OUR BOARD

Letter from the Board Chair

Dear Friends of RISE,

With nearly $11 million in asset creation to date, RISE Memphis is fulfilling their mission to help people help themselves. RISE empowers low-income Memphians with knowledge of basic financial skills; RISE puts people in a position to successfully achieve their goals. These assets created include home ownership; microenterprise; post-secondary education; purchasing a computer for their family; additional education that could lead to employment improvements, or simply saving for the future for the first time in their lives.

RISE has worked with families in Memphis and Shelby County for over 22 years to help break the cycle of poverty and its effects. RISE was initially designed to help Memphis public housing residents achieve financial self-sufficiency. Today, RISE works with students starting in the 5th grade through their senior year in high school, to budget, save and accumulate assets. Their unique expertise has increased the numbers that RISE serves in the community.

At RISE, we are grateful for our supporters as RISE is almost entirely dependent upon private funding from corporate and private citizens. RISE needs your support financially and to share our story so that we can continue to serve as a great asset in our community.

RISE = Realizing Income Stability and Empowerment. Help us to serve more individuals/families who want to become RISERS!

Randy Williams

Chairman

RISE Board of Directors

RISE MEMPHIS, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2022 – 2023

OFFICERS

Randy Williams, Chair
General Manager/Senior Vice-President of Distribution Orgill, Inc.

Open, Vice Chair

Jim Reber, Finance Chair
President/CEO ICBA Securities

William Capooth, Fund Development Chair
Director, Supply Chain Support/Customer Satisfaction AutoZone

Dr. Christopher Davis, Program Chair
Sr. Pastor St. Paul Baptist Church

Dana L. Pointer, Board Development Chair
Controller & Chief Compliance Officer
Preserver Partners, LLC

BOARD

Keith L. Collins
First Vice President, Commercial & Business Banking
Pinnacle Financial Partners

Gerrie F. Currie
VP and Community Development Officer
Financial Federal Bank

Andrea Echols
VP, Community Development Manager
Regions Bank

Shea Gabrielleschi
VP, Relationship Development, Financial Services
Hartman Executive Advisors

Stephany Goodnight
Community Volunteer

Markita C. Jack
Sr. Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Iterable Company

Kristin Lockhart
Director of Recruiting Services
Adams Keegan

Marcez Mitchell
General Mgr.
Bag and Molded Filer
International Paper

Crystal R. Oliver
Managing Director/HR Corp Support and Training
FedEx Express Corporation

Robin Parson
Orion FCU

Stephanie Scurlock
Anchor/Reporter
WREG TV

Melissa Thompson
Real Estate Specialist
EXP Realty

Brody Wamble
Community Affairs Office
Simmons Bank

John Werkhoven
VP, CRA & Fair Lending Office
Evolve Bank & Trust

STAFF

Shelia Terrell
President and CEO
RISE Memphis

Administrative Assistant
RISE Memphis

Robert Lipscomb
Founder & Chair Emeritus of RISE