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