OUR BOARD
Letter from the Board Chair
Dear Friends of RISE,
With nearly $8 million in asset creation to date, the RISE Foundation is fulfilling their mission to help people help themselves. The RISE Foundation 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 18 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 = Responsibility. Initiative. Solution. Empowerment. Help us to serve more individuals/families who want to become RISERS!
Kristin Lockhart
Chairman
RISE Board of Directors
RISE FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2018 – 2019
OFFICERS
Kristin Lockhart, Chair
Adams Keegan
Director of Recruiting Services
Paul Blanchard, Finance Chair
Vice President Supply Chain Operations
Industrial Packaging
Dana L. Pointer, Board Development Chair
Controller & Chief Compliance Officer
Preserver Partners, LLC
Randy Williams, Vice-Chair
General Manager/Senior Vice-President of Distribution
Orgill, Inc.
Joy Richmond Bowen, Initiatives/Program Chair
Treasury Management Advisor
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Terri S. Browne, Past Board Chair
Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer
Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.
LaTonya Taylor, Secretary. Program Participant Representative
Head Start Site Director – Porter Leath
William Capooth, Fund Development Chair
Director, Supply Chain Support/Customer Satisfaction
AutoZone
BOARD
Michael Bruno
Past Board Chair
Employee Benefits Consultant
Markita C. Jack
SVP, Talent Acquisition & Employee Relations
First Horizon National Corporation
Lisa M. Cook
Senior Vice President
First Tennessee Bank
Marsh Campbell
Retired Vice President
Regions Bank
Keith L. Collins
First Vice President, Commercial & Business Banking Sales Manager
SunTrust Bank, Memphis
Stephanie Scurlock
Anchor/Reporter
WREG TV
Teresa T. Morris
Memphis District Manager
Wells Fargo
Crystal R. Oliver
Managing Director
FedEx Express Corporation
Patrick F. Haynes
Chief Strategy Officer
Capital Financial Group
David C. Lenoir, Development
President/CEO
CRA Partners
Kenyon Lee
Financial Controlling Manager NALC – Memphis
NIKE
Sheena Harper-Nelson – Program Participant Representative
Investigation Specialist
Tennessee Department of Human Services
Dr. Christopher Davis
Sr. Pastor
St. Paul Baptist Church
Jonas Croft
Vice President
Highline Aftermarket, LLC
Stephany Goodnight – Retired
Retired – Former Vice President of Replenishment
AutoZone, Inc.
Darlene Donovan
Vice President/Retail
Orion Federal Credit Union
Robert Lipscomb
Founder & Chair Emeritus
Baker Donelson