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State Support Team

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Meredith Benton

Chief Executive

Officer

mbenton@cistn.org

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Tiffany Patton

Chief Program

Officer

tpatton@cistn.org

Leah Susi

Chief Advancement

Officer

lsusi@cistn.org

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Kawema

VP of Programs
Nashville

kawema@cistn.org

Tiffany Gilliam

VP of Programs
Rural

tgilliam@cistn.org

Eric Olmstead

Chief Operations

Officer

eolmstead@cistn.org

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Tosin Okunoren

Finance Director

tokunoren@cistn.org

Arianna Jain

Data Director

ajain@cistn.org

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Kesha Webb

Program Director
Lower Middle TN

kwebb@cistn.org

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Milicent Fritts

Program Director
East TN

mfritts@cistn.org

Tequilla Nance

Program Director

West TN 

tnance@cistn.org

Misty York

Program Director

Upper Middle 

myork@cistn.org

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Allison Simpson

Program Director

Nashville

asimpson@cistn.org

Bonnie Adams

Program Director

Nashville

badams@cistn.org

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Erene'Bell

Program Director

Nashville

ebell@cistn.org

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James Gibson

Program Director

Nashville

jgibson@cistn.org

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Kennedy Wallace

Development

Manager

kwallace@cistn.org

Margaret Phillips

Operations

Director

mphillips@cistn.org

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Karimah Taylor

Grants &

Communications

Manager

ktaylor@cistn.org

India Green

Program

 Development

Manager

igreen@cistn.org

Ryan Hilber

Data

Manager

rhilber@cistn.org

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Nashville Program Managers

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Erin Fisher​

 Alex Green 

Elementary
 

Yvonne Oliver

 Amqui Elementary 
 

Heather McCall

 Apollo Middle 
 

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Sarah Brock 

 Bellshire

Design Center

  Elementary 
 

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Tiffany Williams 

 Chadwell Elementary 
 

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Daryl Elliot 

Fall Hamilton

   Elementary  
 

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Jacob Huff 

 Gateway Elementary 
 

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Agni Gomez-Perez

Glencliff 

Elementary
 

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Kelley Williams 

Goodlettsville

Middle  
 

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Emma Richards

Hattie Cotton

Elementary
 

Monique Thompson

Ida B Wells   

Elementary 
 

Michelle Fletcher

Jere Baxter

Middle

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Celeste Jones

KIPP Kirkpatrick

Elementary

Tanuverne Williams

Madison Middle
 

Jasmyne Booker

 Maplewood

High
 

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Sarahi Lara Gomez

Neely's Bend

Elementary   
 

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Abby Conner

Paragon Mills

Elementary
 

Alissa White 

 Park Avenue

Elementary
 

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Valarie Sweatt​

Stratford Middle 

Tiffany Brown

 Smithson Craighead

Academy
 

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Ivory Davis

Stratford High
 

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Evan Swafford

 Shwab Elementary
 

Keyara Nunn 

 Taylor-Stratton

Elementary 
 

Jazzmin Mitchell

 Tom Joy

Elementary
 

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Bailey Chua

 Una Elementary
 

Jessica Malenga

 Warner Arts

Elementary
 

Rural Program Managers

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Lisa Roysdon

 Alvin C.York

Institute
 

Rachel Akin​

 Bledsoe County 

High

Amy Rhymer

 Bolivar Elementary
 

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Marquita Lewis

 Bolivar Central

High 
 

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Debbie Thomas 

 Cane Creek

Elementary 
 

Austin Fosbinder

 Cascade Middle 
 

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Brook Clark 

 Clarkrange

High
 

Tish Plumlee

 Clay County

High
 

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Melissa Morales

 Coalfield School 
 

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Allison Garcia

Community

Middle

Annie Smith

Cornerstone

Elementary

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Dawn Williams

 Cosby High 
 

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Terrell Beene

Grand Junction

Elementary

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Sara Brown

Grundy County

High 

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Tania Ward

Halls High

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Lindsey Gibson

Hancock County

High

Jennifer Fields

Jackson County

High

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Jacie Pickard

Lake County

High
 

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Monterrio Williams

Middleton

High

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Jenny Wright

Oakdale

School

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Jennifer Misener

Parkview

Elementary

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Hope Childs

Ripley High

Lakenia Jones

Ripley Middle 

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Chad Marcum

Scott High

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Tara VonHolt

South Fentress

Elementary

Amy Brown

Sunbright

School

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Ashley Brown

Tracy City

Elementary 

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Allison Dodson

Van Buren

County High

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Kathryn Nabors

Wartburg Central

Elementary

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Ashley Armes

Wartburg Central

Middle

Mandi Jonquet

Wartburg Central

High 

Shannon Morin

Whiteville

Elementary
 

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