Nashville-Chattanooga Regional Staff
Abby Fagin
Manager, Teacher Leadership Development
Coaches, develops the instructional leadership, and provides support to our teachers in Nashville.
Cherish Roberts
Director, School Partnerships & Corps Experience
Develops and cultivates school partnerships to help CMs and schools make strong matches; she also helps corps members navigate certification.
Dr. Bree Woods
Director, Teacher Leadership Development in Chattanooga
Designs the leadership of our Managers of Teacher Leadership Development and supporting our corps members throughout their 2 year experience.
Jessica Gates
Manager, Teacher Leadership Development
Coaches, develops the instructional leadership, and provides support to our teachers in Nashville.
Kimberly Washington
Manager, Talent & Operations
Creates the strategies to ensure staff have what they need to thrive in a great culture, leading operations to ensure our systems and resources are clear, equitable, and aligned to creating maximum impact.
Sanjana Ballal-Link
Senior Managing Director, Program Impact
Sets vision, develops strategy, and manages our Program Impact through our program continuum.
Adrian Trejo
Managing Director, Teacher Leadership Development
Designs the vision, direction, and strategy for coaching corps members to the outcomes outlined in our arc of development.
Courtney Myers
Manager, Teacher Leadership Development
Coaches, develops the instructional leadership, and provides support to our teachers in Chattanooga.
Dr. DeAnna McClendon
Director, Teacher Leadership Development in Nashville
Designs the leadership of our Managers of Teacher Leadership Development and supporting our corps members throughout their two-year experience
Juan Pablo Martinez
Director, Alumni Collective Impact
Develops the structures and means by which alumni can connect and spread knowledge and innovative learning so that they can work together to create a significant impact in systems change.
Rachel Tompkins
Senior Managing Director, External Affairs
Leads the External Affairs and Alumni Leadership teams toward fundraising, public partnerships, and alumni leadership strategy.
Stephen Santellan
Executive Director
Develops and executes a strategic vision and plan to maximize our efforts to provide Nashville-Chattanooga students equal access to educational and life opportunities.
Amanda Garcia
Director, Teacher Leadership Development
Designs the leadership of our Managers of Teacher Leadership Development and supporting our corps members throughout their two-year experience
David Baird
Managing Director, External Affairs & Chattanooga
Sets the vision and direction to broaden our network of educational equity champions and supporters through cultivating partnerships with donors, community partners, alumni, and the broader Nashville-Chattanooga community.
Hayle Austin
Manager, Teacher Leadership Development
Coaches, develops the instructional leadership, and provides support to our teachers in Nashville.
Kenya Payne
Director, Marketing & Communications
Connects, engages, and inspires the Teach For America network of education leaders, partners, and supporters through communications and marketing strategy.
Raneisha Arnett
Director, Corps Onboarding
Sets the vision and strategy for corps member experience from the moment the applicant is accepted until the beginning pre-service training, in order to maximize the scale, diversity, and impact of TFA's mission.
Tia Stewart
Managing Director, Pre-Service
Leads the Pre-Service team, setting the vision and direction of the corps experience leading up to the first day of school
Casey DeFord
Director, Alumni Talent & Leadership
Works to strengthen the ability of alumni to lead by building strategic partnerships and developing pathways that allow alumni to access roles and careers involved in education systems change.
Diamond Strozier
Manager, Teacher Leadership Development
Coaches, develops the instructional leadership, and provides support to our teachers in Chattanooga.
Isabella Arbelaez
Manager, Individual Giving
Cultivates, develops, and strengthens relationships with TFA supporters in order to build a coalition of communities committed to advancing TFA's vision and mission.
Keyosha Emerson
Managing Director, Strategy, Talent, & Operations
Leads the Strategy, Talent, & Operations Team, setting the vision and strategy for staff experience and internal regional systems.
Raymond Wade
Manager, Corporate & Foundation Relations
Develops and executes on the strategies to foster meaningful engagement with companies and foundations and to advance TFA's vision and mission.
Tohib Adejumo
Manager, Teacher Leadership Development
Coaches, develops the instructional leadership, and provides support to our SPED teachers in Nashville.