If you would like to recommend a person (including yourself) to serve as a member on the new TLC Task Force, please contact TLC Project Coordinator Michele Daniel at mdaniel@tspn.org or call 615-297-1077.
TLC has initiated a Task Force to assess suicide prevention/intervention needs and recommend legislative support for implementation of relevant programs, improving media reporting, expanding surveillance systems, and addressing lethal means issues. These individuals donate their time to serve on the Task Force:
Management Team:
Michele Daniel, BBA, MA, Tennessee Lives Count
Kathryn Bowen, Ph.D., Centerstone Research Institute
Jennifer Lockman, Centerstone Research Institute
Scott Ridgway, Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network
Tom Starling, Ph.D., Mental Health America of Middle Tennessee
Dawn Puster, LCSW, Youth Villages
Members:
Jennifer Armstrong
Centerstone
Breanna Banks
Centerstone
Karyl Chastain Beal
Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network
Regional Chair South Central
Theresa Boyd
Volunteer Behavioral Health
Granger Brown
Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network
Pam Brown
Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth
Kathryn Covington
Tennessee Department of Children’s Services
Jody Dianna
Middle Tennessee State University
Vince Diller
Belmont University
Brittany Dyer
Middle Tennessee State University
Anna Edgeston
Argosy University
Jeff Feix, Ph.D.
Tennessee Department of Mental Health
and Substance Abuse Services
Donna Finley
Jason Foundation, Inc.
Leslie Folds
Belmont University
Elizabeth Gordon
To Write Love on Her Arms
Gwen Hamer
Tennessee Department of Mental Health
and Substance Abuse Services
Deborah Hardin
Tennessee Department of Health
Melinda Hays
Tennessee Department of Children’s Services
Tricia Henderson
University of Tennessee Chattanooga
Mike Herrmann
Tennessee Department of Education
Adam Horn
Tennessee Voices for Children
Joan Jenkins
Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System
Cindy Johnson
Tennessee Health Management
Dustin Keller
Tennessee Commission on Children
and Youth
Kelsey Kinsel
Belmont University
Centerstone
Robin Lee
Middle Tennessee State University
Laura Martin
Tennessee Department of Mental Health
and Substance Abuse Services
Christina Mick
Tennessee Technological University
Elvira Newcomb
Tennessee Supreme Court
Linda O’Neal
Tennessee Commission on Children
and Youth
Tiffany Orth
Tennessee Lives Count
Samantha Owen
Family and Children’s Services
Jason Padgett
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Ami Parker
Tennessee Voices for Children
Scott Payne
Family and Children’s Services
Elliot Pinsly
Centerstone
Amy Raymond
Trevecca University
Elizabeth Reeve
Disability Law & Advocacy Center of Tennessee
Richard Reinsch
University of Phoenix Nashville
Christy Ridings
Belmont University
Denise Rollins
Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools
Kim Rush
Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System
James Schut
Trevecca University
Sara Smith
Tennessee Department of Education
Melissa Sparks
Tennessee Department of Mental Health
and Substance Abuse Services
Jack Stewart
NAMI Tennessee
Millie Sweeney
Tennessee Voices for Children
Angie Thompson
Behavioral Health Services
Nashville Public Health Department
Shannon Tuell
Carson-Newman College
