Providing educational, emotional, and social support for children and families in every Tennessee county

Directory of Directors

Anderson Co. Board of Education

Linda Yarbrough, Director

708 North Main Street

Clinton TN 37716

865-463-2833

lyarbrough@acs.ac

 

Oak Ridge Head Start

Marian Phillips, Director 

304 New York Ave

Oak Ridge 37831

865-425-9101

mphillips@ortn.edu

 

CAS/Morgan County Head Start

Betty Van Hook, Director  

P.O. Box 179

Wartburg 37887

423-346-6633

bvanhook@highland.net

 

City of Chattanooga Human Services Head Start

Donna Ginn, Director  

2302 Ocoee Street

Chattanooga 37406

423-493-9750

Ginn_d@mail.chattanooga.gov

 

Clarksville/Montgomery Co. CAA Head Start

Felecia Bagwell, Director

P.O. Box 487

Clarksville 37040

931-648-5774

feleciabagwell@hotmail.com

 

Clinch-Powell Ed. Cooperative Head Start

Deborah Thomas, Director  

P.O. Box 279

Tazewell 37879

423-626-9270

dthomas@centurytel.net

 

Douglas Cherokee Head Start

Judy Kennedy, Director  

P.O. Box 1218

Morristown 37816

423-587-4500 ext. 35

judykennedy@dchstart.org

 

Family Resource Agency, Inc. Head Start

David Kelley, Director  

3680 Michigan Ave. NE

Cleveland 37323

423-479-4210 ext. 18

david@fratn.com

Highland Rim Head Start

Sharon Davis, Director  

P.O. Box 208

Erin 37061

931-289-4136

daviss@highlandrim.org

 

Knoxville-Knox County Head Start

Joyce Farmer, Director 

Nancy Thomas, THSA 1st Vice Pres

2400 Piedmont Street

Knoxville 37921

865-522-2193

jfsqirtgun@comcast.net

 

L.B.J. & C. Head Start

Dorothy Pippin, Director  

1150 Chocolate Drive

Cookeville 38501

931-528-3361

dpippin@lbjc.org

 

Metro Action Commission Head Start

Pamela Matthews, Director

1624 5th Ave. North

Nashville 37208

615-862-8860 ext. 146

Pamela.Matthews@nashville.gov

 

Mid-Cumberland CAA Head Start/Early HS

Janet Ogles, Director  

P.O. Box 1583

Murfreesboro 37133-1583

615-254-7677 ext 1026

mcjogles@aol.com

 

Mid-East Head Start

Ellen Sheldon, Director  

P.O. Box 43

Rockwood 37854

865-354-0450

Esheldon@mecaa.net

 

Northwest TN Head Start / Early Head Start

Pamela Castleman, Director  

938C Walnut Ave. West

McKenzie 38201

731-352-4743

pcastleman@nwtnhs.org

 

Porter-Leath Children’s Center Head Start

Karen Harrell, Director 

868 N. Manassas

Memphis 38107

901-577-2500

klewis@porter-leath.org

Sequatchie Valley Head Start

Judy S. Graham, Director 

THSA President

P.O. Box 769

170 Smith Lane

South Pittsburg 37380

423-837-6724

Judygra423@aol.com

 

Shelby County Government Head Start

John Lovelace, Director

1991 Corporate Ave.,

Suite 600, 153 Country Place

Memphis Cordova 38132 38108

901-922-0700

Lovelace-J@scgheadstart.com

 

Goodwill Homes Head Start

Frances Williams, Director 

THSA Parliamentarian

4590 Goodwill Rd

Memphis 38109

901-789-1636

franswms@bellsouth.net

 

Primary Preparatory, Inc. Head Start

Towanda Peete-Smith, Director 

3274 Range Line Rd

Memphis 38127

901-358-6555

tpsmith@primaryprep.net

 

YMCA Head Start

Forestene L. London, Director 

254 South Lauderdale St

Memphis 38126

901-521-9622

flondon@ymcamemphis.org

 

South Central HRA Head Start / Early HS

Joann Benson, Interim Director  

P.O. Box 638

Fayetteville 37334

931-433-7182

J.benson@schra.us

 

Southwest HRA Head Start

Charles Lee, Jr., Director 

Bobbie Keeton, THSA Secretary / Treasurer

P.O. Box 264

Henderson 38340-0264

731-989-5111

cwleejr@yahoo.com

Telamon Corp., TN Migrant Head Start

J Davis, State Director

6424 Baum Drive

Knoxville 37919

865-212-4011 ext. 16

jdavis@telamon.org

 

Tennessee Cares Early Head Start (TSU)

Letha Basford, Interim Director  

2835 E. Wood St, Suite D

Paris 38242

731-644-3470

lethabasford@charter.net

 

Upper Cumberland HRA Van Buren Head Start

Karla Cochran, Director  

24038 State Rt 30

Spencer 38585

423-881-5182

Kcochran@UCHRA.org

 

Head Start Program

Upper East Tennessee Human Development Agency, Inc.

Flo Abel, Director 

P.O. Box 46

Kingsport 37662

423-246-6180

flo.abel@uppereasttnhs.com

 

Carter County Head Start

Peggy Campbell, Director  

305 Academy Street

Elizabethton 37643

423-547-4006 / 4009

peggycampbell@k12tn.net

 

Johnson County Head Start

Lorie Murray, Director  

211 N. Church Street

Mountain City 37683

423-727-2640

murrayl@k12tn.net