{"id":331,"date":"2017-04-14T10:04:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T10:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/?p=331"},"modified":"2022-05-30T08:25:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T08:25:16","slug":"new-west-tn-program-specialist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/new-west-tn-program-specialist\/","title":{"rendered":"New West TN Program Specialist"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"331\" class=\"elementor elementor-331\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c911693 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c911693\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43100246\" data-id=\"43100246\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7acec45c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7acec45c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>MADD Tennessee is happy to announce the addition of Kevin Wells as our new West Tennessee Program Specialist! Kevin is a native of Memphis!&nbsp; He graduated from Sheffield High School in 2001 and began his baccalaureate studies that fall at The LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, Tennessee, where he earned a degree in Criminal Justice.&nbsp; He later furthered his studies and earned a Master of Science degree from the University of Phoenix.&nbsp; Continuously striving to grow, he is currently pursuing a second masters degree to eventually become a family therapist. In his professional experience, Kevin has mentored youth and worked with adults in the criminal justice system. He was a facilitator of many court ordered classes and\/or groups that offenders needed to satisfy their diversion or probation cases.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin is a new husband, as of March 25, 2017, with two step-children, ages 16 and 11. He is a member of the Faith Center Christian Church, under Bishop David Gillard, located in Memphis. He loves sports, is a Grizzlies fan, and roots for Memphis Tigers football and basketball teams. Kevin believes in the mission of MADD and can&#8217;t wait to be a positive impact to our team.<\/p>\n<p>Please join us in welcoming him by sending a note to introduce yourself and how you are connected to MADD, especially if you live in West Tennessee.&nbsp; Kevin can be&nbsp; reached at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mce_host\/admin\/item\/actions\/kevin.wells@madd.or\" class=\"text-red\">kevin.wells@madd.or<\/a>g or at (901) 458-4800 x4760.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MADD Tennessee is happy to announce the addition of Kevin Wells as our new West Tennessee Program Specialist!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-staff","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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