Experience

Tennessee Film, Entertainment and Music Commission

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Regional Coordinator

  • Sep 2011 - Present

• Regional Coordinator

  • 2011 - 2015

• Regional Coordinator

  • 2011 - 2015

• Regional Coordinator

  • 2011 - 2015



Tennessee Community Services Agency

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Development Coordinator

  • Jan 2009 - Oct 2011

• Middle Tennessee Site Director

  • Aug 2010 - Sep 2011

• Development Coordinator

  • Dec 2009 - Sep 2011

• Special Projects Coordinator

  • Sep 2006 - Jun 2010

• Development Coordinator

  • 2009 - 2010

• Special Projects Coordinator

  • Sep 2007 - Dec 2009

  Initiate start-up and direct various agency contracts including TN Department of Health's Diabetes Services Initiative, Upper Cumberland Regional Mock Disaster Preparedness meeting, and TN Department of Finance and Administration's CoverTennessee outreach program. In this position I have been responsible to network throughout the Upper Cumberland region and state to develop new revenue funds, assist the community in solving and meeting social service needs, and act as a liaison between the region and the agency. I participate on the agency's grant development team as an idea generator, researcher and writer. I managed the enrollment of a defensive driving course and A/D prevention course for the agency's Living Safe Educational series.For the CoverTennessee program, I am responsible to market three health insurance programs (CoverTN, CoverKids & AccessTN) and one pharmacy assistance program to all sectors of the community. 2005-2007A to Z In-home

• CoverTennessee Outreach Coordinator

  • 2006 - 2009



Upper Cumberland Community Services Agency

• Sheltering Program Coordinator

  • Sep 2005 - Sep 2007

  Directed a $1.9 million FEMA funded Public Assistance program in the Upper Cumberland region for evacuees of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This position began with a limited mission delivered from FEMA to the State Department of Finance and Administration to a full-blown comprehensive social service assistance program. The program provides rental and utilities payments, purchasing of household goods and overall case management services to all eligible evacuees. Management of this program includes supervision of case management and clerical staff, budget management, community relations and data management.



2005 - 2006

• Resource Coordinator & Tutor

  • Sep 2005 - Jun 2006

  Initially responsible for coordinating services to assign tutors and follow up on all aspects of reporting, being a liaison between tutees, parents and school staff as well as other various administrative responsibilities. My second year of part-time employment, I provided assessment and tutoring services to children in DCS custody within the Upper Cumberland region.



Upper Cumberland Community Services Agency

• AmeriCorps Director

  • Jan 2001 - Jan 2005

• AmeriCorps Director/CYII Coordinator

  • Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  Initially, this position worked with communities in the Upper Cumberland region to assist with grass roots efforts to reduce the number of children entering state custody by mobilizing communities to develop effective diversion, intervention and prevention activities. In 2001, the agency received grant funds from TN Commission on National and Community Service to mobilize communities under the Communities of Promise efforts of Amerca's Promise utilizing AmeriCorps members. Under this program, seven of the fourteen Upper Cumberland counties became recognized as Communities of Promise. This program also mobilized Tennessee Technological University as the first University of Promise in Tennessee.



Averitt Express

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Customer Service Specialist

  • Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Initially, I worked in the National Call center answering general questions for customers that included the following areas: billing, service times, complaints, scheduling pick ups and freight quotes. I later moved to a specialty team that worked exclusively on all aspects of freight that customers reconsigned.



Omni Visions

• Mental Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Resource Parent

  • Jan 1996 - Jan 1999

  Therapeutic Foster ParentOn June 15, 1996, my wife and I became foster parents to a beautiful six-year-old girl. For three years we were fortunate enough to invest our life into this intelligent child and assist her in all areas of life. Duties of therapeutic foster parents included daily monitoring and reporting of behaviors, regular meetings with case managers, educators and therapists as well as attending legal proceedings associated with her care. On occasion, we also acted as respite caregivers for children with therapeutic needs.



Upper Cumberland Community Health Agency

• Regional Prevention Coordinator

  • Jan 1996 - Jan 1998

  Monitored programmatic and financial aspects of the Governor's Community Prevention Initiative. The funding for such programs were given to communities that ranked highest on factors such as referrals to juvenile court, teen suicide, teen pregnancy, children in state custody and low graduation rates. During my tenure in this position, two communities (Cannon and Cumberland County) went through the process of receiving funding for prevention programs that were designed through grass roots efforts. I was fortunate to receive training from Communities That Care for Risk Focused Prevention and Promising Approaches.

• Case Manager

  • Jan 1995 - Jan 1996

• Training Coordinator

  • Jan 1994 - Jan 1995

  This WK Kellogg grant funded position was part of the Training Resource Center housed at the Community Health Agency. The center's goals were to assess the training needs of social service personnel, provide social service training to local social workers, and drive curriculum change at Tennessee Technological University so that graduates working in the field of social service were prepared for the local job market The position was part of a three person team consisting of an educational specialist

• Case Manager

  • Jan 1992 - Jan 1994



Department of Human Services

• Social Counselor

  • Jan 1990 - Jan 1992

  Provided child and adult protective services for reported abuse and neglected individuals in White County Tennessee.