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

        Sandra Blankenship
        Director, Finance and Operations
        423.668.2425
        sandra@pefchattanooga.org

Daniel D. Challener
President

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

Shannon Edmondson
Development & Communications Assistant
Website Coordinator
423.668.2430
shannon@pefchattanooga.org

Julie Goss
Finance Assistant
423.648.4441
jgoss@pefchattanooga.org

Leslie Graitcer
Coordinator, Osborne Fellows Initiative
423.668.2439
lgraitcer@pefchattanooga.org

Frances Haman-Prewitt
Director, Communications
423.648.4442
fhaman-prewitt@pefchattanooga.org

Inga Johannesen
Administrative Assistant

Ismahen Kangles
Director, Middle Schools for a New Society

Bill Kennedy
Director, Schools for a New Society

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

Riki Kissick
Benwood Assistant
423.648.4446
rkissick@pefchattanooga.org

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

Janice Neal
Program Associate, Schools for a New Society
423.668.2423
janice@pefchattanooga.org

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

Faye Pharr
Principal Leadership Coach
423.648.4448
fpharr@pefchattanooga.org

Amy Rogers
Middle Schools for a New Society Assistant
423.668.2431
arogers@pefchattanooga.org

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

Edna Varner
Senior Consultant, Schools for a New Society
423.668.2429
evarner@pefchattanooga.org

Debra Vaughan
Director, Data & Research

 

 

 

 
Public Education
Foundation
100 East Tenth Street
Suite 500
Chattanooga, TN
37402
423 265 9403 p
423 265 9832 f
I can not say enough ...
... about all of the ways that PEF has enriched my own personal journey in the profession of education! The Leadership Fellows, Professional Development at our annual retreats, mentoring support and the Book Club have enabled me to share common ground with educators throughout the system. I am better as a result of that than I would have been without PEF.
Leesa Kerns
Principal, Rivermont Elementary