About Us
United Way of Bedford County (UWBC) is a volunteer-driven organization, formed in 1990 by community and business leaders, along with local health and human service agency representatives, that felt a strong need to establish one main fundraising effort for health and human service agencies serving Bedford County.
Our United Way is a member of United Way of America, which is a support organization serving individual United Way organizations with training, research and marketing services. We are also a member of United Ways of Tennessee. The UWBC, along with 1300 other individual United Ways across the country, is governed by its own local volunteer Board of Directors. Each county is responsible for local fundraising and funding decisions are made locally by volunteers in each county.
We are proud that our fundraising and administrative costs are low. In 2009 these costs were 12% of our collected pledges. That percent is well below the acceptable standards of the Better Business Bureau and the National Charities Information Bureau which recommends that these costs stay below 25%.
| Chairman Connie Boutwell Bedford Co. Dept. of Educ. | Allocations Chairman Mike Clements Bedford Co. EMS |
| Vice-Chairman Brian Nicholson Shelbyville Fire Dept. | Allocations Vice-Chairman Michael Cook Wal-Mart Distribution Center |
| Secretary Connie Potts Duck River Electric | Campaign Chairman Tonya Davis Bedford Co. Trustee |
| Treasurer Wendy Aaron Regions Bank | Director Emeritus Wayne Bomar Attorney |
| Mary Alexander Jostens, Inc. | Christy Martin Titan Transfer |
| Paula Burks Randstad | Cristy Melfi-McCullough Bemis Shelbyville |
| Brian Crabtree Tyson Foods | Holly Rittenberry Cooper Steel |
| Lynne Farrar CASA Works, Inc. | Terry Saylor Community Volunteer |
| Dr. Ron Fausnaught Bedford Co. Chiropractic | Sammy Stallings Jostens, Inc. |
| Pam Fisher Heritage Medical Center | Olene Standfield Shelbyville Times-Gazette |
| Roger Hawks TN Fire & Codes Academy | Natalie Townes Independent Training Consult. |
| Scott Johnson Bedford Co. EMA | Tiffany Young Middle TN Pharmacy |
| Cindi Loso First Community Bank |
Funding decisions are made by volunteers on the allocations committee.
| Mary Alexander Jostens, Inc. | Cindi Loso First Community Bank |
| Mike Clements Bedford Co. EMS | Christy Martin Titan Transfer |
| Jennifer Cook State Farm | Kim Nash Shelbyville Police Department |
| Michael Cook Wal-Mart Distribution Center | Terry Saylor Community Volunteer |
| Mai George Atmos Energy | Olene Standfield Shelbyville Times-Gazette |
| Roger Hawks TN Fire & Codes Academy | Andrea Sublett FirstBank |
| Alicia Holliman City of Shelbyville | Lisa Victory Jostens, Inc |
The campaign committee oversees fundraising efforts.
| Paula Moore Burks Randstad | Rhonda Nerren Community Volunteer |
| Tonya Davis Bedford Co. Trustee | Connie Potts Duck River Electric |
| Jo Ann Holland Community Volunteer | Kay Rose Community Volunteer |
| Marsha Howard Elaborate Images | Olene Standfield Shelbyville Times-Gazette |
| Annie Meek Elite Physical Therapy |
