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
Marianne Parrs, Finance Chair
Community Volunteer
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.
William Capooth, Fund Development Chair
Director, Supply Chain Support/Customer Satisfaction
AutoZone
Joy Bowen, Program Initiatives Chair
Vice President – Treasury Management
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Robert Lipscomb
Founder & Chair Emeritus
LaTonya Taylor, Program Participant Secretary
Head Start Site Director – Porter Leath
Terri S. Browne, Past Board Chair
Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer
Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.
Michael Bruno, Past Board Chair
Employee Benefits
USI Insurance Services
Lisa M. Cook, Fund Development Chair
Senior Vice President & Trust Officer
First Tennessee Bank
Carla Peacher-Ryan (Legal Counsel)
Baker Donelson
BOARD
Marsh Campbell
Community Volunteer
Stephanie Scurlock
Anchor/Reporter
WREG TV
Jonas Croft
Vice President Human Resource
Highline After Market
Teresa T. Morris
Memphis District Manager
Wells Fargo
Crystal R. Oliver
Managing Director
FedEx Express Corporation
Daniel D. Dennis
Director of Brokerage Sales and Disability Specialist
Capital Financial Group
Paul Blanchard
Vice President of Supply Chain, Industrial Packaging
International Paper
Lisa M. Cook
David C. Lenoir
Development Co-Chair
Shelby County Trustee
Jason Lee
Executive Vice President, CFO
Orion Federal Credit Union
Sheena Harper-Nelson
Program Participant Representative
Eligibility Counselor II
Tennessee Department of Human Services
Brandon Bell
First Horizon National Corporation
Vice President/Organizational Inclusion and Change Leadership
Dr. Christopher Davis
Senior Pastor
St. Paul Baptist Church
Keith L. Collins
First Vice President
SunTrust Banks Inc.
Stephanie Goodnight
Community Volunteer
Retired Vice President of Replenishment at AutoZone Inc.