Board of Directors

The Make-A-Wish Foundation^® of East Tennessee Board of Directors helps chart the Foundation’s course. They contribute a vast array of experience and skills that helps maintain our status as the nation’s largest wish-granting organization.

 As a whole, the board determines the Foundation’s mission and vision. It selects, evaluates and supports the president and chief executive officer. The board also protects the Foundation’s assets, enhances its public standing, ensures accountability, maintains legal integrity and assesses its own performance.

Amber Brown
Chair

Charla Bruns
Vice Chair
Keller Williams Realty

Renee Ford, CPA
Treasurer
Joseph Decosimo & Co., PLLC

Rob Slattery
Secretary
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee

Laura Carroll
Travelers Insurance

Stacy Gray
Unum

Betsey Kirk Hatchett
Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

Ashley Ladebauche
First Tennessee Bank

Dean Roddy
Independent Healthcare Properties

Ken Shull
Kendall Investigations

Atmar Thompson
ADC Telecommunications