The TLC staff’s day-to-day operations are managed by a Project Director responsible for general duties associated with the implementation of the TLC Project, which includes training, networking, advocacy on behalf of the project. Two Project Trainers are charged with gatekeeper trainings, assisting the Director in creating resource directories, and participation in and organization of advocacy activities. The Administrative Assistant handles the administrative aspects of the project, including bookkeeping and scheduling of trainings.
Michele Daniel, BBA, MA
TLC Project Director
As Project Director, Daniel manages daily operation of the program and oversees duties associated with implementation of TLC, including management of TLC staff, coordination of training sessions, inter-agency networking, and advocacy for suicide prevention within the realm of public policy.
Prior to her work with TLC, Daniel was a mental health clinician, program consultant, and trainer within the Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies’ Center for Psychotherapy Research & Policy. Here she developed and supervised implementation of program materials and lesson plans for elementary-level social skills, character education, and behavior modification programs. She also provided individual and group counseling for elementary school students and their families. She has also worked as a family therapist and student advisor for the Carlbrook School in Halifax, Virginia, where she coordinated postvention services following the suicide death of a student, and at the Three Springs Outdoor Therapeutic program in Centerville.
Daniel was also a Senior Mental Health Case Manager at Dede Wallace Center Mental Health Agency (now Centerstone) from 1997 to 2002, ultimately serving as Team Leader and named Counselor of the Year. While working as a Family Literacy Coordinator for Americorps’s Read, Inc., program, she was elected by her peers to represent the agency at conferences and mediate corps conflict issues. Additionally, Daniel is certified in the CPI nonviolent crisis intervention program, Quantum Learning Training, and the Bullies to Buddies Program.
Daniel graduated magna cum laude from the Counseling Psychology master’s program at Trevecca Nazarene University, and she also holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Belmont University. She is a member of the Nashville Psychotherapy Institute and the Tennessee Psychological Association.
Daniel may be reached at mdaniel@tspn.org or at (615) 312-3115.
Stephanie Chadwell, MSSW
TLC Project Trainer
As Project Trainer, Stephanie Chadwell, assists TLC with objectives related to its third grant cycle. She leads suicide prevention training workshops for schools, churches, and hospitals across the state, with a focus on emergency department education and LGBT youth suicide risk. She is helping to develop TLC’s postvention education training program for middle and high schools, which will include a training component for school administrators and staff on how to respond after a suicide death and follow-up consultations for affected schools. Additionally, Chadwell will guide fifty tenured college faculty and long-term staff of colleges through the QPR instructor certification process so that they can lead training sessions for their campus communities.
A Nashville native, Chadwell formerly served as a therapist and case manager at Centerstone, where she provided counseling and case management to students within Metro Nashville Public Schools. She also worked for three years at Oasis Center Emergency Shelter in Nashville, a nationally recognized community center for youth experiencing homelessness and/or substance abuse. She started as a social work intern and ultimately became a clinical therapist, providing counseling services and crisis resources to teens and their families. Chadwell also completed internships at Youth Encouragement Services, Lakeshore Wedgewood, and the Imagine College/Gear Up program within W. A. Bass Middle School.
Chadwell holds a Bachelors of Science in Social Work from Lipscomb University, a Masters of Science in Social Work from UT-Nashville, and membership within the Phi Alpha Honor Society. She is also certified in the ACRA program and the GAIN assessment, leads weekly adult ESL courses at Grandview Church of Christ, and volunteers with youth groups at Granny White Church of Christ.
Chadwell may be reached at schadwell@tspn.org or at (615) 312-3117.
Nicole Palsa
TLC Administrative Assistant
As the Administrative Assistant, Palsa handles day-to-day training requests and related communication and administrative activities.
Originally from Richmond, Virginia, Palsa holds two Bachelor’s degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University, where she studied public relations and French. Since moving to Nashville in 2007, she has worked in different facets of the music industry, including publicity, management, and booking.
Palsa has been involved on a volunteer basis with a variety of non-profit organizations in both Virginia and Tennessee, and joins TLC with a passion for helping others.
Palsa can be reached at admin-tlc@tspn.org or at (615) 312-3118.
