The Arc of Tennessee, Inc.
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545 Mainstream Drive Suite 100
Nashville, TN 37228
Organization Details

Board Chair


Board Chair Mrs. Downer Karen
Company Affiliation Retired
Term July 2023 to June 2025
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Board of Directors

Board Members
Name Affiliation Status
Mrs. Glenda Bond The Arc Cumberland County Voting
Mrs. Sharon Bottorff The Arc Williamson County Voting
Julie Brawner HCA Voting
Mrs. Shontie Brown Community Volunteer Voting
Mrs. Susan Carr Coffee County Schools Voting
Ms. Karen Downer Retired Voting
Ms. Alyson Edwards SRVS Voting
Mr. Russell Edwards Voting
Mrs. Malessa Fleenor The Arc Washington County Voting
Ms. Cindy Gardner The Arc Davidson County Voting
Mrs. Teresa Grimmett Community Volunteer Voting
Miss Nikki Klumb Caterpillar Financial Services Voting
Mrs Robyn Lampley Developmental Services of Dickson County Voting
Tyler Lisowski MNPS Voting
Mrs. Elise McMillan Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Voting
Ms. Kytrinia Miller SRVS Voting
Mrs. Doria Panvini Retired Voting
Christina Pearce The Arc Hamilton County Voting
Ms. Lexi Shelnutt Pet Care Voting
Mr. John Shouse Community Volunteer Voting
Mrs Courtney Taylor Vanderbilt Voting
Mr. Marcus Thomas Community Volunteer Voting
Egbhai Uriri Community Volunter Voting
Jen Vogus AbleVoices Voting
Dr. Sharon Webb Doctor Voting


Governance


Board Term Lengths 1.00 years
Board Term Limits 2
Board Meeting Attendance % 80%
Does the organization have written Board Selection Criteria? No
Does the organization have a written Conflict of Interest Policy? Yes
Percentage Making Monetary Contributions 100%
Percentage of Board Members making In-Kind Contributions 100%
Does the Board include Client Representation? Yes
Number of Full Board Meetings Annually 4

Standing Committees


Board Development / Board Orientation
Communications / Public Relations
Development / Fund Raising
Education
Executive
Finance
Legislative
Membership
Strategic Planning

Risk Management Provisions


Commercial General Liability and D and O and Umbrella or Excess and Automobile and Professional
Disability Insurance
Employment Practices Liability
General Property Coverage and Professional Liability
Life Insurance
Medical Health Insurance
Workers Compensation and Employers' Liability

CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments


A primary challenge of The Arc Tennessee is that the majority of its project funding comes from state grants or sub-contracts whose primary contract is with a state agency. While we have been fortunate for many years to experience stable funding with these grants, Tennessee, like many other states, continues to trim its budget. In the past year, one grant was eliminated and at least one other has been significantly reduced. The Arc Tennessee cannot be content to rely solely on state funding for its operations - otherwise the ability to fulfill its core functions may be jeopardized. The Arc Tennessee has addressed this challenge by strategically saving money for the past few years to hire a Development Director. This new staff position was filled in July 2012 with the primary goal of: - seeking alternate funding streams to fund the organization's core functions of individual and systems advocacy; information and referral; education/training - securing funding streams to support new initiatives including a business venture that would provide paid on-the-job training for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, a training initiative on end-of-life planning for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and currently under way, a statewide campaign to raise awareness of the 7200 people in Tennessee with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are on a waiting list for home and community based waiver services to provide support in basic activities of daily living. Many of the 7200 have been on the waiting list for years. The Arc Tennessee has recently seized the opportunity to begin a campaign to end the waiting list for home and community based waiver services- aptly named, "It's Not Too Late?End the Wait" to draw attention to the many Tennesseans with intellectual and developmental disabilities waiting for services. The Arc Tennessee will host nearly twenty meetings across the state with families who have members on the waiting list. These meetings will provide families within formation about the waiting list, what they can do to help government officials understand the challenges they face without the needed services, and provide extensive resource materials of additional places they might access supports and/or services in the meantime. Once these meetings have concluded, The Arc Tennessee will maintain regular contact with the families so that as a unified group, we can continue to drive towards a positive solution for funding services for the more than 7000 Tennesseans.