BOARD CHAIR

CAREER: Sue Dyer is Senior Counsel for HCA with over 20 years of experience providing legal advice and guidance on a variety of matters for company affiliates. She is a former adjunct instructor in the healthcare MBA program at Belmont University’s Jack C. Massey School of Business. In her prior career, she worked as a registered nurse at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.

COMMUNITY WORK: Sue enjoys serving her community in a variety of ways. In addition to serving on One Generation Away’s board, she has provided pro bono legal services to a variety of organizations and businesses including the Tennessee Justice Center.

VICE CHAIR/TREASURER

CAREER: Neil is the Community President at First Citizens National Bank with over 25 years of underwriting experience and over 11 years of experience working with auditors and examiners. He is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer at TriStar Bank, where he led the company to a 15% and 30% loan portfolio growth, all while maintaining past-dues at under 1% and achieving a 1 in the CAMEL loan quality rating. He has also been named Mentor of the Year by Christian Community Services Inc. (CCSI).

COMMUNITY WORK: In addition to his service as OneGenAway’s board treasurer, Neil serves as treasurer on the CCSI board, and is a member of the Spring Hill Chamber of Commerce. Neil retired from the Tennessee Air National Guard after 34 years of service. He regularly attends Franklin Christian Church.

SECRETARY

CAREER: Richard Algood is a Certified Public Accountant, and a Certified Global Management Accountant, with 35 years experience in healthcare finance and development. He has worked with hospitals and health systems across the country specializing in reimbursement, regulatory affairs and healthcare operations finance, serving in senior management positions for the nation’s largest healthcare companies including HCA, Quorum, Kindred, IASIS, and RegionalCare. He has also operated a successful consulting practice, assisting several early-stage healthcare services companies.

COMMUNITY WORK: Richard has served on the OneGenAway Board of Directors since its inception and has seen the nonprofit grow from a small community group to a staple nonprofit in the Middle Tennessee community. Outside of his passion for OneGenAway, he has served as board member and treasurer for Hands On Nashville, and board member and finance committee chair for The McNeilly Center for Children.

BOARD MEMBER

CAREER: Juliana is the founder of Ellis Pond Marketing, an agency that helps companies boost sales by leveraging a combination of technology and direct response. Juliana has led multiple teams through hyper-growth, adding millions of dollars of revenue while scaling infrastructure to ensure continued growth. Companies benefitting from Juliana’s help have the right building blocks for growth, but just haven’t been able to put it all together. Juliana is also a speaker and educator in the digital marketing space, getting an early start in online education over ten years ago while teaching LSAT and MCAT prep at Vanderbilt University.

COMMUNITY WORK: Whether teaching from the stage or working with business owners to increase their revenue, it’s Juliana’s ability to create productive order out of chaos that allows her to help run onsite operations for OneGenAway’s mobile food pantry. Food is Juliana’s “love language”, and she champions OneGenAway’s mission of eliminating hunger wherever it is, regardless of who’s affected and what brought them there.

BOARD MEMBER

CAREER: After attending undergraduate and law school at Wake Forest University and serving three years in the United States Marine Corps, Fred moved to Franklin, Tennessee, and joined a Nashville law firm. As a lawyer, Fred represented commercial banks and real estate developers and broadened his practice to include businesses that had fallen on hard times but could be rehabilitated. As a result of this interest, he directed a turnaround of a $1.2 billion REIT in Atlanta and a retail chain with over $225 million in annual sales. Both of these businesses were later sold at profit for the original shareholders. Additionally, Fred served as the managing partner of the law firm. In 1999, Fred retired from the law practice and started investing in real estate projects for his own account. He specialized in small retail strip centers, small condo projects, and apartments.

COMMUNITY WORK: Fred has an interest in supporting institutions that emphasize programs serving low-income families. Fred has served several terms on the boards of Monroe Harding Children’s Home, The Martha O’Bryan Center, Franklin First Presbyterian Church, One Generation Away, and United Way of Greater Nashville. Fred is an active member of the Franklin Rotary at Breakfast Club and participates in numerous community activities. Fred and his wife, Susan, have been married for 55 years and have two children and five grandchildren.

BOARD MEMBER

CAREER: Harriet Wallace is an award-winning multimedia journalist and media professional. She has served as co-host and producer of Nashville In Focus and the first African American to host a talk show at Fox 17 News. Harriet is also the lead host and creator of the popular talk show “Pumps & Politics.” The show and movement has been a pivotal voice in Nashville, hosting courageous conversations about issues impacting families, women and the African American community. She also created the Pumps-IN-Politics internship program for high-school girls and college women. Harriet has emerged as a sought-after voice in the Nashville political industry. When she is not practicing journalism, she’s teaching it on the collegiate level or learning it as she pursues a PhD in public administration with an emphasis in public policy.

COMMUNITY WORK: Harriet and her husband, Scott Wallace, own Wallace Media Group and have helped put dozens of kids through college and helped place athletes on semi-pro and professional football and basketball teams.

BOARD MEMBER

CAREER: Dave Krikac is the Regional Vice President of Adult Services at Health Connect America, where he connects adults who have disabilities with job training and employment opportunities throughout Tennessee and beyond. Over 16 years ago, Dave founded the GEAR Foundation, a nonprofit organization aimed at providing job opportunities for adults with special needs. Through the foundation, he founded and operated Our Thrift Store in Franklin, Tennessee, for 15 years, employing about 25 special-needs adults and 25 typically developed adults until the store closed in 2020.

COMMUNITY WORK: With a varied background in nonprofit, corporate, and creative spheres, Dave pursues his passion of connecting people in all walks of life, bringing communities together for the benefit of all. He has a special heart for helping people with disabilities find a path to independence, sparked after his daughter, Sara, was diagnosed with autism. Using their experience with the GEAR Foundation, Dave and his wife, Sandy, travel throughout the region helping other communities launch thrift stores that employ adults with disabilities. Dave also serves on the boards of the for-profit IHL Consulting Group, nonprofit RetailROI (Retail Orphan Initiative) and WonderWoods Nature Program. He is also engaged at Grace Chapel on the elder board.

BOARD MEMBER

BOARD MEMBER

CAREER: Jim is the owner of CORE Real Estate, LLC, in Franklin, Tennessee. He has worked in the real estate, real estate valuation, and the banking industry as a senior vice president in Middle Tennessee for over 35 years. His company specializes in commercial real estate with an emphasis on site selection for multi-family housing, assisted living housing, office relocation, and site assemblage for major commercial uses.

COMMUNITY WORK: Jim has served on the OneGenAway board since its inception. He served as chair for seven years and passed the baton in 2020. Additionally, Jim has served on the boards of Maury County Jail Ministry and Better Business Bureau for Middle Tennessee, is a founding member of the Maury Alliance, and is currently assisting The Laundry Stop (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit) in an advisory capacity. Jim served for nine years on the Maury County Legislative Body, serving five years as chairman.