Volunteer Leadership

Board of Directors

Officers
  • Lawson C. Allen, Chair
  • Trudy Carpenter, Vice Chair
  • David Wilds, Treasurer
  • DeCosta Jenkins, Asst. Treasurer
Board Members
  • Jacky Akbari
  • Kelvin Ault
  • H. Lee Barfield II
  • David Bohan
  • Leilani Boulware
  • Terrence Brooks
  • Laura Beth Brown
  • Trudy Carpenter
  • Jonathan Cole
  • Scott Damon
  • Florence Davis
  • Marty Dickens
  • Jack Elisar
  • Rich Ford
  • Catherine Gemmato-Smith
  • Jimmy Granbery
  • Steve Greene
  • James Harbison
  • Michael Harris
  • Bill Henderson
  • Phyllis Hildreth
  • Chip Howorth
  • Walter Knestrick
  • Ronald F. Knox, Jr.
  • A. Dexter Samuels, Ph.D.
  • Tony Wall
  • Olin West, III
  • Caroleen Wilkes
  • Liz Wilson
  • William M. Wilson
  • Carol Yochem
  • Stephen Young

Staff Leadership

Association Staff Leadership

Senior Strategy Team
  • John Mikos, President and CEO
  • Bob Knestrick, Executive Vice President & COO
  • Jessica Fain, Chief Strategy Officer
  • Joey Harwell, Chief Financial Officer
  • Julie Sistrunk, Chief Development Officer
Association Leadership
  • David Abbott, Senior Vice President of Technology
  • David Shipman, Senior Vice President of Operations
  • Jill Tramel, Senior Vice President of Youth Development
  • Rebecca Walker, Senior Vice President of People Services 
  • Ted Cornelius, Executive Director—Tennessee State Alliance of YMCAs
  • Dori Gorman, Chaplain
  • Walker Schul, Controller
  • David Kirsch, Vice President of Member Experience
  • Keith Russell, Vice President of Marketing
  • Alicia Sanchez-Pelc, Vice President of Operational Strategy
  • Tia Sydnor, Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Program Center Leadership
  • Rico X, Vice President of School Age Services
  • Jeff Merhige, Executive Director—Joe C. Davis YMCA Outdoor Center/Camp Widjiwagan
  • Susan Moriarty, Executive Director—Center for Civic Engagement
  • Beverly Revo, Executive Director—Y-CAP
Membership Center Leadership
  • Scott Clinton, District Executive Director—Downtown YMCA
  • Drew Freeman, Executive Director—Franklin Family YMCA
  • Amanda Gill, Executive Director—Clarksville Area YMCA
  • Hodge Patterson IV, Executive Director—North Rutherford Family YMCA
  • B.J. Keener, Executive Director—Donelson-Hermitage Family YMCA
  • Jeremy Tackett, Executive Director—Robertson County Family YMCA
  • Roy Brown, Executive Director—Northwest YMCA
  • Kathy Raglin, District Executive Director—Sumner County Family YMCA
  • Steven Saxton, District Executive Director—Brentwood Family & Christ Church YMCAs
  • Drew Scales III, Executive Director—Bellevue Family YMCA
  • Jodi Schroer, Executive Director—Maryland Farms YMCA
  • Laurel Wilson, District Executive Director—Green Hills Family YMCA
  • Judi Winfield-Ferri, District Executive Director—Margaret Maddox Family YMCA