OUR TEAM

Kristy DeBose

Kristy DUBose

Executive Director

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Martha Smith

Program Director

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Kelsey Forsythe

Assistant Program Director

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Oakley Surrette

Program Coordinator

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Abbi Cospelich

Program Intern

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Board Officers

Denise Douglas

Denise Douglas

Chair

JOE ORTIZ<br />

Trish Kalbas-Schmidt

Vice-Chair

Travis Palmer

Secretary

Carlene LeCompte

Treasurer

KFTN Team

Board Members

 

Doug Kose | Chad May | Carla Reel | Nicole Siegel | Chad Schollaert | Mary Ann Smith | Ben Vande Zande| Kelsey Webb | Andrea White | Lindsay Willis

Kristy DuBose is a Johnson City native and has worked in the nonprofit community here in Knoxville for over a decade. Graduating from East Tennessee State University with a degree in Human Services, Kristy began her career at Girls Inc. JC/WC as a program staff member. Kristy moved to Knoxville and began working at Big Brother Big Sisters of East Tennessee on the program side and eventually moving to a fundraising position. She then became the Chief Development Officer for Wesley House Community Center where she was responsible for marketing and fundraising efforts for the $1.1 million budget. Kristy is a graduate of Goldman Sach’s 10,000 Small Businesses Program and a 2020 graduate of The Consortium for Social Enterprise Effectiveness through The University of Tennessee’s Haslam School of Business.
Martha Smith joined the Koinonia Foundation in January 2023 as the Associate Program Coordinator. She earned her Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the University of Tennessee in Special Education. Martha taught in a special education classroom for six years before leaving the classroom to start a family with her husband. She has one daughter and is expecting a second child in December 2023. She works closely with special education teachers through our Koinonia Classroom program. Her goal is to help provided teachers with meaningful lessons as well as reaching students to promote independence.

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