Meet Our Leadership Team
With the support of our executive leaders, our leadership team provides guidance on policy, systems, and environmental change strategies that provide good solutions that can last a lifetime. From public health and social work to advocacy and communications, our leadership team has the expertise that our chapters and partners often rely on to increase access to healthy choices.
Trimease K. Carter, LMSW
Youth Relations & Organizational Equity Manager
Trimease@wholespire.org
Phillip Ford
Policy and Advocacy Consultant
Advocacy@wholespire.org
Brandie Freeman
Marketing & Communications Manager
Brandie@wholespire.org
Samira Ritter Resendiz, BSW
Administrative Assistant
Samira@wholespire.org
Stacy Rivera
Accounting Manager
Finance@wholespire.org
Kelsey Sanders, MPH, CHES
Community Relations Manager
Kelsey@wholespire.org
Meg Stanley, MMC
Executive Director
Meg@wholespire.org
Meet our Executive Leaders
Behind every team is a group of executive leaders that provide support not only to community initiatives but also to the organization. Our Board of Directors is a diverse group of volunteers representing businesses and organizations that are connected to communities. Directors support the growth and development of the organization by lending their strengths and expertise that make Wholespire’s mission and vision a reality.
Deena Hilton, MBA, Chairman
Chief Administrative Officer
Hope Health, Inc.
Reverend Sean Dogan, Vice Chairman
Pastor
Long Branch Baptist Church
Dudley Brown, Secretary
Director of Communications
Wofford College
Randi Branham, CPA, Treasurer
Corporate Controller
JJE Capital Holdings, LLC
Matt McGrievy, MLIS, Member-at-Large
Director, Web Development & Communications
Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina
Anna Hamilton Lewin, MSW, Immediate Past Chairman
Community Advocate
Sean Battle, CPA
Audit Manager
Bauknight Pietras & Stormer, P.A.
Philip Cristaldi
Partner
Ross & Cristaldi, LLC
Lori Phillips, MPH
Director, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Prevention
SC Department of Health & Environmental Control
Reid McCrea, DC
Doctor of Chiropractic
Sweetgrass Health & Wellness
Peter Schriver, MD
Surgeon
Cannon Hospital
Phyllis Smart
Founder
The Smart Box
Megan A. Weis, DrPH, MPH, MCHES
Director of Community Engagement & Research Assistant Professor
SC Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Mary J. Wilson, PhD, MPH
Assistant Research Professor
Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina