As President of Centerstone’s Foundation, Ramona Rhodes is responsible for advancing Centerstone’s mission through philanthropy. She works in direct collaboration with Centerstone’s Foundation Board of Directors in the areas of endowment investment and management, stewardship of donor intent, growth of philanthropic support to Centerstone and day-to-day operational management of the Foundation team across five states.

During Rhodes’ 30-year tenure, the Centerstone organization has grown from a small, Nashville-based agency to a national multi-state, multi-tiered organizational enterprise serving over 170,000 individuals annually.

Under her leadership, the marketing team received numerous recognitions. The 2002 Centerstone branding campaign was named a finalist by the Nashville Business Journal for the Center for Nonprofit Management’s Salute to Excellence Awards. Multiple advertising campaigns and publications also received marketing and communication awards over the years, including several Telly and Addy® awards for creative excellence. Rhodes was also named a Health Care Hero in 2011 by the Nashville Business Journal.

She holds a bachelor’s degree from Lipscomb University in Nashville and is a member of the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy. She has been with Centerstone since 1989.

C.F. Callihan II is Senior Director of Advancement for Centerstone’s Foundation. In this role, he leads a team of fundraisers and is responsible for securing philanthropic contributions for Centerstone’s Military Services, Centerstone’s Research Institute and clinical services for Centerstone in Tennessee. His team is focused on building impactful relationships with individuals and other institutional funders, raising awareness and funds through special events, annual giving and special campaigns.

Prior to joining Centerstone in 2017, Callihan led fundraising efforts for Louisville Ballet, increasing contributed annual revenue from $1.8M to $2.5M. He previously held positions in fundraising at the University of Louisville, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and the Music Academy of the West.

He holds a Master of Philanthropic Studies from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and a Bachelor of Arts in French and International Economics from the University of Kentucky. He is the father of a spunky Border terrier named Rigby. He is based in Nashville.

As Senior Director of Advancement, Reylene Robinson oversees fundraising initiatives in Kentucky. Prior to joining Centerstone, Robinson played a principle role as a member of the executive leadership for Family and Children’s Place (and formerly Family Place). She has previously served in a variety of capacities for multiple nonprofit agencies. As Regional Director for the Alzheimer’s Association, she managed major gifts, planned giving and educational initiatives for 48 counties in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Prior to that, she served as the Unit Director of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Lorain County, Ohio.

Robinson obtained her Bachelor of Elementary Special Education from Ashland University and maintains a teaching certificate in special education. She also holds a Master of Public Administration in Nonprofit Executive Management from Cleveland State University. She holds a Certified Fund Raising Executive credential. Robinson is a founding member of the Kappa Chapter of Sigma Lambda Gamma Sorority, a multicultural based sorority which uniquely focuses on needs of cultural connection and service to college women.  She is based in Louisville, Kent.

Missy Fountain serves as Director of Community Engagement for Centerstone’s Foundation, managing the agency volunteer programs, creating vital community partnerships, and raising funds for the agency.

She has over 18 years of experience in the nonprofit field. Prior to joining Centerstone, Fountain began working at Brooklawn Child and Family Services, which later became Uspiritus, in 2000. During that time, she served in a variety of roles in the residential program, activities department and fund development. Fountain created volunteer programs, as well as developed policies and best practices for volunteer management.

She has become a leader in volunteer management and has made Centerstone a top choice in the community for volunteering. She has successfully grown the volunteer program to over 2,000 volunteers and 18,000 volunteer hours. Her passion is connecting donors to the mission through engagement. She has created an expanding volunteer program that strategically ties volunteerism, in-kind and funding needs to our organization’s mission. As a key member of the Foundation team, Fountain cultivates partnerships with individuals, as well as local businesses, churches, and schools. These partnerships provide vital support to the mission.

She is a graduate of Centre College in Danville, Kent., and has attended The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. In 2018, Fountain was consecrated as a diaconal minister after completing the yearlong Nollau Leadership Institute through the Council for Health and Human Service Ministries. She is the mother of one daughter and in her spare time enjoys spending time with family. She is an active member in her community, volunteering at church and her daughter’s school.

As Director of Advancement for Centerstone’s Foundation in Kentucky, Abby Link oversees special event fundraising and all donor cultivation initiatives, with a large focus on creating and cultivating new relationships with major donors.

Link has over 15 years in the nonprofit sector, with seven of those years in development. Prior to moving to Kentucky, she was the director of development for Parrott Creek Child and Family Services in Oregon, where she played a crucial role in building a thriving fundraising program. Link spent the first part of her career working as a case manager and program director for underserved populations at The Inn Home and the YMCA of Greater New York. Because of this, she brings a unique perspective to fundraising that helps connect donors to the mission.

Link currently serves as the Chair of Diversity for the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Louisville Chapter, is a recent graduate of the Leadership Louisville IGNITE program and volunteers at her daughter’s preschool. She earned her BA in Psychology from Indiana University and a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Fundraising from Portland State University. In her free time, she is an avid hiker and outdoor enthusiast, and loves spending time with her family.

As Director of Advancement for Centerstone’s Foundation, Jocelyn Popit works to implement the plan and strategy for annual and major giving programs with a focus on those for Centerstone in Illinois. Her work builds on identifying new prospects as well as increasing the renewal rate and giving levels of current donors to grow the philanthropic giving in Illinois so that the current and long-term financial needs of Centerstone are met. Relationships are at the center of her efforts: working with donors, employees, board members, volunteers, corporations, foundations and others to foster growth of Centerstone’s impactful services and organization as a whole.

Popit has been with Centerstone since 2014. With a background in both fundraising and marketing, she joined the marketing team and built relationships with referral partners to spread the reach of Centerstone’s services in Illinois. As the spring transitioned to summer in 2018, she facilitated a transition to Centerstone’s Foundation team, where she focuses now on dollars directly raised to make the implementation of programs and client care possible.

Popit has a Bachelor’s degree in English and a Master’s degree in Education, both from the University of Notre Dame. She and her husband attempt to keep up with the active pace of life with their son and daughter; at the end of the day, she feels most overwhelmed with gratitude for the people and experiences she has had through her childhood in Southern California and her adult life in Indiana, Italy, Louisiana, Missouri and now Illinois. She is based in Carbondale, Ill.

Neely Sims joined Centerstone’s Foundation team in 2017. She is responsible for working with senior directors and directors of advancement to research, identify and apply for grant opportunities. She focuses on developing strategies to increase Centerstone’s philanthropic funding and enjoys the challenge of identifying new opportunities for such a large organization with diverse program offerings.

Before joining Centerstone, Sims served as grants and research manager for a Nashville-based education technology company. She started her career working for Volunteers of America Southeast, writing federal and foundation grants to develop housing for low-income seniors and individuals with disabilities.

She has a Master of Social Work degree and certificate in Nonprofit Management from the University of Georgia and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Auburn University. She enjoys gardening and taking walks with her husband, son and dog, Guinness. Neely is based in Nashville.

As Administrative Officer for Centerstone’s Foundation, Nancy Low manages the administrative services team, coordinates the management and execution of donor record and donation processing, assists in the development of the Foundation budget and strategy, facilitates board and employee giving campaigns, assists in policy development and monitoring and is liaison to various Centerstone teams in developing, aligning and implementing processes, plan and staff development.

During her career at Centerstone that began in 2002, she has served as quality improvement assistant, executive assistant to the CEO and liaison to the board of directors in Indiana and leadership project manager. In the latter role, she collaborated on project objectives, such as the strategic plan and the development and implementation of Centerstone’s Leadership Academy. Low began her current role in 2015.

She earned a Master of Management–Non-Profit from Lipscomb University in 2017, having previously earned a Bachelor of Arts in General Studies from Indiana University and a Certificate in Organizational Leadership & Supervision from Purdue University. In addition, she is a certified provider of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and has been trained in Lean Sigma and Carver Policy Governance. She is married with two sons, three grandchildren and a puppy named Trixie.  Nancy is based in Columbus, Ind.