Department of Finance & Administration
Mark Emkes, Commissioner
Volunteer Tennessee
Jim Snell, Executive Director
Service-Learning Certified Trainers
Certified Volunteer Tennessee Expert Service-Learning Trainers!
Our 25 expert State Farm service-learning trainers can deliver quality service-learning trainings across Tennessee. This diverse group of trainers has experience in K-12 Schools, community-based agencies and higher education institutions.
The following list of trainers are available to support your service-learning needs.
| Region | Name/Agency | Phone | Email Address |
| West Tennessee | Phone | Email Address | |
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Bartlett |
Sherry Simmons, Memphis City School Service-Learning | 901-573-2632 | sherrysimmons1098@gmail.com |
Martin |
Terry A. Silver, University of Tennessee, Martin | 615-500-2268 | tsilver@utm.edu |
Memphis |
Janna Bernstein, Kingsbury High School | 423-439-7776 | bernsteinjannab@mcsk12.net |
Memphis |
LaDonna R. Young, Southwest Tennessee Community College | 901-333-5350 | lyoung@southwest.tn.edu |
Memphis |
Shannon Little, Southwest Community College | 615-441-1279 | slittle@southwest.tn.edu |
Paris |
Kristi Canchola, AmeriCorps Alum | 615-754-0242 | kristi.canchola@gmail.com |
| Middle Tennessee | Phone | Email Address | |
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Clarksville |
Christina Hicks-Goldston, Austin Peay State University | 931-221-7279 | hicksgoldstone@apsu.edu |
Dickson |
Renee Badon, University of Tennessee Extension | 615-446-2788 | rbadon@utk.edu |
Dickson |
Valerie Littleton, Dickson County High School | 615-390-1148 | VLittleton@dcbe.org |
Nashville |
Anthony Johnson, Alignment Nashville | 615-585-1698 | anthony@alignmentnashville.org |
Nashville |
Betty White, University School of Nashville | 615-321-8012 | bwhite@usn.org |
Nashville |
Chip Harris, Tennessee State University | 615-963-7344 | chiph9282@yahoo.com |
Nashville |
Christin Shatzer, SALT Center at Lipscomb | christin.shatzer@lipscomb.edu | |
Nashville |
Javiette Samuel, Tennessee State University | 615-963-7885 | jsamuel1@tnstate.edu |
Nashville |
Mani Hull, Tennessee Campus Compact | 615-585-1698 | mani.hull@lipscomb.edu |
Nashville |
Melia Arnold, Volunteer Tennessee | 615-253-6314 | melia.arnold@tn.gov |
Nashville |
Meredith Freeman Middlebrooks, School Counselor | 615-473-0853 | meredith.freeman@gmail.com |
Nashville |
Nancy Dickson, Vanderbilt University | 615-390-0812 | nancy.j.dinunzio@vanderbilt.edu |
Nashville |
Stephanie Sullivan, Volunteer Tennessee | 615-741-9237 | stephanie.sullivan@tn.gov |
Nashville |
Stephen Penick, Tennessee State University | 615-650-7385 | spenisk@tnstate.edu |
Nashville |
Susan Ragsdale, YMCA Center for Asset Development | 615-262-9676 | susan@TheAssetEdge.net |
Nashville |
Susannah Fotopulos, Plant the Seed | 615-509-4513 | susannah@planttheseed.org |
Pleasant View |
Ann Saylor, YMCA Center for Asset Development | 615-498-4673 | annsaylor@gmail.com |
| East Tennessee | Phone | Email Address | |
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Chattanooga |
Shelia Moore, United Way's Center for Nonprofits and Volunteer Center | 423-752-0351 | sheliamoore@cnpchatt.org |
Johnson City |
Teresa Brooks Taylor, East Tennessee State University | 423-439-7776 | taylort@etsu.edu |
Knoxville |
Christy Jo Seals, West High School | 865-803-1889 | christy.seals@knoxschools.org |
Knoxville |
Julie Hembree, Consultant, Former High School Teacher | 865-690-6115 | jshembree@bellsouth.net |
