Staff Directory
Call 1-877-801-0044 for a local SHIP coordinator or 1-866-836-7677 for the state SMP hotline.
State Directors:
Shannon Jones, TN SHIP Director
Tennessee Commission On Aging & Disability
Andrew Jackson Building
Suite 825
500 Deaderick St.
Nashville, TN 37243-0860
615-741-2056 ext. 145
615-741-3309 Fax
LaNelle Godsey, TN SMP Director
Upper Cumberland Area on Aging & Disability
1225 South Willow Avenue
Cookeville, TN 38506-4194
931-432-4111
931-432-8112 Fax
SHIP/SMP Coordinators:
First TN AAAD: (serves Hancock, Hawkins, Greene, Sullivan, Washington, Unicoi, Carter and Johnson Counties)
Lorrie Wilson, SHIP/SMP Coordinator
Daris Morgan, SHIP/SMP Coordinator
Melody Conkin, Volunteer Program Coordinator
First Tennessee Area Agency on Aging & Disability
3211 North Roan St.
Johnson City, TN 37601
423-928-0224
423-926-8291 Fax
Kathy T. Whitaker, Director
East TN AAAD: (serves Scott, Morgan, Roane, Loudon, Monroe, Campbell, Anderson, Knox, Blount, Sevier, Jefferson, Grainger, Claiborne, Union, Hamblen and Cocke Counties)
Kim Ward, SHIP/SMP Coordinator
Kristy Tucker SHIP/SMP Coordinator
Tamra Spencer Volunteer Program Coordinator
East Tennessee Area Agency on Aging & Disability
9111 Cross Park Dr., Ste. D100
Knoxville, TN 37923-4517
865-691-2551
865-531-7216
Aaron Bradley, Administrator
Southeast AAAD: (serves Grundy, Marion, Sequatchie, Hamilton, Bledsoe, Rhea, Meigs, McMinn, Bradley and Polk Counties)
Katherlyn Geter, SHIP/SMP Coordinator
Tommy Preston, Volunteer Program Coordinator
Southeast Tennessee Area Agency on Aging & Disability
1000 Riverfront Parkway
P.O. Box 4757
Chattanooga, TN 37405
423-266-5781
423-267-7705 Fax
Steve Witt, Director
Upper Cumberland AAAD: (serves Cannon, Clay, Cumberland, De Kalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, Warren and White Counties)
Meghian Moore, SHIP Coordinator
LaNelle Godsey, SMP State Director
Kristy Adams, SHIP Counselor
Kelly Clarkson, SHIP Volunteer Program Coordinator
Marti Donnelly, SMP Volunteer Program Coordinator
Upper Cumberland Area on Aging & Disability
1225 South Willow Avenue
Cookeville, TN 38506-4194
931-432-4111
931-432-8112 Fax
Patty Ray, Director
Greater Nashville Regional Council: (serves Stewart, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Dickson, Robertson, Cheatham, Williamson, Davidson, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson and Rutherford Counties)
Glenn McReynolds, SHIP/SMP Coordinator
Diane Schlaufman, I&A Program Coordinator
Hal Dore, Medicare Counselor
Sidney Schuttrow, Volunteer Program Coordinator
Area Agency on Aging & Disability
Greater Nashville Regional Council
501 Union St., 6th Floor
Nashville, TN 37219-1705
615-862-8828
615-862-8840 Fax
Ernestine Bowers, Director
South Central TN AAAD: (serves Perry, Wayne, Hickman, Lewis, Lawrence, Maury, Giles, Marshall, Lincoln, Bedford, Moore, Coffee and Franklin Counties)
Jan Graves, SHIP/SMP Coordinator
Laura Dial, Volunteer Program Coordinator
South Central TN Area Agency on Aging & Disability
815 South Main Street
P.O. Box 1346
Columbia, TN 38402-1346
931-490-5889
931-380-1493 Fax
Joe Evans, Aging Program Director
Northwest TN AAA: (serves Lake, Obion, Dyer, Weakley, Gibson, Crockett, Carroll, Henry and Benton Counties)
Ivy McDaniel, SHIP/SMP Coordinator
Dena Castellaw, Volunteer Program Coordinator
Northwest TN Area Agency on Aging & Disability
124 Weldon Drive
P.O. Box 963
Martin, TN 38 237-0963
1-800-750-6866
731-587-4213
731-588-5833 Fax
Susan Hill, Director
Satellite SHIP Office:
202 N. Central Ave.
Humbolt, TN 38343
731-824-3429
731-824-3430
731-617-1800
Fax 731-784-2814
Southwest TN AAAD: (serves Haywood, Madison, Hardeman, Chester, McNairy, Henderson, Decatur, Hardin Counties)
Dorothy Turner Montague, SHIP/SMP Coordinator
Sarah Harvey, Volunteer Program Coordinator
Southwest TN Area Agency on Aging & Disability
27 Conrad Drive, Suite 150
Jackson, TN 38305-2850
731-668-7112
731-668-6403
731-668-6421 Fax
Wanda C. Simmons, Director
Aging Commission of the Mid-South: (serves Lauderdale, Tipton, Shelby and Fayette Counties)
Vickie Thompson, SHIP/SMP Coordinator
Larry Turner, Outreach Coordinator
Delores Walker, Volunteer Program Coordinator Volunteer Program Coordinator
Aging Commission of the Mid-South
2670 Union Ave. Extended
Suite 1000
Memphis, TN 38112-4416
901-222-4100
901-222-4198 Fax
Dora Ivey, Executive Director
Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability
Lucy Utt, Supervisor, Community Services
LaCresia Wright, TN SHIP Volunteer Program Coordinator
Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability
8th Floor, Andrew Jackson Building
500 Deadrick St., Suite 825
Nashville, TN 37243-0860
615-741-2056
Fax 615-741-3309