The Arc of Tennessee, Inc.
Board Chair
Board Chair | Mrs. Downer Karen |
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Company Affiliation | Retired |
Term | July 2023 to June 2025 |
Board of Directors
Board MembersName | Affiliation | Status |
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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 |
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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. |