Pamela Madison
Pamela has a passion for serving youth and families, devoting more than 17 years working with nonprofits including United Way of Rutherford County and Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee. She has served as the Resource Center Director since 2008. Pamela believes that every young person, no matter their background, deserves to have caring adults in their lives to provide support, guidance and opportunities that will give them the tools they need to become successful. Pamela has her Bachelor’s Degree from Middle Tennessee State University.
Deidre Matthews
Quatrece McKinney
Quatrece has worked with teens in care since 1992 in Iowa, Georgia, California and Tennessee. She graduated from the University of Iowa and completed her graduate work at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. Quatrece says that working with the older teen transitioning to adulthood has been very rewarding and a positive challenge.
Evelyn Tidman
Sr. Director of Talent Management & Compliance
Evelyn has over 10 years of human resource management experience in the non-profit field working in the areas of compensation, benefits administration, recruitment and retention, compliance, staff training and development, performance management, and developing policies and procedures. Evelyn holds a Bachelor’s Degree and is certified as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and is a Society of Human Resource Management Certified Professional (SHRM-CP).
Chaney Cruze
Senior Director of Youth Adult Engagement and Opportunities
In 2012, Chaney joined Monroe Harding and built a successful education program based on the belief that if a student doesn’t learn the way we teach, we should teach the way they learn.
Chaney is a licensed educator with 20+ years of teaching experience covering grades 6 through 12, college, and Adult Education. Previous positions include teaching and consulting with the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools and teaching English Literature at Tennessee State University. Chaney is inspired by her students daily.