Staff

Public Education Foundation
100 East Tenth Street
Suite 500
Chattanooga TN 37402
423.265.9403 phone
423.265.9832 fax

Daniel D. Challener
President
423.668.2424
dan@pefchattanooga.org

Sandra Blankenship
Human Resources Adminstrator
423.668.2425
sandra@pefchattanooga.org

Chitra Chandrasekaran
Program Associate, Leadership Initiative
423.668.2422
chitra@pefchattanooga.org

Cheri Dedmon
Director, Teacher Residency Initiative
423.648.4447
cdedmon@pefchattanooga.org

Shannon Edmondson
Development and Communications Officer
Website Coordinator
423.668.2430
shannon@pefchattanooga.org

Lindsey Frost
Program Manager, TEACH/Here
423.668.2432
lfrost@pefchattanooga.org

Brent Goldberg
Director, Finance and Operations
423.668.2421
bgoldberg@pefchattanooga.org

Julie Goss
Finance Assistant
423.648.4441
jgoss@pefchattanooga.org

Leslie Graitcer
Senior Consultant, Teacher Quality
423.668.2439
lgraitcer@pefchattanooga.org

Inga Johannesen
Administrative Assistant
423.265.9403
inga@pefchattanooga.org

Ismahen Kangles
Director, Middle Schools for a New Society
423.648.4440
ikangles@pefchattanooga.org

Bill Kennedy
Director, Secondary School Initiatives
Interim Director, Principal Leadership Academy
423.668.2429
billk@pefchattanooga.org

Ann Kilcher
Senior Consultant, Leadership Initiative
423.668.2432
akilcher@pefchattanooga.org

Stacy Lightfoot
Interim Director, College Access and Success Initiatives
Passport Scholars Coordinator
College Advisor
423.648.4443
Lightfoot_Stacy@hcde.org

Joni Martin
Executive Assistant to the President
423.668.2433
jmartin@pefchattanooga.org

Janice Neal
Program Associate, Secondary School Initiatives
423.668.2423
janice@pefchattanooga.org

Mark Neal
Induction Coordinator, TEACH/Here
423.668.2423
mneal@pefchattanooga.org

Christa Payne
Director, Development and External Relations
423.648.4449
cpayne@pefchattanooga.org

Faye Pharr
Benwood Coach
423.648.4448
fpharr@pefchattanooga.org

Stracee Robinson
Camp College Coordinator
College Advisor
423.648.4443
srobinson@pefchattanooga.org

Amy Rogers
Benwood Assistant
423.668.2431
arogers@pefchattanooga.org

Clara Sale-Davis
Director, Benwood Initiative
423.668.2427
csale-davis@pefchattanooga.org

Kate Skonberg
Volunteer Coordinator
423.648.4444
kate@pefchattanooga.org

Edna Varner
Senior Consultant, Schools for a New Society
evarner@pefchattanooga.org

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“Due to the funds that were provided… …for us by the Benwood Initiative, we’ve been able to provide some of the best research-based workshops for our teachers to implement reading strategies in the classroom, and we’ve established a literacy block which is two hours per day, every day, for all of our students.”
Marthel Young
Principal,
Orchard Knob Elementary