Taiwo (Tye) Sutton
Taiwo (Tye) Sutton, is the Executive Principal at Vine Middle School as he is from Dayton,Ohio married to Holly Sutton and a father to 6 children. As Fall of 2024 will mark his 30th yearin education. Mr. Sutton spent his 1st as year principal at Vine Middle Magnet School (previously…
Nick Thompson
Nick learned to protect the native landscape of East Tennessee from a very young age. Born andraised in Knoxville, he comes from a long line of Appalachian land stewards who taught him theimportance of caring deeply about the land and its people. Take a walk with Nick and you’ll endup…
Erica Lisowe
Erica’s favorite pastime as a young child was creating a “garden” wherever she was, out ofwhatever materials she could find. Now she is in the business of creating gardens, and shecouldn’t be more thrilled. Originally from Raleigh, NC, Erica studied Biological Engineering at NC State University.Wanting a more hands-on experience,…
Femeika Elliott
Femeika started her health foods brand Meik Meals, in 2019 and continued to pivot in theentrepreneurial scene to address major health crisis within the black community such as mentalhealth, postpartum, medical and food apartheid becoming the founder of The Lotus ProgramExperience and the Rooted East Knoxville Collective. Femeika retired from…
Ben Conaway
Ben has worked as an athletic trainer in the Knoxville area since moving here in 2010. He is currently employed by Knoxville Orthopedic Clinic and has recently taken on the full-time role at South Doyle High School after previously serving in the same capacity at Fulton High School. In 2018,…
Chris Battle Bio
Chris Battle, originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, is an alumnus of Morehouse College and holds Master’s degrees in Divinity from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and in Hebrew Bible from Cincinnati Bible College. He has served as pastor in several cities including Bowling Green, KY, Hackensack, NJ, Cincinnati, OH, and Knoxville,…