Executive Director

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Executive Director	Mrs. Andrea Shelton
E-mail	aheartbound@comcast.net
Term Start	February 2003
Andrea's Experience: Andrea Shelton is Executive Director and founder of HeartBound Ministries. Andrea graduated from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. After a working in marketing for Lockheed Aeronautics, she received a law degree from the University of Tennessee. After law school, she served as a Special Assistant Administrative Law Judge with the Office of State Administrative Hearings. Andrea is a member of the 2006 class of Leadership Georgia and served as a 2007 Leadership Georgia Program Chair. She received the first-ever "Spirit of Oglethorpe Award" given by Oglethorpe University and the E. Dale Threadgill Community Service Award from Leadership Georgia for her work on behalf of the Georgia prison system. In 2014, she was appointed to the Georgia Board of Corrections by Governor Nathan Deal.

Senior Staff

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Name	Title
Joseph Shelton	Program Director

Staff

Full Time Staff	3
Part Time Staff	0
Volunteers	100
Contractors	4
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	3
When was the Strategic Plan adopted?	January 2020
Does your organization have a Management Succession Plan?	Yes
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	No	N/A
Senior Management	Yes	Annually
Non-Management	Yes	Annually

Awards

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Award / Recognition	Organization	Year
Governor's Award for the Arts and Humanities	Georgia Council for the Arts	2022
Georgia Natural Gas	Blue Flame Award	2015