Alanna Hunsaker-Kosier
Director of Programs
“One of the great things about young people is that they do question, that they do care about justice, and that they have open minds.”
― Zack de la Rocha
Our Leadership Team and Board Members
Our Leadership Team
Kirby Deal
Director of Development/Interim Executive Director
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou
Kristianna Renz
Center Supervisor
Amy Phillips
Director of Athletics
Mallory Gooden
Program Staff
Yasmin Simpson
Program Staff
Nikki McKeown
Program Staff
Lauren Schenk
Program Staff
Olivia Shepherd
Program Staff
Kristina Fuston
Program Staff
Hailey Kraft
Program Staff
Octavia Lenoir
Program Staff
Ray Thornton
Transportation
2019 Corporate Board of Directors
Sheryl Houston (President), Consolidated Nuclear Security
Doug Freund, Consolidated Nuclear Security
Bob Cook, Community Advocate
Melanie Fillauer, Community Adovocate
Laurie Macnair, R3 Consulting
Dr. Mary Palmer, East Tennessee Children’s Hospital
Melissa McMahan, Y-12 Federal Credit Union
Donna Reat, Community Advocate
Chad Vander Wert, Discovery
2019 Knoxville Board of Trustees
Deb Crouse (President), Metro Drug Coalition
Dustin Crouse, Knoxville Elder Law
Julie Gause, J. Gause Digital
Nicole Harman, Community Advocate
Stephanie Haynes, LHP Capital
Tanya Hockett, Discovery
Samantha Edwards, Leadership Knoxville
Tiffani Mensch, Alliance for Better Nonprofits
Quineka Moten, Knoxville Area Urban League
Mendy Moseley, Sanmar
Abby Pensky, Community Advocate
Lisa Pierson, Subaru International
2019 Oak Ridge Board of Trustees
Trish Polfus (President), Methodist Medical Center
Steve Cates, Community Advocate
Terry Domm, CNS Y12
Nikki Adkisson, Oak Ridge Utility District
Jane Grossbeck, Community Advocate
Dr. Lyndon Hurt, Hurt Lyndon DDS
Mona Leake, Community Advocate
Dot Jones, Community Advocate
Rachel Moses, Cookeville Legal Aid
Deb Schenk, Regions Bank
Eleanor Stevens, Community Advocate
Jan Stoutland, Community Advoacate
Lorie Wilson, TN Bank
2019 Blount County Board of Trustees
Betsy Cunningham, Y-12 Federal Credit Union
Caroline Fontinell, Community Advocate
Jackie Mills, Realty Executives Associates
Libby Klatt, Community Advocate
Cristina Boone, Standard Aero
Lindsay Elsten, VIEO Design
Regina Jennings, Pinnacle Bank