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About Us
Meet Our Team
CAREEach day, we embrace our role ensuring the best care is available through a health care system that is both accessible and exceptional.
We embrace the philosophy and mission of healing and service to those who are struggling and the patients, families and communities served by our ministry.
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Virginia DeJean
Rutherford Foundation Director
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Meredith Foster
Foundation Coordinator
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Katelyn Pippin
Administrative Assistant
615-396-4953
Foundation Board of Directors
Dave Davis
Board Chairman, All Committees, Retired-AZZ Nuclear, Sales Manager
Sydney Boerner
Grants, Retired - Murfreesboro Anesthesia
Elizabeth Allen
Development, Owner, eAllen Boutique
Dennis Carter, MD
Doctor of Family Medicine, Family Health Association
Joseph Cavarretta
Development, Retired- Transportation Industry
Patrick Clark, MD
Development, Golf, Anesthesiologist, Murfreesboro Anesthesia Group
Robert Coggin
Trustees, Director of Safety, NHC
Beth Cope
Development, Community Volunteer
Daphne David
President and CEO, Ascension St. Thomas Rutherford
Gina DeJean
Foundation Director, Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Stacy Eaton-Carter
Director of Operations & Donor Relations, Ascension Saint Thomas Foundation
Richard Fluharty
Development Chair, President/Relationship Manager, SmartBank
Lady Hamilton
Grants, Nurse Practitioner, MTSU
Gordon B. Ferguson
Former President and CEO, Ascension St.Thomas Rutherford
Yaz Hassan
Scholarship, Investment, Managing Director, The Hassan Oldham Group
Scott Furniss
Chief Financial Officer, Ascension St.Thomas Rutherford
Emily Hunton
Development, Golf, Parks Real Estate
Pam Jones
Ambassadors President, Onward Real Estate
Jennings Jones
College of Business, MTSU
David LaRoche
Grants Chair, Attorney, LaRoche Law Office
Matt Layman, MD
Development, Golf, Radiologist, Diagnostic Radiology
Hallie McNew
Grants, NP, Cardiothoracic Surgery
First Lady Liz McPhee
Trustees, First Lady, Middle Tennessee State University
Robyn Morrissey
Chief Strategy Officer, Ascension Saint Thomas
Mary Elam Polk
Development, Golf, VIP Magazine
Melanie Shipp
Trustees, Community Volunteer
Ellen Slicker
Grants, Retired - Psychology Professor at MTSU
Ashley Street
Finance Manager, Ascension St. Thomas Rutherford
Whit Turnbow
President of the Tennessee Golf Foundation
David Urban, MD
Scholarship, Dean Emeritus and Professor of Marketing at MTSU's Jennings A. Jones College of Business
Jimmy Wheeler
Grants, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones
Jeffery Younginer
Grants, Retired-Nissan
Ambassadors Committee Members
Pam Jones
Ambassador President
Amelia Bozeman
Board of Director
Beth Cope
Board of Director
Betsy Ledbetter
Board of Director
Debbie Caldwell
Board of Director
Libby Long
Board of Director
Dana Lyons
Board of Director
Suzanne Martin
Board of Director
Liz McPhee
Board of Director
Sarah Murfree
Board of Director
Anita Pirtle
Board of Director
Jessica Seegert
Board of Director
Suzanne Slayton
Board of Director
Joyce Taylor
Past President, Board of Director
Tracy Webb
Board of Director
Dawn White
Board of Director