
Who We Are
Frontier Health Foundation is a nonprofit corporation that operates as the charitable and educational arm of Frontier Health. The Foundation helps ensure the continued ability of providing the highest quality behavioral health and vocational services to the communities and individuals served. Our work sustains the fight to eradicate stigma and discrimination surrounding mental and behavioral health through advocacy, fund-raising and building public awareness.

Our Mission
To ensure Frontier Health’s ability to deliver high-quality behavioral health and vocational services to the communities and individuals we serve while working to eradicate social stigma and discrimination surrounding mental and behavioral health through advocacy, fundraising, and building public awareness.
Our Vision
We envision a community in which all people have hope, knowledge, and access to the high-quality care needed to recover from mental illnesses, substance use disorders, and the affects that trauma has had in their lives.
Our Dedicated Leaders

Kristie Hammonds
CEO Frontier Health
Kristie Hammonds, BSW, MBA, is the President and CEO of Frontier Health. Read More…

Diane Bowen
COO Frontier Health
Diane Bowen, M.Ed., has been with Frontier Health since 1990 and most Read More…

Rachel Parsons
CFO Frontier Health
Rachel Parsons joined Frontier Health in 2017 to serve as our Chief Financial Read More…

Jennifer Teague Ritter
Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations
Jennifer Teague Ritter, MPH, comes to Frontier Health with a background Read More…
Our Dedicated Board of Directors

Jennifer Clements
Chairman of the Board, Frontier Health Foundation
Jennifer Clements is the Chairman of the Board, Frontier Health Foundation and Read More…

Tammy L. Gorzka
President and CEO, KATZ Americas
Beginning her career at Katz Americas in 1991, Tammy was appointed as President & CEO Read More…

Deborah Joyner, Ph. D.
Deborah has worked in higher education for her entire career and has been at East Tennessee State University for 40 years. Read More…

Duane Miller
Executive Director LENOWISCO Planning District Commission
Mr. Duane A. Miller has nearly twenty-six years of Read More…

Kelly F. Price
President & CEO of Eastman Credit Union (ECU) Kingsport, TN
Beginning her career at ECU in 1996, Kelly was appointed President and Read More…