SIX FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBERS
From operations and guest services, to development, program leadership and executive management, PHHH has a committed staff with many decades of experience.
Angie Stiff
Executive Director
Angie Stiff spent many years in corporate sales and account management including 10 years with Kraft Foods, before joining the non-profit world in 2004 when she joined the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation as Executive Director. There, she increased major gifts by 1000%. In 2007, Angie became the Director of Advancement at Franklin Road Academy, in Nashville, TN, where she oversaw admissions, alumni relations, marketing, community relations and special events. Angie started an Endowment and Planned Giving Program which raised more than $12,400,000.
She joined Pinson Hospital Hospitality House in 2013 as Executive Director overseeing all operations, budgets, and a full-time staff of 5. In 2018, Angie began the management and oversight for a new and expanded 30,000 sf building with 30 rooms which was completed in June of 2019. She raised over $6 million for the project.
Angie has served on many Nashville non-profit boards for over 20 years, the Tennessee Soccer Club being one near and dear to her heart. Angie and her husband, Jimmy, are active members of Brentwood Baptist Church, and live in Marshall County where they are raising two daughters, McKinley and Mensi on their 10-acre farm. She is a proud alumnus of Auburn University...War Eagle!
Shannon Day
Director of Development
Shannon joined PHHH in February of 2020, as Director of Development. She manages fundraising, grant writing, donor relations and marketing. A native of Connecticut, Shannon has an extensive business background in advertising and marketing and a Masters Degree in Marketing Communications from Michigan State University. Shannon spent 17 years in the Detroit area working in the Automotive Industry both as a corporate marketing executive and as the co-owner of an advertising agency specializing in business-to-business campaigns for clients in the Automotive Market. She moved to Nashville 12 years ago. Shannon spent 3 years on the executive board of Parents Reaching Out, a Nashville non-profit helping parents with critically ill children and mothers with high-risk pregnancies. She most recently comes from the insurance industry and has her health and life insurance licenses in 19 states. She also loves real estate and has her TN real estate license. She loves to travel and spend time with her three daughters.
Robin Smith
Director of Volunteers and Programs
Andrea Kenney
Operations Manager
Andrea left the corporate world in 2008 to move to Nashville with her husband. She joined a local church staff leading women’s ministry and international mission trips. She organized and traveled extensively to Mexico and Nicaragua serving orphanages, local churches, feeding centers for children, micro-businesses, and some of the women who were living in hostile circumstances. In 2016, Andrea began volunteering her time at Pinson Hospital Hospitality House where she fell in love with its mission. She officially joined the staff as Operations Manager later that year. Andrea’s passions include international and local travel, leading bible study in her home as well as entertaining and cooking for those she loves. She often shares her gift of hospitality by cooking for the staff at PHHH. Oh, and did we say she is HILARIOUS?? This cannot be left out. Andrea usually has the staff in stitches.
Becky White
Guest Services Coordinator
Becky joined the PHHH staff in January 2020 as Guest Services Coordinator. Prior to joining PHHH, Becky spent two years as a scheduler for Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Home Health Division. She spent five years prior at the Orthopedic Clinic at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital as a Patient Service Representative, and 23 years with the Ingram Book Company in Customer Systems, Customer Service and Sales. Becky loves to spend time singing at her church, and at other events including hospice visits. She and her husband, Rick have 6 children and 12 grandchildren who they love to spend time with. She and Rick volunteer on 26 rides per year with the Tennessee Central Railroad as car hosts!
Patsy Robinson
Guest Services Coordinator
Patsy is originally from Memphis, TN and is the oldest of 5 children. She attended Tennessee State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Music Education. She currently teaches full-time as a Pre-K teacher during the week where she uses her music background as a tool to help educate her students. She began working for Pinson Hospital Hospitality House in May 2008 on the weekends. She has watched PHHH grow throughout the years and says it has been an awesome experience! “It gives me an opportunity to give back to others that are in need. I’m very happy with providing the guests with a comfortable environment and the feel of a home away from home.”
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2024 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PINSON HOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE
Our 20-member board is a dynamic group of industry leaders from all around Nashville. All major decisions and budgets are carefully managed and scrutinized by these trusted individuals. Our Executive Director reports directly to the Board Chair.
Heath Clark – Board Chair
Clark Business and Health Law
Heath.clark@clarkbhl.com
Natalie Withers - Secretary
Alliant Insurance Services
Natalie.Withers@alliant.com
Lera Pendergrass – Past Board Chair and Treasurer
Enterprise Electric, LLC
Lpendergrass@enterprisellc.com
Mickey Beazley – Co-Founder and Life Member
mbuniverse@comcast.net
Ann Krenson – Co-Founder and Life Member
akrenson@comcast.net
Angie Stiff—Executive Director
stiff@hhhnashville.org
Jeff Ballard
Delta Dental
jballard@deltadentaltn.com
Scott Bowers
Spiras Health, Inc.
sbowers@Spirashealth.com
Jeremy Burson
Nashville Predators
jburson@nashvillepredators.com
Dianna Chautin
UnitedHealthcare
dianna_chautin@uhc.com
Edward Hernandez
Covalus
ejhernandez@covalus.com
Chris Holmes
FirstBank
cholmes@firstbankonline.com
Larry Keele
Community Leader
Peter Lee
FirstBank
plee@firstbankonline.com
Richard L. Miller
Earl Swensson Associates
richardm@esarch.com
Tom Nantais
Thomas.s.nantais@vumc.org
Carley Paul
HCA - Centennial Medical Center
carley.paul@hcahealthcare.com
Rebecca Warren
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Rebecca.l.warren@vumc.org
C. Wright Pinson, M.D., M.B.A.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Deputy Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
CEO of Hospitals and Clinics
wright.pinson@vanderbilt.edu
Jeremy Wright
GEODIS
Jeremy.wright@geodis.com
Jim Schmitz
Elliott Davis, LLC
Jim.schmitz@elliottdavis.com
Lisa Slipkovich
Lisapw97@gmail.com
Jake Siler
JE Dunn Construction
Jake.Siler@JEdunn.com
Zachariah Sanders
Young Leaders Intern
Legends Bank
zsanders@legendsbank.com