Meet the Team

  • Jeni Dominelli

    FOUNDER, CEO, (B.A. Social Work)

  • Lori Dixon

    CHIEF OF OPERATIONS (M.A. Education)

  • Joshua George

    VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING

Our Board President

Kim Drake

Over the past 25 years, Kim Carpenter Drake has worked with social sector leaders in Middle Tennessee and throughout the southeast. With degrees in Social Psychology, Nonprofit Management, and Conflict Management, her work has included strategic planning, philanthropic capacity building, change management, project design, communications, and system-scale collaborations. She currently serves as the Director for the Middle Tennessee Donors Forum and consults with foundations, corporations, and nonprofit organizations, focusing on processes that build trust, produce communities of learning, and forge pathways to collaboration.

Meet Our Board

  • John Nix Arledge

    Business Development & Account Manager, MusicRow Magazine

  • Wells Beckett, JD

    Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP

  • Hayley Carson

    Artist Growth Strategist  & Founder, Songbird Nashville

  • Sean Fuller

    Touring Drummer, (formerly Florida Georgia Line, Tyler Hubbard)

  • Ollie Gabriel

    Ollie Gabriel

    Co-Founder/CEO, Aura Holdings Group Artist/Entrepreneur

  • Audrey Gibbs

    Audrey Gibbs

    Staff Writer, The Tennessean

  • Amber Groat

    Board Certified Behavior Analyst

  • Damien Horne

    Recording Artist/Inspirational Speaker, Founder of The Good-Good Life

  • Prison Ministry Advocate

    Chris Ionotti

    Prison Ministry Advocate

  • Casey LeVasseur

    Board Vice-President

    A/R, 3 Ring Circus Music Publishing/ CoFounder, Jeffrey Steele Academy

  • Shundra C. Manning

    Commercial Litigation Associate, Polsinelli

  • Kim McLean, PhD

    Hit Songwriter, Professor, Trevecca University, Minister, Music City West Church, NYT Bestelling Author

  • Lindsey O'Halloran

    Vice President of Creative A&R, Anotherland

  • Sadie Shourd

    Business and Entertainment Lawyer

  • Steven Staversky

    Certified Public Accountant

  • Joy Syles

    Joy Syles

    Metro Council Member, Singer/Actress

  • James Wiggington

    James Wiggington

    Professor/Celebrity Voice Coach, Belmont University

Our Advisory Council

  • Regina DeRiggi

    Regina DeRiggi

    Deputy Director of Retention, Nashville Sheriffs Office

  • Chief John Hicks

    Chief John Hicks

    Chief Jail Administrator, York County Sheriff’s Office, SC

  • El Lambert

    El Lambert

    CEO, Communities in Concert in Charlotte NC, Artist/Songwriter

  • Katy Symonette

    Katy Symonette

    Education Specialist & Charleston, SC County Program Liaison

  • Jen Sordi

    Jen Sordi

    Assistant Superintendent, Hampden County Sheriff’s Office, & Massachusetts State Program Liasion

  • Mike Wood

    Mike Wood

    Retired VP Sales, Sherwin Williams/AMES, & Georgia State Program Liasion