Executive Director

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Executive Director	Ms. Lee Anne Wills
E-mail	lawills@needlink.org
Term Start	December 2018
Lee Anne's Experience: Ms. Wills has worked in non-profit leadership since college as an Executive Board member or President of organizations such as the Junior League of Nashville, Fifty Forward (Senior Citizens), The Junior Chamber of Commerce, Commercial Real Estate Women, Nashville Symphony Association, Nashville Symphony Guild, Gilda's Club and others. For over 28 years she has worked professionally as the Development Director or Executive Director with nonprofits such as Nashville Ballet, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Easter Seals, Haiti's Visitation Hospital Foundation and St. Luke's Community House. Years prior Lee Anne worked in commercial real estate as the Co-Owner and Principal Broker of MetroCenter Management and as Broker with Aladdin Resources. Lee Anne is a native Nashvillian, who attended Harpeth Hall School and The University of Alabama.

Senior Staff

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Name	Title
Ms. Sarah Moore	Senior Program Director
Ms. Stefanie Shick	Program Director
Lee Anne Wills	Chief Executive Officer

Staff

Full Time Staff	3
Part Time Staff	2
Volunteers	100
Contractors	1
Retention Rate	100%

Plans & Policies

Does your organization have a Fundraising Plan?	Under Development
Does your organization have a Strategic Plan?	Yes
Years Strategic Plan Considers	2
When was the Strategic Plan adopted?	February 2020
Does your organization have a Management Succession Plan?	No
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?	No
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	N/A	N/A

Affiliations

Affiliation	Year
AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals)	2019
Association of Fundraising Professionals - Member	2015
Association of Junior Leagues International	2018
Center for Nonprofit Management (Nashville)	2018
Nashville Chamber of Commerce	2018
Planned Giving Council of Nashville	2018
Second Harvest Food Bank	2018
United Way Member Agency	2018

Awards

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Award / Recognition	Organization	Year
Best in Business Awards -Small Nonprofit Category Award Finalist	Nashville Business Journal	2018
Frist Foundation Finalist-Team Building (co-chaired with Rooftop the Financial Assistance Coalition)	CNM-Salute to Excellence	2015
Memorial Foundation Leadership Award	Center for NonProfit Management	2013
Volunteer Award Finalist	Mary Catherine Strobel	2015
Yelper's Choice	Yelp Helps	2012

CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments

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NeedLink Nashville celebrates more than a century of service to the community of Nashville. We've come a long way since 1912, when the first Big Brothers cared for families living in tin shanties along the railroad gulch, by delivering coal, heating oil and food. We are still working to provide for very basic needs in Nashville, even as our society grows. Our biggest challenge is engaging our city in our mission and traditions. Native Nashvillians are well aware of the great work that the Big Brothers has done over the years, but we are challenged with involving a new generation in making our city a better place. Our new name, NeedLink Nashville, adopted in 2010 was the first step toward building our future. It gives us a unique identity, which allows us to share our mission with more people and provides a better understanding of how we help with our clients' needs and guide them to other important resources in the community. We are also growing our Board of Directors and invite local leaders with a passion for our mission to talk with us about serving on our board or one of our committees. We need volunteers for a variety of projects, and encourage anyone to share their talents to help our neighbors in need.