Our Leadership
The people who cast the vision for our ministry

Shelly Sassen
Chief Executive Officer
Our CEO
Shelly Sassen has served in the role of Chief Executive Officer since 2019. Through her leadership and vision, the number of families served by The Well Outreach has grown ten-fold in the past five years.
Our ministry now has over 20 full-time staff members serving people at two food pantry campuses and running four impactful programs within our community.
She has transformed what was once a small neighborhood food pantry into a regional food organization that impacts communities throughout Middle Tennessee.
Our Board of Directors
We are grateful to our board members for their generosity, leadership and vision.
- Jack Maher - Board President
- Paul Goldsmith - Board Vice President
- Hillary Hollingsworth - Treasurer
- Gene Sawdon - Community Representative
- Russ Adcox - Community Representative
- Jim Powlus - Community Representative
- Sharon Powlus - Community Representative
- Cathy Wilkes - Community Representative
- Susan Jorjorian - Community Representative
- Jack Cobb - Community Representative
- Sam Larson - Community Representative
- Troy Larson - Community Representative


