Welcome to The Shepherd’s Table

I'm not a polished nonprofit executive. I'm someone who has spent years in the hardest rooms human suffering creates — detox wards, psychiatric units, homeless shelters, criminal mental health facilities — and came out the other side more convinced than ever that people are worth fighting for.

I started my career working in mental health facilities across multiple states, including Oregon State Hospital, where I worked with some of the most vulnerable and overlooked people in our society. I watched brilliant, caring colleagues pour everything they had into patients — only to watch the system release them back into the same conditions that broke them in the first place.

The red tape was suffocating. The hours were relentless. The gap between what people needed and what institutions could provide was heartbreaking.

So I left the institution. And I brought everything I learned with me.

The Shepherd's Table was born from a simple conviction — that no one should be hungry while I have the ability to do something about it. Not just physically hungry. Spiritually hungry. Emotionally hungry. Hungry for someone to see them, hear them, and refuse to look away.

I am a faith-driven community leader rooted in Calvary Church in Boones Creek, Tennessee. I carry years of frontline mental health experience, and an unshakeable belief that every person who sits at this table carries more dignity than their circumstances suggest.

The Shepherd's Table is not a program. It's a promise.

Come as you are. Leave knowing you matter.

Everyone has a place here. Everyone has value. Everyone is welcome