About
A little bit about us...
Youth Encouragement Services (YES) strives to enrich the lives of children in inner city Nashville by encouraging them to reach their full potential. Through daily programs such as tutoring, summer camp, a basketball league, job skills training, and other recreational and cultural activities, low-income children are given a positive alternative to the streets and opportunities for a bright future.
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Meet our Staff
Chris Barnhill
Executive Director
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Daryl Elliott
Director, Lindsley Ave.
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Jan Andre’ Williams
Director, McIver Street
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David Estes
Director, YES St. Luke’s
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Jessica Bagge
Office Manager
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Allyson Young
Director of Marketing
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Our Facilities
St. Luke’s Center
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The McIver Center
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The Lindsley Center
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2008 Board of Directors
Josh Brown (Josh Brown Public Strategies) - President
Alfonzo Alexander (NASBA) - Co-President
Joe Walkup (Innovative Business Products) - Secretary
Tricia Murray (ReMax Elite) - Treasurer
Dan Alexander (Bob Parks Realty), Lisa Barron (Crye-Leike REALTORS), Rick Betts (Betts & Rubio, PLLC), Angel Carter (The Vision Insurance Corporation), David Daniels (Marshall County Farm Bureau), Dale Denny (John Bouchard & Sons Co.), Barry Elkins (Reszoom.com), Anna Grizzle (Bass, Berry & Sims PLC), Bari Harwell, Bill Higgins (Metro Government General Sessions Court), Chris Kuzniack (Vanderbilt Hospital), Bart Liddle (HCA), Stephen “Bubba” Miller (Arrington Metals, LLC), Richard Morrison (Richard Morrison Construction), Jim Patton (KPAC Solutions), John Rutledge (JRD Development Corp), Greg Stegall (HCA), Mark Willoughby (Capital Trust Wealth)
Laura L. Turner (Lattimore, Black, Morgan & Cain, P.C.) - Board Intern
2008 Advisory Board
Joyce Breazeale, Nellie Ward Cole, Mark Ezell, David Flow, Howard Gentry, Jim F. Harwell, Kem Hinton, John Aaron Holt, Terry Howell, Terri Merryman, Betty Nixon, Dick Peugeot, David Rogers, Dainon Sidney, Lelan A. Statom, Jeff Sweeney, David Thomas, Ernest D. Taylor, Larry Wallace