Leadership

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM

The Management Team works as one team committed to Volunteer’s Mission. It is the Team’s belief that the key to organizational success lies in creating an environment where people thrive. Volunteer’s Management Team holds that philosophy and serves with a set of high standards by which the organization is measured, a set of values about how employees, colleagues, and communities ought to be treated and a set of principles that makes this organization unique and distinctive.

The following dedicated professionals are committed to excellence in the provision of mental health services. As dedicated leaders they serve together to reach desired goals, and they encompass decades of service in the Behavioral Health field. They are focused with a sense of direction for the future to the organization, employees and communities.

Executive Leadership Team

Phyllis Persinger

President/CEO

Gala Murray

Chief Compliance Officer

Angie Hampton

Chief Administrative Officer

Aaron Hall Chief Information and Technology Officer

Aaron Hall

Chief Information and Technology Officer

Dawn Carlton

Chief Financial Officer

Missy Johnson

Chief Human Resources Officer

Richard French

Executive Vice President

Amanda Cook

Chief Business Development Officer

Leadership Team

  • Connie Farmer
    Sr. Vice President of Specialized Grants & Services
  • Laura Tedesco
    Sr. Vice President of Crisis Services
  • Leah Pastula
    Sr. Director of Crisis Services
  • Cindy Sneed
    Sr. Vice President of Co-Occurring & Addictions Services
  • Angie Stokes
    Vice President of Nursing
  • Tamara Crutcher
    Director of Auditing and Monitoring
  • Beth Walser
    Clinical Director
  • Jeff Phillips
    Property Director
  • Mary Chesnut
    VP of Housing
  • Ella Britt
    VP of Community Outreach
  • Paris Freeman
    Centralized Access/Customer Service Director
  • Bryan Herriman
    Center Director
  • Shane Farris
    Center Director
  • Kory Hendersen
    Center Director
  • Shirley Jennings
    Center Director
  • Haylee McPhearson
    Center Director
  • Janet Parrish
    Center Director
  • Christopher Sales
    Center Director
  • Anne Stamps
    Senior Center Director

BOARD of DIRECTORS

Our Board is deeply committed to safeguarding the interests of the corporation and therefore they act on behalf of service recipients, funders, members, the government, and taxpayers. They are responsible for the fulfillment of the organization’s mission and the legal accountability for its operations.

  • Chairman
    Linda Bennett
  • Vice Chair
    Drew Robinson
  • Secretary/Treasurer
    Jerry L. Johnson

Board of Directors 2023 - 2024

  • Mark Crocker
  • Lt. Bill Davis
  • Dr. Tim Fournet
  • Chief James Hambrick
  • Brenda Harper
  • Jim Mercer
  • Charles Morris
  • Yvonne L. Peppers
  • Grace Tomkins
  • Ellyn Wilbur
  • Jeff Dickson