Meet The Team

National Leadership Team

Melanie Jacobi Rhodes

Executive Director

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Ty Jackson

Senior Director of Programs

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Coming Soon

Senior Director of Operations

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State Teams

Davy Hardie

South Carolina Program Manager

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Catherine McIntyre

South Carolina State Director

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Eshandae (Shae) Thomas

Alabama Project Manager

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Coming Soon

Alabama State Director

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Program Teams

Miranda Taylor

FocusFirst National Director

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Cammie Wolfe

FocusFirst Training & Operations Manager

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Alexandria Means

SaveFirst Director

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David Beutel

SaveFirst Training and Operations Manager

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Grace Standridge

Director of AmeriCorps & Federal Grants

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Keyy Broadnax

Recruiting Manager

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National Operations Team

Sarah Allison

National Volunteer & Operations Manager

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Ruth Allison

Fiscal Manager

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Kaitlin Nobles

Development Manager

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Board of Directors

Ramona Albin

Cumberland School of Law, Samford University

Catlin Cade

Cade, Crenshaw & Associates, P.C. (retired)

Rob Couch

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings (retired)

Elena Delavega

University of Memphis

Francine Fenderson

Jefferson Co. Dept. of Health

J’la Jenkins

Tennessee Department of Health

James “Jim” Kennemer

Vision Research Corporation

Frank McPhillips

Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C. (retired)

Jennifer Moore

Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C.

Carl Muller

Carl F. Muller, Attorney at Law, P. A.

Julie Portera

Protective Life

Deak Rushton

James Rushton I Foundation

Courtney Stephens

EBSCO Industries

Allan “Buddy” Thompson

Ophthalmologist (retired)