Staff

Daniel D. Challener
President
423.668.2424
dan@pefchattanooga.org
Joni Martin
Executive Assistant to the President
423.668.2433
jmartin@pefchattanooga.org

Leading & Learning

Bill Kennedy
Vice President, Leading & Learning
Director, Principal Leadership Academy
423.668.2429
billk@pefchattanooga.org
Chitra Chandrasekaran
Program Associate, Leading & Learning
423.668.2422
chitra@pefchattanooga.org
Ismahen Kangles
Director, Middle School Initiatives
423.648.4440
ikangles@pefchattanooga.org
Clara Sale-Davis
Director, Elementary Initiatives
423.668.2427
csale-davis@pefchattanooga.org
Faye Pharr
Senior Leadership Advisor
423.648.4448
fpharr@pefchattanooga.org
Ann Kilcher
Senior Advisor
423.668.2432
akilcher@pefchattanooga.org
Stephanie Chambers
Administrative Assistant, Leading & Learning
423.668.2431
kclem@pefchattanooga.org

Stacy Lightfoot
Vice President, College & Career Success
Passport Scholars Coordinator
423.648.4443
slightfoot@pefchattanooga.org
Janice Neal
Program Associate, College & Career Success
423.668.2423
janice@pefchattanooga.org
Stracee Robinson
Camp College Coordinator
423.648.4443
srobinson@pefchattanooga.org
Michelle Caldwell
SOAR Coordinator
423.648.4452
mcaldwell@pefchattanooga.org
Greg Tate
SOAR Lead Mentor, Chattanooga State
423.265.9403
gtate@pefchattanooga.org
Lauren Haley
SOAR Lead Mentor, UTC
423.265.9403
lhaley@pefchattanooga.org
Kate Skonberg
Volunteer Coordinator
423.648.4444
kate@pefchattanooga.org

Tracey Carisch
Managing Director, STEM Innovation Hub
423.668.2426
tracey@pefchattanooga.org
Keri Randolph
Director of Learning, STEM Innovation Hub
423.668.2426
krandolph@pefchattanooga.org
Mark Neal
Interim Director, STEM Teacher Residencies
423.668.2439
mneal@pefchattanooga.org
Timmy Anne Ferguson
Recruitment Coordinator, STEM Teacher Residencies
423.668.2432
taferguson@pefchattanooga.org
Edna Varner
New Teacher Coach, STEM Teacher Residencies
423.265.9403
evarner@pefchattanooga.org
Leslie Graitcer
Senior Advisor, Fund for Teachers
423.668.2439
lgraitcer@pefchattanooga.org

Christa Payne
Vice President, External Affairs
423.648.4449
cpayne@pefchattanooga.org
Shannon Edmondson
Development and Communications Officer
423.668.2430
shannon@pefchattanooga.org
Brent Goldberg
Director, Finance and Operations
423.668.2421
bgoldberg@pefchattanooga.org
Julie Goss
Finance Assistant
423.648.4441
jgoss@pefchattanooga.org

Keith White
Director of Research and Effectiveness
423-648-4442
kwhite@pefchattanooga.org
Sandra Blankenship
Human Resources Adminstrator
423-668-2425
sandra@pefchattanooga.org
Inga Johannesen
Administrative Assistant
423.265.9403
inga@pefchattanooga.org