Executive Director

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Executive Director	Mrs. Carolyn Evans MS
E-mail	carolyn@davishousecac.org
Term Start	April 2023
Carolyn's Experience: Carolyn joined Davis House in January of 2016 as Program Director and provided leadership and support for the Davis House direct service programs. In addition, she coordinated the Child Protective and Investigative Team (CPIT) meetings, communications, and professional development training, as well as provided child abuse prevention trainings to the public. In 2021, she managed the agency's national re-accreditation process and soon after was promoted to Associate Director in charge of all compliance and human resource functions for the agency. She is a trained Forensic Interviewer and Victim Advocate, and an authorized facilitator of the Stewards of Children child abuse prevention program. In April of 2023, Carolyn was appointed as Executive Director of Davis House Child Advocacy Center. Carolyn has her bachelor's degree in child development from Mississippi State University and her master's degree in Community Agency Counseling from the University of Memphis. She has significant leadership development experience that has strengthened her ability to lead. She has been in the social services field for over 25 years and has had the opportunity to work and lead in a variety of settings. She has experience in working with children and families in residential treatment settings, private school environments, children in the foster care system, and in juvenile courts. She is also skilled in grant management, event planning, and community capacity building.

Senior Staff

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Name	Title
Mrs. Carolyn Evans	Executive Director
Sam Cosby	Director of Advancement
Mrs. Carrie Norvell	Director of Prevention Education
Mrs. DeAnna Darden-Carroll	Director of Services

Staff

Full Time Staff	12
Part Time Staff	0
Volunteers	20
Contractors	0
Retention Rate	89%

Plans & Policies

Does your organization have a Fundraising Plan?	Yes
Does your organization have a Strategic Plan?	Yes
Years Strategic Plan Considers	4
When was the Strategic Plan adopted?	August 2021
Does your organization have a Management Succession Plan?	Under Development
Does your organization have a Policy and Procedure Plan?	Yes
Does the organization have a Nondiscrimination Policy?	Yes
Does the organization have a Whistle Blower Policy?	Yes
Does the organization have a Document Destruction Policy?	Yes

Evaluation

Is there a formal evaluation for...		Frequency (if applicable)
CEO/Executive Director	Yes	Annually
Senior Management	Yes	Annually
Non-Management	Yes	Annually

Affiliations

Affiliation	Year
Center for Nonprofit Management (Nashville)	2000
National Children's Alliance - Associate Member	2002
National Children's Alliance - Full Member	2010
Tennessee Chapter of Children's Advocacy Centers	1999
Williamson County Chamber of Commerce	2005

External Assessments and Accreditations

Assessment/Accreditation	Year
National Children's Alliance - Accreditation	2010
National Children's Alliance - Accreditation	2016

CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments

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Staffing challenges exist relative to continuing to provide competitive pay and benefits. We annually evaluate salary and benefits and strive to maintain competitive pay and appropriate opportunity for increases in salary as appropriate as well as looking to enhance our benefits package for employees. Raising additional funds to keep pace with what our staff deserves is important to us but challenging at times. We believe that our culture enhances opportunities to attract and retain qualified individuals to provide our services and programs, and our efforts to maintain a quality workplace in addition to the intrinsically rewarding nature of our work is attractive and aids in our efforts.