Welcome to
The Nashville Chapter of PMI
PMI NASHVILLE 2010 OFFICERS
President - Email
A graduate of Vanderbilt and MTSU, Charles Lebo has served on the chapter board since 2006 (Director of Communications, Secretary, Vice President, and President), worked on the first four Symposium teams, and was the 2005 Volunteer of the Year. Currently acting as a program manager at Healthways, Charles has worked in IT and Operations for other companies such as Union Planters, Emdeon, and C3 Consulting. Charles and his wife have two daughters and live in Nashville.
President Elect - Email
Chip Nuttall has 13 years of experience in operations and project management. He joined PMI in 2003 and has served on the Board for the past three years. As Director of IS Planning and Project Management at Genesco, he focuses on projects with concurrent technology, process, and resource changes. Along the way, Chip pays special attention to developing internal leadership.
Before joining Genesco, Chip managed projects in healthcare, finance, and retail, directed hotel technology development, and spent several years in hospitality management. Most recently, he spent three years as a Senior Consultant with C3 Consulting. Chip is a Vanderbilt graduate and regularly participates in executive leadership development courses at both Vanderbilt and Belmont. Chip lives in Nashville with his wife Alice and their two dogs.
Vice President, Finance - Email
Jennifer Schenck is a Senior Manager with The North Highland Company. She holds an MBA from Belmont University and a BS from the University of Tennessee. Jennifer has been involved with the Nashville PMI Chapter for over 3 years, as well as the Nashville PMI Symposium and served as this year’s project manager. She is also the current VP of Marketing and Publicity on the PMI Board. Jennifer serves on the Board of Directors for the Patricia Hart Society of United Way, Williamson County. Jennifer is a member of the Nashville Symphony Association and is also a Docent for the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.
Vice President, Administration - Email
Shannon Verprauskus is a Manager with the North Highland company, focusing on Consulting and Project Management in Healthcare and Information Technology. Over her 12-year project management career, Shannon has led programs within the Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Healthcare, and Manufacturing sectors.
Shannon received her PMP in 2002, earned a PM Certification from the University of Wisconsin, and holds Bachelor and Master Degrees in Engineering. Shannon served on the 2008 Board as the Director of Programs and the 2009 Board as the Vice President, Administration.
Immediate Past President - Email
Laura Klepper, PMP is the current Past President of the PMI Nashville Chapter. She has also served as President, Vice President, Treasurer and Director of Education. In addition, she served as Co-Chair of the 2006 Symposium Committee. Laura has a Master of Business Administration from Vanderbilt University’s Owen School of Management.
Laura works with Vanderbilt University Medical Center as Manager, Health Information Systems Projects. She is the currently managing the informatics Supply Chain Program. Laura has over 20 years of project management experience with local organizations.
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Vice President, Communications - Email
Mike Denison, PMP has been involved in technology and operations leadership roles within the healthcare industry for 20+ years. He is currently working as the Senior Director of Strategic Projects for Emdeon Corporation, which has evolved over the past 10 years from companies such as Envoy, Medifax, Actamed, Healtheon, WebMD, and others. Previous positions include Manager of EDI Services for United Healthcare during their high growth period in the late 80’s to mid 90’s.
Vice President, Education - Email
Anita Speck is a Project Director in the Enterprise PMO at Healthways. She has over 20 years of implementation, program and project management experience. Anita was a lead member of the Nashville Symposium committee for the past 3 years and the 2006 Volunteer of the Year. She was a former member of the Delaware Valley PMI chapter. Anita holds a PMP certification, a Project Management Certification from Penn State, and a B.S. in Computer & Information Sciences from Troy University where she attended on a full leadership scholarship. Anita is a Tennessee native and resides in Brentwood with her husband.
Vice President, Special Interest Groups - Email
Angela Bates is a technical service management and delivery project professional with experience in automotive, consulting, engineering, government, healthcare, hospitality, legal, logistics, manufacturing, and non-profit organizations. Her experience has focused on analyzing and learning processes to implement improved solutions to meet client business needs and functionality. Angela is a certified Project Management Professional with the Hospital Corporation of America. Angela received her undergraduate degree in Management Information Systems and her Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Tennessee Technological University.
Vice President, Programs - Email
James Mitchell is currently a Senior Project Manager with HCA and has been working in the project management profession for over 19 years. Industry experience includes project management in software development for aircraft engine testing, EDI, and healthcare. He has been PMI Nashville’s Newsletter Director for the past two years, in addition to serving as a volunteer for the 2008 Symposium. Apart from his day job, James enjoys playing the drums, watching his children in sporting events and working with his wife and daughter on her charity, Katie’s Helping Hand.
Vice President, Membership - Email
Ruby Reyes has been in Information Technology developing, implementing and integrating infrastructure for 10 years. Her background has been in pharmaceutical, education, law, and healthcare. She currently works for Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the Informatics Department. Ruby received her MS in Business and Technology Management from Coleman College. She also brings in 4 years of Six Sigma experience and 4 years of project management experience.
Vice President, Metrics - Email
Matt Martin is a Sr. Project Manager at Healthways and has provided project management leadership in the Insurance, Defense Contracting, and Health Care Industries for over the past decade. Matt has been a volunteer in the Metrics role for the past year, assisting the chapter in getting the effort off the ground. Matt is a Murray State graduate, with a major in Mathematics.
Vice President, Professional Development - Email
Ron Hooper has provided leadership to IT organizations involved with Electronic Commerce, Health Care, Insurance, Banking, Risk Management and Consulting for over 30 years. His experience in both business and technical leadership brings a broad perspective to each product or project he is involved with. Ron worked for General Electric for over 25 years, managing Global IT projects. He currently works for Deloitte Services as a Product Manager of Attest and Enterprise Risk products.
Vice President, Marketing and Publicity - Email
Joanne Bertone is not new to the PMI Nashville Board. In 2005 and 2006, she was the Secretary. In 2007, she moved to the Director of SIG/LIG. Her interest in the VP of Marketing position is to grow the PMI Nashville presence to employers. She will be contacting the top 10 employers of Nashville and will direct them to the job posting section of the website to key their open PM positions. Another idea for this position is to have a “host” for the networking corner which will informally facilitate a discussion on how networking is so important to project managers. The last item that is very important to this role is to have a team of dedicated volunteers. These volunteers will assist in contacting employers and getting the PMI Nashville mission out into the community.
Vice President, Newsletter - Email
Wendy Kiepek joined Vanderbilt Medical Center in 2000 and is currently managing a team of business analysts. Wendy has been involved with the Nashville PMI Chapter for 4 years and chaired the Education Committee for the 5th Annual PMI Symposium in 2009. Wendy currently serves on the PMI Board as Vice President of Membership. Wendy has her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree from the University of Florida and her Master Degree in Health Informatics (MSHI) from University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Vice President, Technology - Email
Rusty Thompson is currently a Senior Project Management Consultant with CSI Tech, and has been working in the project management field for the past 13 years. Industry experience includes project and program management in Insurance, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Software Development. Rusty served as the 2008 Director of Communications for PMI Nashville, and is currently serving as the 2009 VP of Communications. Rusty worked with the current board to help develop the new PMI Nashville Website, served as a volunteer for the 2008 and 2009 Symposium, and helped drive new communication strategies for the local membership.
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