Meet our Team
EDUCATING | EQUIPPING | EMPOWERING
Leadership

Mark Ottinger
Executive Director

Tona Ottinger
Senior Director of Programs

Jay Adkins
Senior Director of Operations

Becca McKay, LMSW, LSSW
ETC Institute: Program Manager

Jesse Faris
Special Projects Manager

Rachel Peterman Ph.D.
Safe & Secure TN: Program Manager
Staff

Anteelah Love, M.S.

Emily Lowry

Krista Smith

Ruth Hamilton

Suzanne Pike
Board of Directors

Claude Russ
Chairman
FedEx VP Finance Transformation; CEO, Shoprunner

Benjamin Granger
Treasurer
Sr Analyst Highland Capital

Dr. Lauren Burge, MD
Secretary
Child Abuse Pediatrician, LeBonheur Children’s Hospital

Brandon Edgerson, Pharm.D., MS
Director
COO, LeBonheur Children’s Hospital

Dr. Katherine Blackney, PhD, LPC-MHSP
Director
Psychologist