Board of Directors

Sam Davidson

Chairman

Sam Davidson is best known for co-founding Cool People Care. Cool People Care (www.coolpeoplecare.org) is a lifestyle and media company that shows people how to live a more caring lifestyle.

He is currently the program manager of Inconvenient Youth (ICY), a program of The Climate Project. ICY is designed to mobilize millions of teens to make a difference in order to help protect the planet and fight climate change.

Sam is an avid writer and his thoughts have been syndicated on various Web sites, including his own (SamDavidson.net). His favorite topics include the potential of the next generation to change the world for the better. He has written three books, his most notable being “New Day Revolution: How to Save the World in 24 Hours."

Sam believes strongly that impacting one's world is believable and, even more importantly, doable and is looking forward to making a global impact through serving on Sweet Sleep’s Board of Directors. Sam is eager to help spread the word about Sweet Sleep’s mission, help expand its reach and assist in strategically planning for the organization’s future.

Sam lives in Nashville with his wife Lynnette. The couple welcomed their first child this January.

Gary Willis

Secretary

Gary Willis is a CPA and the Senior Vice President and Chief accounting Officer for Vanguard Health Systems, Inc, a Nashville-based company that owns and operates 15 acute care hospitals and complementary facilities and services in Chicago, Illinois, Phoenix, Arizona, San Antonio, Texas, and Massachusetts.

Prior to Vanguard, Mr. Willis served in numerous capacities over 7 years at LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. including Controller, Chief Accounting Officer, and Senior Vice President. Mr. Willis brings to Sweet Sleep’s board a wealth of experience in accounting and financial oversight, holding positions with some of Nashville’s greatest companies: Central Parking Corporation, Gaylord Entertainment Company, Ingram Industries, American Color Graphics, and Ernst and Young. Mr. Willis received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green (1986). Gary is a member of Financial Executives International and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Gary first heard about Sweet Sleep in 2003 through his church. He and his family have supported Sweet Sleep’s ministry since its inception and in July 2006, his wife Shelly was able to take a Mission Journey to work with the orphaned and abandoned children living in an orphanage in Falesti, Moldova.

Gary is a member of Brentwood Baptist Church and lives in Brentwood with his wife Shelly and their two daughters Caroline and Audrey.

Sunny Turner

Treasurer

Sunny Turner is the Vice President of Internal Audit for Psychiatric Solutions, Inc., a public healthcare company based in Nashville with 95 psychiatric facilities nationwide and approximately $1.5 billion in revenues. Originally from Chattanooga, Sunny received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee and is a licensed CPA. Prior to joining Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. in 2002, Sunny worked as a financial auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP in Nashville.

Sunny traveled to Falesti in July 2006 to participate in a summer camp for the children of the Falesti orphanage. Since then Sunny and her husband Marvin have loved being involved in the Sweet Sleep ministry.

Nancy Hamilton

Director

Nancy Hamilton is currently serving as Student Ministry Women’s Pastor at Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. Prior to serving at Fellowship, Nancy served 4 years as Camping Ministry Specialist at the Tennessee Baptist Convention in Brentwood while serving as a student minister and ministry associate at First Baptist Church, Gallatin and Haywood Hills Baptist Church in the Nashville area as well as 2 years as Camp Coordinator for Centrifuge and M-Fuge Camps at LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville. She has led teams on international mission trips to Ecuador, Germany, Singapore, Dominican Republic, Malaysia and Antigua and has spoken at many conferences for students, collegiates, and adults on various missions and ministry topics around the world. Ms. Hamilton has a Bachelor of Science degree from Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville and a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Nancy is a member of the American Counseling Association and the International Coaching Federation and has served as a consultant in Student Missions to Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas, an auxiliary of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and National Woman’s Missionary Union.

Gary Howard

Director

Gary Howard is the Director of Emergency Services at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Prior to Vanderbilt, Mr. Howard was in management at Huntsville Hospital in Huntsville, Alabama.

Mr. Howard brings to Sweet Sleep's Board a background of leadership and management, as well as a passion and heart for Sweet Sleep's ministry to orphaned and abandoned children. Gary recognized his calling for this type of ministry when began working with at-risk Hispanic youth with a church he previously attended. He began to truly realize the importance of having Godly parents or a Godly adult influence in the lives of children and teenagers. He also currently works with the Division of International Healthcare through the department of Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt Medical Center, and he currently has several active service projects both in Haiti and South America.

Gary is an active member of Brentwood Baptist Church, he is a volunteer firefighter for the Nolensville Fire Department, and he also serves on Brentwood Baptist's Mission Committee. Gary has one daughter, Lauren, who is a freshman in college at the University of North Alabama.

Jack Wolf

Director

Jack Wolf is currently serving as Health Care Executive for Crowe Horwath. Prior to Crowe, Mr. Wolf served in numerous capacities over 10 years at HCA, Inc., which owns and operates approximately 166 hospitals and approximately 107 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and London, England, including strategic oversight and management of HCA’s Eastern Group and as Vice President of Strategic Planning. Mr. Wolf brings to Sweet Sleep’s Board a wealth of experience in strategic planning, accounting and financial oversight, holding positions in these areas with St. Louis Healthcare System, Daughters of Charity National Health System, Group Health Plan (Coventry Corporation), CIGNA Health Care, HeatlhMaster and Seldon, Fox and Associates. Mr. Wolf received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois (1984) and a Masters Degree in Public Health (MPH) from St. Louis University. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) where he served 3 years as chairman of the Managed Care Forum and has served on numerous Boards including the Greater St. Louis Chapter of HFMA, the Federation of American Hospitals, Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee, Mercy Health System and Mercy Health Services, Inc. (Mercy Children’s Clinic).

Jack is an active member of Brentwood Baptist Church and lives in Brentwood with his wife Shelley and four daughters Tori, Taylor, Tara and Tate.