil Byerly VF Imagewear
Julia Chiles Community Volunteer
Loren Chumley, President KPMG
Rhonda Cunningham-Burley Fisk University
David Diaz-Barriga Davidson County Tax Assessor’s Office
Beth Fortune Vanderbilt University
Rep. Brenda Gilmore State Representative, District 54
Ricky Gordon Dell, Inc.
Roland Gray, M.D., Vice-President Tennessee Medical Foundation
Shay Gresham Howard Zeitlin & Company, Realtors
Clay Hart, Treasurer Renasant Bank
Jeff Haynes Boyle Investment Company
Jennifer Hoffman Community Volunteer
Lella Hollabaugh Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis
Barbara Holmes H3GM
Edward Lanquist, Jr. Waddey & Patterson
Lee Limbard Meharry Medical College
Jo Ella McClellan, Secretary Community Volunteer
Kathleen McEnerney Tennessee State University
Nancy Menke Community Volunteer
Diane Neighbors Vanderbilt University
Bob Nemer The Cotton Mill Clothiers, Inc.
Celeste Patterson HG Hill Realty
Kevin Poff Wells Fargo
Emily Richard Metro Nashville Airport Authority
Steve Taylor HCA
Mary Walker Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle TN
Deborah Woolley TN Chamber of Commerce and Industry


Advisory Board

Honey Alexander Community Volunteer
Frank Andrews Andrews Capital, LLC
Jean Ann Banker Community Volunteer
Cathy Bender-Jackson Merrill Lynch
Melvin Black Metro Coucil Member
Colleen Conway-Welch, PhD., CNM Vanderbilt School of Nursing
Carolyn Cox Consultant
Barbara Engelhardt, M.D. Pediatrician
Sen. Thelma Harper State Senator
Natasha Metcalf CCA
Sallie Norton Harpeth Hall School
Elizabeth Papel Community Volunteer
Cary Phalen Rayson Community Volunteer
Art Rebrovick Nashville Management Group, Inc.
The Rev. Edwin C. Sanders, II Metropolitan Church
Jim Shulman State of TN, Finance and Administration
Susan Simons Community Volunteer
Sue Spickard Community Volunteer
Karen Starr, RN, MSN, MAC Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
The Rev. Anne Stevenson Christ Church Cathedral
Deborah Taylor Tate Federal Communications Commission
Cristin Viebranz University School of Nashville

Staff Leadership

Jude White Executive Director
Alyssa Leonard Assistant Director and Volunteer Coordinator
Mary Beth Heaney - Gárate, LCSW Residential Program Director
Lisel Stephen, MS Intensive Outpatient Program Director
Lisa Harkins Development Director


"Since joining the Renewal House Board I have received more from the experience than I could possibly give. The courage of the mothers in recovery is inspiring---the dedication of staff---motivating. Watching the children develop trust and hope for a safe and healthy future compels me to continue giving my time and financial support to this pivotal organization."
---Carolyn Cox-Hamlin

Freda's Story
"Because this was such an unfamiliar place to me, not the place itself but in my heart, I had to be reborn all over again. I had to learn how to walk in new places, talk differently, and even think a different way. It was not always easy for me, but I can honestly say, 'Life as I knew it, dark, sad, and full of despair, had become full of light, happiness, and full of hope!" Click on the
Our Impact page to read more of Freda's story.
---Freda, Renewal House graduate