Executive Director

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Executive Director	Mrs. Katharine Ray
E-mail	katharine.ray@hfmeals.org
Term Start	October 2016
Katharine's Experience: Katharine has 23 years of experience as an integral, strategic leader in the nonprofit cancer community. She champions a mission of compassion and authenticity. As a survivor of cancer as both a teenager and as an adult, Katharine is a passionate and articulate patient advocate with capacity for understanding and interpreting cancer care and patient support, as well as conveying the cancer experience. She has raised $3.5 million for the Meals 4 Health and Healing program. She is a member of the VICC Young Adult Cancer Board of Trustees and has served the community as a volunteer for American Cancer Society Reach to Recovery, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society First Connections, and has served as a volunteer member on the American Society of Clinical Oncology Cardiac Dysfunction Panel. She has been a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Tennessee Cancer Control Coalition (having been a co-writer of the 2005 - 2008 Tennessee Cancer Control Plan).

Senior Staff

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Name	Title
Katharine Ray	Executive Director

Staff

Full Time Staff	1
Part Time Staff	5
Volunteers	250
Contractors	1
Retention Rate	100%

Plans & Policies

Does your organization have a Fundraising Plan?	Yes
Does your organization have a Strategic Plan?	Yes
Years Strategic Plan Considers	5
When was the Strategic Plan adopted?	April 2024
Does your organization have a Management Succession Plan?	Yes
Does your organization have a Policy and Procedure Plan?	Under Development
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?	No

Evaluation

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

Awards

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Award / Recognition	Organization	Year
Governor's Nonprofit Volunteer Star Award	Tennessee Governor's Volunteer Star Awards	2017

CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments

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While we are considered a part-time program, we are functioning at a full-time level with creative, dedicated staff. They have developed significant efficiencies and procedures to enable us to serve up to 15 more people per week in the same amount of time that we've always had, which is two days of work in a borrowed kitchen. The impact of their work is phenomenal and touches many lives throughout Davidson and Williamson Counties. We hope to increase funding soon, so that we can hire staff to better support administrative roles/organization infrastructure.