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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Suicide Prevention Awareness and Educational Event Reports
2
New TLC Project Coordinator
6
“Boy Interrupted” 6
TSPN Regional Calendar
7
Advisory Council Contact Information
8
TSPN’s regional Suicide Prevention Awareness and Educational Events, held across the state during the month of September, were attended by an estimated 1000 people across Tennessee and easily surpassed all statewide and local donation goals. As the Network’s designated Suicide Prevention Awareness Month project, the eleven distinct events offered a wide range of engaging speakers, musical and artistic performances, and information about TSPN and other area mental health and social service agencies. The observance coincided with World Suicide Prevention Day on September 9 and Suicide Prevention Week. The White House provided the American Association of Suicidology with a statement from President Barack Obama endorsing Suicide Prevention Week, the first time in recent memory that any U.S. President has acknowledged this observance. A grand total of $20,569.25 was donated by corporate sponsors, non-profit agencies, and private individuals for the Network, significantly more than the original statewide goal of $14,984. Each TSPN region surpassed its local goal of $1,873, typically by several hundred dollars. The statewide leader for donations was the Mid-Cumberland Region, which received $3,634.94 in donations. Other regional totals:
• East Tennessee: $2,718.94
• Memphis/Shelby County: $2,480.60
• Northeast: $2,260.82
• Rural West: $2,413.94
• South Central: $2,701.93
• Southeast: $2,338.94
• Upper Cumberland: $2,402.52 A full listing event of sponsors and donors is available in the September edition of the TSPN Call to Action, which was continuously updated throughout the month of September with a running list of benefactors. The September edition is available in the TSPN newsletter online archive (www.tspn.org/newsletters.htm). A report on each regional event is included on pages 2-5 of this publication. We thank all of our members and sponsors across the state and beyond who supported our Suicide Prevention Awareness and Educational Events, either through personal involvement in the planning and organization process, solicitation of event sponsors, participation in the regional events, or simply by showing up and demonstrating the need for an active and dynamic suicide prevention movement. The successes of this past month would never have been possible without all your hard work and support.
SU IC I D E P R EVENT ION AWARENE S S AND EDUCAT IONA L EV ENTS A R E SOUND I NG SUCCESS
T E N N E S S E E S U I C I D E P R E V E N T I O N N E T W O R KT E N N E S S E E S U I C I D E P R E V E N T I O N N E T W O R KT E N N E S S E E S U I C I D E P R E V E N T I O N N E T W O R KT E N N E S S E E S U I C I D E P R E V E N T I O N N E T W O R K OCTOBER 2009
VOLUME 5, ISSUE 10
TSPN Call to Action
PO BOX 40329 NASHVILLE, TN 37204 PHONE: (615) 297-1077 FAX: (615) 269-5413 E-MAIL: [email protected] WWW.TSPN.ORG
Karyl Chastain Burroughs (center), winner of this year’s Madge and Ken Tullis Suicide Prevention Award, addresses the crowd at the Memphis/Shelby County event held September 9. Also pictured are Ken Tullis, TSPN Strategies/Outcomes/Evaluations Committee Chair, and TSPN Executive Director Scott Ridgway.
The East Tennessee Region hosted three separate Suicide Prevention Awareness and Educational Events during the month of September. The Blount County Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Alliance staged an event at Pearson Springs Pavilion in Maryville on September 17, with 65 people in attendance. Anna Shugart, chair of the Alliance, offered welcoming remarks, followed by an invocation by local minister Rob Williamson. Dr. David M. Gilliam, Blount County Medical Examiner and founding member of the Alliance, provided the presentation “Suicide in Blount County: Past and Present”. Suicide Prevention Awareness Month proclamations were presented by Jerry Cunningham, Don Mull, and Tom Taylor, mayors of Blount County, Alcoa, and Maryville respectively. Barbara Lasater, facilitator for the Blount County Survivors of Suicide Support Group dedicated the “Love Never Dies” Memorial quilt in lieu of Chastain Beal. Closing remarks were provided by Mary Beth Blevins of the Alliance. An event for the region at large took place at First United Methodist Church in Newport on September 20; attendance is estimated at 100. Guest speakers included TSPN co-founder Madge Tullis and regional chair Anne Young. Paula J. Alexander, LCSW, CGC, facilitator of the Suicide Grievers Support Group, led the dedication of the “Love Never Dies” Memorial Quilts. Also, the Network partnered with the University of Tennessee-Knoxville to stage an event at the University Center Auditorium on September 22. Guest speaker for this event was Dr. Frederick Frese, a nationally regarded expert on coping with serious mental illness. Roughly 100 people attended this event. The Regional Suicide Prevention Award was won by Larry and Linda Drain, co-facilitators of the “Hopeworks” chapter of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA). The chapter won DBSA’s 2009 National Service Award for its outstanding outreach efforts on behalf of people with bipolar and other mood disorders. The Drains coordinate the local DBSA support group and five affiliated blogs on mental wellness and mental health advocacy. They are also certified and active trainers in the “Question, Persuade, and Refer” (QPR) suicide prevention protocol, and Mr. Drain is the Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN USA) Field Liaison for Tennessee’s Second Congressional District.
EAST TENNES S E E R EG ION
MEMPH I S / SHE L BY COUNTY REG ION
The Memphis/Shelby County event was held at the Panhellenic Ballroom on the University of Memphis campus on September 9. Kym Clark of Action News 5 served as emcee for the event, which attracted 80 students and faculty. Welcoming remarks were provided by Dr. Rosie Bingham, Vice-President of Student Affairs for the University of Memphis, and Michael LaBonte, Director, the Crisis Center, Family Services of the Mid-South, who chairs TSPN Memphis /Shelby Co. Region. Guest speakers included:
• Dr. Ralph Faudree, Provost of the University of Memphis
• Lisa Morris, representing the Healing Hearts Suicide Grief Support Group
• Dr. Theresa Okwumabua, Assistant Visiting Professor and Outreach Coordinator within UM’s School of Clinical Psychology
• Pamela A. Cogdal, Ph.D. HSP, Clinical Coordinator of Counseling within UM’s College of Education Additionally, a delegate from the office of Congressman Steve Cohen presented a proclamation for Tennessee Suicide Prevention Awareness Day on behalf of the
United States House of Representatives. Cogdal and Okwumabua are the lead contacts for the Memphis STEPS (Suicide Training, Education, and Prevention Services) Program. STEPS is intended as a collaborative effort between the UM’s psychology, counseling, student development, and student life programs to provide the UM community with information on suicide prevention and mental health and develop and implement training suicide prevention and mental health educational programs. Memphis STEPS co-hosted this event, along with the university’s Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology and Research and the Department of Psychology. The Regional Suicide Prevention Award was bestowed upon local member Sally Afflick. A past recipient of TSPN’s Pioneer Award, Afflick is a regular presence at TSPN activities in this area. She has taken on the responsibility for the setup of the regional display board and TSPN materials at events and conferences across Shelby County. Afflick also chairs the region’s Attempters Committee, which develops and promotes activities for survivors of suicide attempts and maintains links with the national attempt survivor movement.
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Pictured from left to right, in front of one of the new “Love Never Dies” Memorial Quilts: TSPN Executive Director Scott Ridgway, TSPN East Tennessee Regional Chair Anne Young, Marci Burroughs of the UTK Student Counseling Center, Dr. Frederick Frese, and Connie Briscoe, also of the Counseling Center.
Memphis STEPS set up a display booth at the event, providing information on the program’s outreach and education efforts.
Roughly 75 people attended the Mid-Cumberland event, held at the Centennial Park Event Shelter on Tuesday, September 15. (A planned walk along the park’s One-Mile Loop was cancelled due to the threat of rain.) Scott Couch of local Fox affiliate WZTV emceed this event, which featured opening remarks from Misty Yarbrough, chair of TSPN’s Mid-Cumberland Region, a presentation by the Fort Campbell Honor Guard, and musical performances by local musician Chad Harris. Yarbrough was also the recipient of this year’s Regional Suicide Prevention Award as recognition of her role in recruiting new members and establishing the region’s current committee structure. She has supervised numerous regional events through the regional older adult suicide education campaign (including the region’s “Older Lives Count” conference) and during the “Taking It to the Streets” outreach project. Guest speaker for this event was Bennie Greiner, representative of the local Survivors of Suicide group. Greiner’s husband Joshua Venable, was memorialized in the latest set of “Love Never Dies” Memorial Quilts. Judith Johnson, a member of the regional Advisory Council, read a poem by suicidologist Paul Quinnett entitled “The Contagion of Hope”. The event’s closing prayer was offered by Vladimir Enlow, TSPN Executive
Assistant. Co-Host sponsorship for this event was held jointly by Rolling Hills Hospital and Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital. Also, the Christie Cookie Company donated 10 dozen boxes of cookies for event participants.
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NORTHEAST R EG ION
The Northeast regional event, the Fourth Annual Memorial Walk, took place at September 20 at Duck Island within Warrior’s Path State Park near Kingsport. While about 50 people attended the event itself, the Network provided materials to approximately 100 families passing by the event pavilion during and after the event. The annual memorial walk was originally developed by Bill and Linda Phipps Harold, along with their family and friends, in memory of the Harolds’ son Travis Williams. Since the Harolds became involved with the Network, the event has become a general memorial observance for area survivors of suicide. Dave Light of WKPT-AM served as emcee for this year’s event. Welcoming remarks by the regional chair Harold Leonard and Mayor Dennis Phillips of Kingsport preceded addresses by Washington County General Sessions and Juvenile Court judge James A. Nidiffer and three representatives of the Tri-Cities Survivors of Suicide support group. Local minister Ed Jefferies provided the closing prayer. Leonard received this year’s Regional Suicide Prevention Award in recognition of his leading role in the regional emergency room brochure holder project. Leonard was also responsible for the installation of rapid assessment posters in numerous area doctors’ offices. Furthermore, he is the SPAN USA Field Liaison for Tennessee’s First Congressional District.
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M I D-CUMBER LAND R EG ION
Above, Washington County General Sessions and Juvenile Court judge James A. Nidiffer addresses those present. At right, the event concluded with a symbolic balloon release (photos courtesy of Harold Leonard and Linda Phipps Harold).
The region’s Co-Host sponsors both received signed certificates from the Office of the Governor recognizing their contributions to the local and statewide project. Pictured left to right: Yarbrough; Rhonda Ashley-Dixon, Director of Business Development for Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital; Ridgway; and Michele Wisniewski, Director of Business Development for Rolling Hills Hospital.
TSPN Advisory Council Member Judith Johnson reads from Dr. Paul Quinnett’s Suicide: The Forever Decision, a seminal text in the suicide prevention field.
Steve Bowers of E Plus TV emceed TSPN’s Rural West Regional Suicide Prevention Awareness and Educational Event, which took place at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson on September 16. (The event was shifted from Unity Park at the last minute due to rain.) About 50 people attended this event. Welcoming remarks were given by Anne Henning-Rowan, MS, of Jackson-Madison County School System, District 1 (a member of the regional Advisory Council) and the Honorable Jerry Gist, Mayor of the City of Jackson. Gist also presented the local Suicide Prevention Awareness Month proclamations along with Honorable Jerry Harris, Mayor of Madison County. This year’s Regional Suicide Prevention Award went to Dana Cobb, the Regional Coordinator for the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth (TCCY). A former regional secretary for TSPN, Cobb has been vital in recruiting sponsors and exhibitors for several teen conferences in western Tennessee over the past few years. She has been instrumental in building alliances between TSPN and TCCY, as well as other organizational contacts throughout the western part of the state. The event included an address from Jason Padgett, MPA, Project Coordinator for the Tennessee Lives Count (TLC) Project, and a performance by the Rose Hill Middle School Dancers led by instructor Mona Lisa Lanier. The youth minister at the Northside Assembly of God in Jackson provided the benediction.
R URA L WEST R EG ION
SOUTH CENTRA L R EG ION
The South Central event took place on September 10 at Columbia Mall. The event was attended by four local mayors:
• The Honorable James L. Bailey, Jr., Mayor of Maury County
• The Honorable William E. Gentner, Mayor of Columbia
• The Honorable Steve Gregory, Mayor of Hickman County Welcoming remarks were provided by Pam Arnell, TSPN South Central Regional Chair. The event also included remarks from Tammy Smith, representing the “Left Behind By Suicide” support group headquartered in Centerville. The Regional Suicide Prevention Award was presented to Karyl Chastain Beal, founder and leader of the Parents of Suicides (POS) - Friends & Families of Suicides (FFOS) Internet Support Community,. Chastain Beal also facilitates e local Friends & Families of Suicides (FFOS) support and discussion group which meets in Columbia each month. She and her husband, Ronnie, hold suicide grief retreats at their home twice each year. As coordinator and lead contact for the Network’s “Love Never Dies” Memorial Quilt project, she has helped develop and grow this powerful symbol of remembrance that demonstrates the urgency of the problem of suicide.
Chastain Beal was also the winner of this year’s statewide honor, the Madge and Ken and Tullis Suicide Prevention Award (see page 2). TSPN was honored to have local musician Donna Stewart as a musical guest. A benediction by Eddie Rogers, Chaplain at Hospice Compassus of Columbia, followed a candlelight memorial ceremony. About 100 people were in attendance. The event had been preceded by a pre-event held on August 7, also at Columbia Mall.
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Above, the Rose Hill Middle School Dancers, who performed at the event, take in the proceedings. Below, Steve Bowers of E Plus TV addresses the crowd.
The South Central event was promoted on the Columbia Mall’s electronic signboard.
Pictured from left to right: TSPN South Central Chair Pam Arnell; Steve Gregory, Mayor of Hickman County; William E. Gentner, Mayor of Columbia; and James L. Bailey, Jr., Mayor of Maury County.
About 100 people showed up at the Cleveland Family YMCA for the Southeast Regional Suicide Prevention Awareness and Educational Event
held September 26.
The centerpiece of the event was a walk around the YMCA track, which was surrounded with placards featuring the warning signs of suicide.
Also, the new “Love Never Dies” memorial quilts were dedicated. Several agencies were on hand to offer mental health pamphlets and other
information for those in attendance.
Local activist Dani T’wanda brought the Lifeline truck (profiled in the July edition of the TSPN Call to Action) stocked with suicide prevention
information, and several area mental health agencies joined TSPN in setting up informational displays.
The Regional Suicide Prevention Award went to regional chair Tim Tatum, a longtime member of the Network. Over the past year Tatum personally coordinated several training sessions and engaged several area professional agencies in suicide prevention efforts. He has also represented the Network and provided information about its activities at several national conferences over the years.
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U P P E R CUMBER LAND R EG ION
The Upper Cumberland “Light of Hope” Regional Suicide Prevention Awareness and Educational Event took place at the Putnam County Courthouse on September 18. The “Light of Hope” event has been an annual event for TSPN’s Upper Cumberland Region for several years; this year it was integrated with the larger Suicide Prevention Awareness and Educational Event project. About 75 people attended the event, which was covered by the Cookeville Herald-Citizen. Regional chair Linda Moran provided welcoming remarks ahead of guest speaker Debbie Rector. Following dedication of the “Love Never Dies” quilts by Executive Director Scott Ridgway, a closing prayer was delivered by Bernard G. Barton, preacher at Pleasant Hill Church of Christ and a TSPN Advisory Council member. The event also included musical performances by local member Christy Key. This year’s Regional Suicide Prevention Award was given to Jean Key, a critical member of the mental health advocacy movement in the Upper Cumberland area for over two decades. The president of her local NAMI chapter for the past 12 years, she has also served on NAMI Tennessee’s Board of Directors and its National Strategic Planning Commission, as well as the Advisory Board for the Friends and Company peer support center. A survivor of several suicides and her own battle with mental illness, Key has used her past experiences and her extensive knowledge of mental health policy and practice to connect local survivors of suicide and suicide attempts with means of comfort and recovery. Longtime mental health advocate Patsy Cronk was recognized as the regional runner-up. Meanwhile, the Cookeville Chick-fil-A (located at 1370 Interstate Drive) has pledged a percentage of all profits from purchases made on October 8 between the hours of 5 PM and 8 PM to TSPN’s Upper Cumberland Region.
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SOUTHEAST R EG ION
Dani T’Wanda had her Toyota Tacoma wrapped with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline logo to promote the hotline as she drove around the Chattanooga area. She keeps Lifeline wallet cards on hand for people interested in the truck. At right, the TSPN banner as mounted on Tim Tatum’s Jeep. The banner was provided for signing at most Suicide Prevention Awareness and Educational Events across the state (photos provided by T’Wanda and Tatum, respectively).
Above, the “Love Never Dies” memorial quilts were set up along the courthouse square for viewing by passersby. Below, Debbie Rector addresses event participants (photos courtesy of Linda Moran).
The Tennessee Lives Count (TLC) Project welcomes new Project Coordinator Jason Padgett, who started with TLC on September 1. He takes over from Dustin Keller, who left the Project to pursue a new position with the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth. As Project Coordinator, Padgett will manage daily operation of the program and will oversee 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. Padgett previously served as Director of Community and Grassroots Outreach for the Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN USA). He directed two national programs aimed at advancing public awareness and public policy. Additionally, He traveled the country delivering the workshop “Strategic Planning for Suicide Prevention: Core Competencies in Community Prevention Workshop” on behalf the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, working with community, state and national leaders in the suicide prevention movement. Coming to Tennessee is something of a homecoming for Padgett; his wife Robyn hails from Brentwood and is a former school-based counselor for Centerstone. Padgett himself previously worked as the Suicide Prevention Program Administrator at the Kentucky Department for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services. Padgett holds a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Kentucky-Martin and is working on a second degree in Project Management. He has considerable experience in event planning, website layout, multiple computer applications and personnel management. But most importantly, Padgett has a driving interest in suicide prevention motivated by the loss of a cousin, He has another family member who has survived multiple attempts. Padgett can be reached at [email protected].
T LC WE LCOMES NEW PROJECT COORD I NATOR
“Boy Interrupted”, a recently released documentary of the life and death of a teenager struggling with bipolar disorder,
is attracting overwhelmingly positive reviews and was screened at a promotional event for AFSP’s Out of the Darkness Overnight walk. Director Dana Perry and her husband, cinematographer Hart Perry, compiled years of home video footage of their son Evan, who died by suicide at the age of 15. The film records the effects of Evan’s death on his family, friends, classmates, and doctors. “Because director Dana Perry and… Hart are filmmakers, the life of their first child together, Evan, wasn't just recorded -- it was recorded well. And they captured more than most parents might -- even those moments in which Evan seems a little ‘off’, as Dana Perry says,” writes reviewer John Anderson in the January 21 edition of Variety. “(Dana) Perry takes a long time establishing Evan's personality and the good qualities that never quite defined the boy well enough… It doesn't take very long before the viewer is aware the Perrys had to make the film in order to exorcise their demons. They know logically they're not to blame, but emotional absolution is harder to achieve.” “Boy Interrupted” was an official selection for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and has since appeared at several other film festivals across the world. It made its television debut on August 3 on HBO. A special screening was held for participants at the Out of the Darkness Overnight in Chicago on June 26, followed by a Q&A session with Ms. Perry and Dr. Paula Clayton, the medical director for AFSP. More information about “Boy Interrupted” is available at the promotional website (www.boyinterruptedfilm.com), which includes links to AFSP, the Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation, the Jed Foundation, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
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“ BOY I NTER RU PTED ” W I NS I NTERNAT IONAL CR I T ICA L ACCLA IM
TSPN CALL TO ACTION
As part of his work with SPAN-USA, Padgett also supervised the agency’s Field Liaison project, through which SPAN-USA members update members of Congress regarding suicide prevention and mental health policy objectives.
Selected stills from “Boy Interrupted”, courtesy of the promotional website.
No December meetings are scheduled unless otherwise marked. Dates in Portland orange indicate alternate meeting dates intended to accommodate state holidays or other previously scheduled events. East Tennessee Region monthly, 4th Tuesday, 3:30 PM Mental Health Association of East Tennessee, 9050 Executive Park Drive, Suite 104-A, Knoxville, 37923 October 27 and November 24 Memphis/Shelby County Region bi-monthly, 2nd Wednesday, 4 PM The Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, 1900 Union Avenue, Memphis. 38104 November 18 Mid-Cumberland Region monthly, 2nd Thursday, 9:30 AM Tennessee Voices for Children, 701 Bradford Avenue, Nashville, 37204 October 8, November 12, and December 10 Northeast Region monthly, 4th Tuesday, 10:30 AM Boone’s Creek Christian Church, 305 Boone’s Creek Road, Gray, 37615 October 27 and November 24 Rural West Every 3rd Wednesday, 10:30 AM Behavioral Health Initiatives, 36C Sandstone Circle, Jackson, 38305 October 21, November 18, and December 16 South Central Every 1st Tuesday, 10 AM Private Dining Room #2, Maury Regional Hospital, 1224 Trotwood Avenue, Columbia, 38401 October 6, November 3, and December 1 Southeast Region Every 2nd Tuesday, 9:30 AM Bradford Health Associates, 6160 Shallowford Road, Suite 103, Chattanooga, 37421 October 13, November 10, and December 8 Upper Cumberland Region Every 4th Thursday, 10 AM Volunteer Behavioral Health Care Systems, 1200 Willow Avenue, Cookeville, 38502 October 22, November 19, and December 17 Intra-State Department Meetings Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, Third Floor Conference Room, Cordell Hull Building, 425 Fifth Avenue North, Nashville, 37243 (2:30 PM) October 20 Advisory Council October 28 (Community Room, Metro Nashville Police Department East Precinct, 936 East Trinity Lane)
Blount County Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention Alliance Every 1st Friday, 12 PM Blount County Health Department Conference Room, 302 McGhee Street, Maryville, TN 37801 October 2, November 6, and December 4 Giles County Suicide Prevention Task Force bi-monthly, 3rd Monday, 1:30 PM Giles County Career Center, 125 South Cedar Lane, Pulaski, 38478 November 16 Hickman County Suicide Prevention Task Force Every 4th Friday, 1:30 PM Hickman Community Hospital, Senior Care Building, 135 East Swan Street, Centerville, 37033 October 23 and November 20
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ADVISORY COUNCIL CONTACT INFORMATION
Lake Obion
Weakley
Henry
Dyer
Gibson Carroll
Lauderdale Crockett
Madison Henderson
Haywood
Tipton
Shelby Fayette
Hardeman
Chester
McNairy
Benton
Decatur
Hardin Wayne
Perry
Humphreys
Houston
Stewart
Montgomery Robertson
Dickson
Hickman
Lewis
Lawrence Giles
Lincoln Moore
Bedford
Maury
Marshall
Williamson
Rutherford
Cheatham
Davidson
Sumner
Wilson
Franklin Marion H
amilton
Coffee
Grundy Sequatchie
Bledsoe
Cannon
White
De Kalb
Putnam
Smith
Jackson
Macon Clay
Overton
Fentress
Scott Pickett
Campbell
Morgan
Cumberland Anderson
Roane
Knox
Loudon Blount
Monroe
Polk Bradley
McMinn
Rhea
Meigs
Claiborne Hancock
Hawkins
Union
Grainger
Sevier
Jefferson
Cocke
Greene Hamblen
Washington
Sullivan
Johnson
Carter
Unicoi
Warren
Trousdale
Van Buren
Northeast region Harold Leonard, MA, LPC-MHSP
(423) 245-5608 [email protected]
Rural West region
Carol Burroughs, MSCPS (731) 968-3661
South Central region Pam Arnell
(931) 424-8802 work [email protected]
Southeast region Tim Tatum, MA
(423) 339-4351 [email protected]
If you are interested in getting involved with TSPN on a local level or have
other questions, contact the chairperson of your region as
indicated by the map provided below:
East Tennessee region Anne Young, MS, CAS
(865) 216-9884 [email protected]
Memphis and Shelby County
Michael LaBonte (901) 271-5492
Mid-Cumberland region Misty Yarbrough, BBA, BSW
(615) 269-5355 [email protected]
Upper Cumberland region Linda Moran
(931) 823-5678 [email protected]
Advisory Council Chair
Sam Bernard (423) 322-3297
Executive Director Scott Ridgway, MS (615) 297-1077
