Leadership
KATE RITCHIE
Chief Executive Officer kate@habitatsumnercounty.org
Kate comes to HFHSC with more than 20 years of experience in advocacy, fundraising, board development, event and program management, employee leadership and volunteer management. Before joining the HFHSC staff, she served as the TN State Director for Mothers Against Drunk Driving and as a Learning for Life and Exploring Executive for Boy Scouts of America. She is an undergraduate of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and she earned her MBA at Middle Tennessee State University. Kate currently serves on the Habitat for Humanity International Advocacy Committee, Habitat for Humanity of TN Board of Directors and as the Vice President of Friends of Gallatin Miracle Park. She and her husband, Jeramie, and their three children live in Hendersonville, TN.
KELLY HENNESSY-PIERCE
Chief Operating Officer kelly@habitatsumnercounty.org
CIERA HOLMAN
Chief Impact Officer ciera@habitatsumnercounty.org
KIM BRISSON
Chief Development Officer kim@habitatsumnercounty.org
KEVIN BRENT
Restore Manager kevin@habitatsumnercounty.org
2025-2026 Board of Directors
Bill Jacoby - Chairman
Melinda Walega - Vice President
Ceagus Clark- Nominating
Beth Deering - Treasurer
Chris Steigerwald- Secretary
Cal Gentry
Donavan Degrie
Josh King
Tory Daughrity
Chuck Barnett
Brad Edwards
Jamie Wallace
Jordan Wallace
Dusty Hannah
Henry Puckett
