Joe Tolan | Mary Grissom | Deborah Wade | Jan Sherrell | Glen Powell | John Nevitt | Janet Masterson | Melody Murphy | Kimberly Broecker | TJ Delahanty | Katy Miller | Regan Hunt | Delquan Dorsey | Judy Schroeder | Mary Sullivan | Shawn Gardner
Joe Tolan
Joe has served on numerous boards and community task forces throughout Louisville. Currently, he serves on the boards of The Housing Partnership, The WLKY Bell Awards Foundation, the West Louisville Economic Advisory Board and more. Joe is married to Terry and is the proud father of three daughters
Joe can be reached at Joseph.Tolan@metrounitedway.org.
Mary Grissom
Mary recruited her husband to move home to Kentucky with her and is proud mama to Ella Mae.
You can reach Mary at mary.grissom@metrounitedway.org and on Twitter at @mgrissom5.
Deborah Wade
Deborah Wade is the Program Coordinator, Innovation and Community Engagement at The University of Louisville School of Dentistry.Deborah attended The University of Kentucky for both undergraduate and graduate school where she earned a Master's Degree in Social Work. She previously lived and worked in Lexington for nearly twenty years before moving to Anchorage, Ky. approximately 16 years ago. You can read more about the work Deborah is doing in the community here.
You can reach Deborah at Deborah.Wade@louisville.edu and on Twitter at @debnwade.
Jan Sherrell
Jan Sherrell is Senior Manager of Basic Needs at Metro United Way.
Her role has evolved over her 13 years at Metro United Way, beginning in
the Southern Indiana office, and most recently as the primary contact
with our funded agency partners. In her current role, she is supporting
emergency food, shelter, safety services and more.Jan is proud to be a Diamond Donor supporting Metro United way for over 31 years.
Jan can be reached at Jan.Sherrell@MetroUnitedWay.org
Glen Powell
Glen is a retired Louisville Police Office, a Military Reservist and a Veteran with recent tours in Iraq in 2007 and Guantanamo Bay in 2012. He was the first person at Metro United Way to be activated to duty in our 90 year history.
Glen can be reached at Glen.Powell@MetroUnitedWay.org
John Nevitt
John Nevitt has been with Metro United Way for 16 years and currently
holds the title of Senior Manager of Family Stability. John’s primary
focus is on strategies and measures for meeting the needs of families so
they can maintain stability and help their children succeed.John’s educational background includes an undergraduate degree in psychology from Bellarmine University and a Master’s Degree in Counseling from The University of Louisville.
John’s favorite pastime is to engage others in conversations that expand conventional views of what is possible for individuals and communities. He also has a dazzling collection of Hawaiian shirts.
Reach out to John at John.Nevitt@MetroUnitedWay.org
Janet Masterson
For the last 19 years, Janet has served in several positions at 4-C before assuming her current role as Assistant Director.
She is a Louisville native who enjoys weekend escapes at Rough River with her husband.
Janet can be reached at janet-masterson@4cforkids.com. Connect with 4C on Facebook at www.facebook.com/4CVOICE
Melody Murphy
Melody is a graduate of the University of Louisville School of Business and loves the Cards. Of course her favorite hashtags are #L1C4 and #LIVEUNITED. She's married to Logan and has three kids: Nate, Lily and Eva and two stepdaughters: Raven and Baylee.
melody.murphy@metrounitedway.org
@melody_murphy
IG - @melodymurphy
Kimberly Broecker
She attended the University of Western Kentucky where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Corporate Communications. Kimberly currently lives in Louisville with her husband and 2 children.
You can reach her at Kimberly.Broecker@MetroUnitedWay.org
TJ Delahanty
TJ is a native Louisvillian, but has spent a good chunk of his professional life working outside his home town. He is a proud graduate of the University of Louisville and Rutgers University. TJ considers himself a youth development professional and his career has led him on a winding path through Central America, South America, Washington D.C. and Frankfort, Kentucky.
TJ is quite proud that he has landed back in Louisville with his family in his chosen career working with our community partners to support all young people to graduate high school prepared for college, work and life.
You can reach him at TJ.Delahanty@MetroUnitedWay.org and on Twitter at @MUW_OST
Katy Miller
Katy Miller is the Director of Digital Marketing for
Louisville-based, Atria Senior Living. She is a member of the Metro
United Way Digital Engagement Council and studies emerging technology
for the purpose of creating new ways of learning about, repositioning
and changing public conversation about the process of aging.In her spare time, Katy enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter, watching college sports, sewing and reading.
You can reach Katy at mesewgood@gmail.com and on Twitter at @MediaDarlingKM
Karen Napier
Karen has over 25 years experience working in the non-profit arena and working with local and state governments. She holds a Masters of Arts from Kent State University and her Bachelors Degree from Purdue University. Prior to coming to Metro United Way, Karen worked closely with First Lady, Jane Beshear and the Governor’s Office on the Graduate Kentucky Initiative. Karen is very involved in the community and she serves on various boards and advisory groups.
Karen is a proud daughter, wife, mother and grandmother. Her and her husband enjoy their family and have a love for animals. They presently have 7 dogs and 6 cats which they have adopted or pickup along the road.
You can reach Karen at karen.naper@metrounitedway.org or Twitter: @kenapier
Janet Boyd
Janet L. Boyd
serves as Senior Grants Manager for Metro United Way. She has performed similar roles
for Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana and the Kentucky Science Center. She is a former
college English teacher, technical writer, and newspaper columnist.Her volunteer work has included service to the University of Kentucky Women Writers Conference, National Organization for Women, Bonnycastle Homestead Association, WFPK radio, Louisville Girls Leadership, and Bunbury Theatre.
Janet enjoys attending Nia classes, gardening when it’s not too hot, reading on her front porch, crocheting hats and sweaters for the babies in her life, and, of course, talking with Stella Rose. You can reach Janet at janet.boyd@metrounitedway.org
Breck Thomas-Ross
Breck
is television journalist turned corporate communicator. Prior to
joining Humana almost 9 years ago, Breck spent 13 years as a television
news anchor and reporter. She now utilizes many of her journalism
skills in her work with Humana’s internal communications. She serves as
editor of Humana’s intranet news site. Breck also manages both of
Humana’s corporate nonprofit campaigns which raise
money for Metro United Way and Fund for the Arts. Each campaign has
grown to nearly $2 million and over $1 million, respectively, under
Breck’s leadership.
Breck
holds a bachelor’s degree in broadcasting from Western Kentucky
University. While in broadcasting, Breck received multiple awards
from the Associated Press, including ‘Best Reporter,’ as well as two
Emmy nominations. Through her work at Humana, Breck has been honored as
the ‘Campaign Coordinator of the Year’ by both Metro United Way and
Fund for the Arts.’ She also received the
‘Award of Excellence’ for her campaign communications from the
International Association of Business Communicators. She is a past
board member of Volunteers of America and recently served on the
Campaign Cabinet for Metro United Way. She is the proud mother
of one daughter, Elyse.
Latara
is a Marketing Brand Assistant at Metro United Way. Prior to joining
MUW she worked as a journalist in Michigan and at a nonprofit in the
Washington, D.C.
area. She is a 2012 graduate of the University of Kentucky. You can find
her on twitter at @LataraAppleby or email her at latara.appleby@metrounitedway.org.
Latara Appleby
Robin Schotter
Robin has been on staff at 4-C since 2009. In that time she has been a credentialed trainer of early childhood science, a mentor in the Excellence Academy, and a writer/designer of creative projects. She has a BA in English and began her work with children in the mid 90s as a naturalist at two local parks, Marengo Cave and Wyandotte Caves. She worked for many years as the Early Childhood Education Coordinator for the Kentucky Science Center and has collaborated on programs for children with local organizations such as the Squallis Puppeteers and Bernheim Forest.
Robin enjoys reading a good book, gardening, hiking, camping, making things and exploring the world with her son, Liam, and husband, Justin.
Robin can be reached at robin-schotter@4cforkids.com. Connect with 4-C on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter or on their website.
Regan Hunt
Regan Hunt is the Executive Director of Kentucky Voices for Health, a statewide health advocacy coalition. She is a native Kentuckian and Louisville is her adopted hometown. She is an aunt to six awesome Kentucky kids ages 3-10 and a Big Sister to Taylor, who will turn 20 in March.
Delquan Dorsey
Delquan Dorsey is the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Minority Empowerment. Mr. Dorsey is the former Director of Network Organizing for the Network Center for Community Change and the Center for Neighborhoods in Louisville, a previous Policy Advisor for former Jefferson County Commissioner Darryl T. Owens, and the Assistant State Coordinator for the NAACP Voter Empowerment Program. Mr. Dorsey was born and raised in the Smoketown Neighborhood, the heart of inner-city Louisville.
He provides leadership to the African-American community and worships at the Bates Memorial Baptist Church. Some of Mr. Dorsey's past involvement includes being a member of the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage Board, Louisville Asset Building Coalition Board of Advisors, Network Center for Community Change Board, St. John's Center Board, Tri-State Minority Supplier Development Council Board, Louisville Branch NAACP and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Mr. Dorsey has a BS degree in Business Administration from Central State University, Wilberforce, OH. Mr. Dorsey is married to Shealonda Dorsey and they have 2 sons Delquan, Jr. and Destin and reside in Louisville.
Judy Schroeder
Judy Schroeder has been with Metro United Way since 2006 and is currently Senior Manager, Neighborhood Engagement. Judy is a mediator, neighborhood mom, and human rights activist who has volunteered for 30 years with organizations in her own neighborhood of Portland in West Louisville, and has worked professionally with many other community-based organizations on program design and training: As Executive Director of the Peace Education Program (1982-1996) she created the Peer Mediation and Creative Conflict Resolution programs that now serve more than half of the Jefferson County Public School system. Statewide, Judy consulted in schools across Kentucky for the Kentucky Department of Education (1996-1999) on effective student engagement, peer mediation, and character education. As the original Training Director with Louisville’s Center for Nonprofit Excellence, Judy defined a training agenda for the skill sets the sector most requires, in a format that has persisted at CNPE since 2000. Regionally and nationally, for twenty years Judy led training teams for the National Coalition-Building Institute, Washington, D.C., on community-building and inter-group conflict resolution.
Mary Sullivan
Mary Sullivan is Manager, Corporate Volunteer Engagement for Metro United Way. She joined the organization in 1975 as Planning, Allocations and Campaign Associate and in 1976 became the Coordinator of the Voluntary Action Center which began her 40 year career in volunteer management.Mary is an active volunteer in the Louisville community with various organizations: Junior League of Louisville (President 2004-2005), Habitat for Humanity (Builder, Board Member and Nominating Committee), and St. James Catholic Community, (Co-chair of Social Outreach, Coordinator of Habitat builds, and Welcoming Host). She's also volunteered with Project WARM, Repair Affair, Jefferson County Public Schools, Susan B. Komen, Volunteer Center National Network and The Points of Light Foundation National Advisory Board, and the Kentuckiana Association of Volunteer Administration.
Mary is the proud recipient of the Spirit of Louisville/WLKY Bell Award, and the State of Indiana Governor’s Voluntary Action Center Program Directors Award. She is a graduate of Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mary has 6 nephews, 3 nieces, 7 great nieces, and 4 great nephews, all who she spoils equally with love, books and ice cream. Mary is a Hoosier by birth, and a Notre Dame, Lady UofL Cards and Bellarmine fan.
Shawn Gardner
With more than a decade of problem solving experience and a Master of Science degree in Conflict Management, Shawn Gardner has developed a keen insight of how to analyze a problem and develop ways to solve them. As a father of four daughters, a community activist, a fatherhood advocate, a Leadership Louisville Bingham Fellow, and a successful author of his memoir “Me vs. Me Volume: 1," Shawn has used his multiple talents to start a non-profit organization, 2NOT1: Fatherhood & Families, Inc., and under Shawn’s leadership, various entities were brought together to improve neighborhoods and strengthen families.With Shawn’s direction, 2NOT1 organized and hosted several Annual Fatherhood Conferences, and with the support of Congressman John Yarmuth, 2NOT1 has given Annual Fatherhood Awards to deserving fathers who reside in Kentucky and were nominated by their peers or community. In 2011, Shawn developed Teen Fatherhood University, TFU, to help teen fathers 24 and under navigate barriers and learn the skills to be involved fathers. Shawn also created “theBLUEPRINT” youth development program, which has been implemented in two Kentucky school districts. theBLUEPRINT assists youth with understanding the conflict in their lives and provides them with the needed tools to make positive and sound decisions while dealing with those conflicts.
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