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Executive Leadership Team

Melisa Winburn

President / Chief Executive Officer

Greg DeGennaro

Chief Financial Officer

Matt Garland

Vice President of Operations

Kate McKinnie

Vice President of Resource Development

Kristina Rowles

Vice President of Home Repair

Chris Schroeder

Vice President of New Build and Disaster Recovery

President’s Office

Janice Torretta

Administrative Executive

Accounting

Gina Goetz

Director of Accounting

Lori Castell

Accounts Payable Specialist

Ihor Mashkin

Accounting Specialist

Dylan Wagner

Accounting Specialist

Advancement

Lyssa Hunter Haddock

Senior Director of Advancement

Lindsay Harris

Church & Foundation Grants Manager

Sheryl Hartley

Director of Advancement Communications

Michael Hensley

Development & Sustainability Officer

Dave Kelley

Senior Vice President for Donor Engagement

Julie Thompson Knott

Strategic Grants Manager

Flossie McCaffrey

Administrative Assistant, Advancement

Jim Powell

Director of Grants & Strategic Corporate Partnerships

Hart Teague

Office Manager

Carson Tucker

Donor Engagement Officer

Information Technology

Skip Jones

Information Technology Manager

Human Resources

Emma Christensen

Human Resources Specialist

Etta Haselden

Human Resources Manager

Marketing & Communications

Chelsi Crockett

Marketing & Communications Manager

Clara Leonard

Content Specialist

Ministries

Jane Cheema

Director of Spiritual Programs

Carl Cunningham

Fleet, Warehouse and Facilities Manager

Brick Smith

Warehouse Coordinator

Shawn Winburn

Spiritual Programs Coordinator

Home Repair

Daniel Henninger

Home Repair Coordinator

Sandy Marcovecchio

Home Repair Administrative Assistant

Caroline Nowak

Regional Coordinator

Annalee Posey

Assistant Director of Home Repair

John Thompson

Grants Case Manager

James Williams

Facility Manager

New Build & Disaster Recovery

Matt Akins

Construction Coordinator

Nate Alford

East Tennessee Logistics Coordinator

Ashley Allsbrooks

Contract Associate

Mac Anderson

Construction Coordinator

Tony Boscacci

East Tennessee Logistics Coordinator

Ani Boyd

East Tennessee Regional Director

Jason Fields

East Kentucky Case Management Coordinator

Jen Hale

East Tennessee Case Management Coordinator

Sam Humphrey

North Carolina Disaster Logistics Coordinator

Haley Peck

New Build & Disaster Recovery Program Administrator

Tyler Rhodes

North Carolina Disaster Recovery Coordinator

Jan Wade

Disaster Recovery Administrative Specialist

Alyssa Walawender

East Tennessee Case Management Coordinator

Bridget Williams

East Kentucky Regional Director

Volunteer

Sarah Hunniecutt

Director of Volunteers

Allie Acevedo

Volunteer Recruitment Manager

Marie Coffman

Volunteer Assistant

Laura Moree

Volunteer Specialist

2023-2024 Fellowship Class

  • Tyler Rhodes (Rebuild and Recovery, KY)
  • Bridget Williams (Rebuild and Recovery, KY)
  • Sarah Grosik (Jonesville, VA)
  • Kait Morelock (Tri-Cities TN, Home Repair)
  • Izzy Kestell (Jonesville, VA)
  • Carter Warhurst (Jonesville, VA)
  • Alyssa Walawender (Jonesville, VA)

ASP’s Board of Directors

Melisa Winburn, President/CEO

  • Appalachia Service Project, Inc.
  • Johnson City, Tennessee

John O. Pearce, Chair

  • Partner, Ernst & Young LLP (Retired)
  • Nashville, Tennessee

Mike LaRock, Vice-Chair

  • Assistant Vice President for Foundations, Old Dominion University
  • Norfolk, Virginia

Ken Landers, Secretary

  • Captain, US Navy (Retired)
  • Fairfax, Virginia

Doug Anderson

  • Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management, The George Washington University (Retired)
  • Arlington, Virginia

Erik Andrews

  • Systems Engineering Fellow, Vantage Systems
  • Oberlin, Ohio

Bill Culbertson

  • Real Estate Executive, William E. Culbertson Real Estate
  • Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Chuck Ellis

  • Executive VP/Chief Marketing Officer, Time Warner Cable (Retired)
  • Estero, Florida

Brian Erickson

  • Senior Pastor, Trinity United Methodist Church
  • Homewood, Alabama

Michael Hodge

  • President, Hodge Construction
  • Iowa City, Iowa

Hattie Koher

  • Director of Youth Ministry, First United Methodist Church of LaGrange
  • LaGrange Park, IL

Leigh Johnson

  • Physician, State of Franklin Healthcare Associates
  • Johnson City, Tennessee

Emily Miller

  • Director of Development & Communications, Teens for Food Justice
  • New York, NY

Roger Mills, Jr.

  • Owner/General Contractor, Mills Eloge Homes
  • Charlotte, North Carolina

Beth Moore

  • Attorney / Partner, Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison, PLC
  • Nashville, Tennessee

Jenn Morrison

  • Director of Strategic Operations, Americas Indirect Tax, Ernst & Young LLP (Retired)
  • Franklin, TN

Meg Robertson

  • Executive Coach & Non-Profit Consultant
  • Stanley, North Carolina

Angela Struebing

  • Head of Consumer Card Insights, Capital One
  • Arlington, Virginia

Alida Ward

  • Pastor, Greenfield Hill Congregational Church
  • Fairfield, Connecticut

Brad Withrow

  • Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP (Retired)
  • Nashville, Tennessee

Board Members Emeriti

Maurlea Babb*
Rosemary Brown
Walter Crouch
Jack Gilbert*
Stuart Gulley
Martha Harmon*
Rueben Job*

Harriett Keyes*
David Lollis
George Morris
Jim Robinson
Ralph Wicke*

*in loving memory

ASP’s Community Advisory Council

The ASP Community Advisory Council (CAC) empowers invested local leaders to inform ASP’s short- and long-term engagement in Central Appalachia, by providing strategic feedback and identifying ASP’s role in regional community development. The CAC regularly provides counsel and encouragement to ASP as it strives to be a partnership-focused organization in the communities it serves. If you are interested in becoming a Council member, or would like to refer somebody, please contact us at CAC@asphome.org.

  • Brooke Atchley, STRONG Families ETN, Tri-Cities, TN

  • Carlos Ivan Cardenas Benitez, JC Community Member at Large; Programmer at GlobalOXS, Johnson City, Washington Co, TN

  • Ron Carson, Co-Founders of the Appalachian African American Cultural Center in Pennington Gap, VA, Pennington Gap, VA

  • Paula Cuda, Junction Center for Independent Living (JCIL) – Options Counselor, Big Stone Gap, Wise Co, VA

  • Natasha Duff, Volunteer Coordinator and Kitchen Director at Christ Hands, Harlan, Harlan Co, KY

  • Stacie Fugate, Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky – Invision Hazard Coordinator; Appalachians for Appalachia, Hazard, Perry Co, KY

  • Jim Garrett, KY VOAD – Chair; Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, Louisville, (EKY), KY

  • Leslie Goe, Principal, Clay County Middle School WV, Clay Co, WV

  • Christy Laxton, Executive Director of Wyoming County Economic Development Authority, Wyoming Co, WV

  • Dave Lumsden, Meadow River Valley Association, Greenbrier Co, WV

  • Bonnie MacDonald, West Virginia UMC Conference, Director of Leadership Formation & Ministry Staff , Kanawha Co, WV

  • Tom Manning-Beavin, President & CEO of Frontier Housing, Morehead KY, Magoffin and Floyd, KY

  • Abraham Mcintyre, Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association – Executive Director, Johnson City, Washington Co, TN

  • Brandon Moll, St Lukes UMC – Pastor, Nicholas Co, WV

  • Barry Payton, Clay County Middle School, Clay Co, WV

  • Max Temple, HDA – Repair Program Manager, Hazard, Perry Co, KY

  • Bryan Toll, Director of Christ’s Hands, Harlan, Harlan Co, KY

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