Our Team

Kelli Nowers

Executive Director

kellinowers@awaketn.org

S’Kaila Colbert

Program Director

skaila@awaketn.org

Natalie Schilling

Policy and Advocacy Associate

natalie@awaketn.org

2025 Board of Directors

Beka Stanfield | Board Chair

National Rural Health Resource Center

Aniya Bryant

Teacher

LaRhonda Dingle Magras

Tennessee Food Banks

Sarah Robinson

Vanderbilt Medical Center

Caresse John

Belmont University

Melissa Alvarez

Social Worker

Lorraine McGuire | Vice Chair

Sexual Assault Center

Amanda Clelland

Thistle Farms

Charity Loput

HCA

Summer Weaver | Secretary

BCJ Building Services

Brooke Gray | Treasurer

Tennesseans for Student Success

Will Furuyama

Vanderbilt Medical Center

Interested in joining AWAKE’s Board of Directors?

Submit an application below and we will be in touch with openings and updates!