Faculty Category: Staff

TAUSHA GRADY

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Assistant Controller
Work Email: tgrady@cumberland.edu
Work Phone: (615) 547-1303
Location: Memorial Hall, Room 100A
Category: Staff
Department: Office of Fiscal Affairs
Degrees:
B.S., University of Tennessee Knoxville
M.A., University of Tennessee Knoxville
Bio:

Tausha Grady began with Cumberland as the Senior Accountant in the Fall of 2021.  She is a native of middle Tennessee and is proud to currently call Lebanon home.

Tausha received her B.S. in Business Administration – Accounting from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2006, where she graduated with honors and was able to participate in multiple internships with public and private accounting.  She then continued her education to receive a Master of Accountancy from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville with an emphasis in Audit in 2007, and later obtained her CPA.

After graduation, she worked in public accounting until she and her husband were moved to Okinawa, Japan with the US Army.  While in Okinawa, Tausha served in various supervisory positions in the Accounting Department of the Marine Corps Community Services in Okinawa.

At their next duty station of Fort Bragg, NC, Tausha worked as an accountant with the US Army Reserve Command until her first daughter was born.  She and her family then moved to Grafenwöhr, Germany where they were able to explore all of Europe.  And, then, on to Washington D.C., where Tausha had her second daughter.

Tausha and her family love to travel and explore but are happy to be back home in Middle Tennessee.

CARLA HAYNES

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Accounts Payable Associate
Work Email: chaynes@cumberland.edu
Work Phone: (615) 547-1363
Location: Memorial Hall, Room 100A
Category: Staff
Department: Office of Fiscal Affairs
Degrees:
A.S., Volunteer State Community College
B.S., Tennessee State University

PATRICK BELL

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Assistant Baseball Coach
Work Email: pbell@cumberland.edu
Location: CU Baseball Field
Category: Staff
Department: Athletic Department
Degrees:
B.S., University of Louisvile
Bio:

Pat Bell enters his first season as an assistant baseball coach in 2021 after spending the last three seasons at IU-Southeast. Bell will coach the hitters, catchers, and oversee baserunning for the Phoenix.

Bell comes to Cumberland fresh off a trip to the NAIA World Series at Indiana-Southeast where he spent the past three seasons. This past year, the Grenadiers went 50-16 en route to a River States Regular Season and Tournament Championship and an Opening Round Championship. The team finished in fifth place at the 2021 NAIA World Series. 

The 2020 season was canceled due to COVID, but the Grenadiers were off to a terrific start at 20-1 to open up the season. He helped IU-Southeast claim the Regular Season Conference Championship as well finishing 37-20 in his first season in 2019. 

Bell worked primarily with catchers and hitters at IU-Southeast and will stay in that role at Cumberland while also adding baserunning to his duties. IU-Southeast hitters last season finished third in the NAIA in hits (707), fourth in doubles (146), fifth in runs scored (554), sixth in RBIs (503), and eighth in triples (23). He coached an All-American at catcher and helped the backstops throw out 50% of runners attempting to steal, 39th best nationally. 

Prior to coaching, Bell spent 10 years serving in the United States Air Force and played collegiately at Tennessee Wesleyan University where he was a part of the 2007 and 2008 Appalachian Athletic Conference championship teams.

He graduated from LaVergne High School and recently finished his Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Administration at the University of Louisville.

KATELYN WOLFE

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Director of Annual Giving
Work Email: kwolfe@cumberland.edu
Work Phone: (615) 547-1332
Location: Catron Alumni House
Category: Staff
Department: Office of Advancement
Degrees:
B.A., Cumberland University
M.B.A., Cumberland University

COURTNEY WHEELER

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Vice President of Advancement
Work Email: cwheeler@cumberland.edu
Work Phone: (615) 547-1239
Location: Catron Alumni House
Category: Staff
Department: Office of Advancement
Degrees:
B.A., Texas State University San Marcus
J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law
Bio:

Courtney spent the past 20 years working at various stages of government, nonprofit, and electoral campaigns.  Courtney began her career managing two successful state house races in East Tennessee in 2002. In 2003, she was named the Tennessee field director for a national presidential campaign traveling all over the country during the primary campaign. She then moved to Florida to build and run the political and field program for the Jim Davis for Governor campaign. In 2007, she moved back to TN to help Karl Dean run a successful race for mayor of Nashville.  After law school, she joined President Barack Obama’s 2012 successful reelection campaign as the National Voter Protection Director. She moved back to TN to join Mayor Dean’s administration as the Director of the Office of Neighborhoods. In 2015, Courtney worked for the non-profit education organization, Project Renaissance, as the Director of Community Engagement before she became the Campaign Manager for Karl Dean’s race for Governor.  In her roles Courtney has been managed and/or worked hands on in every facet of a campaign including fundraising, communications, digital, organizing, engaging, research, and platform development.

Courtney is an avid runner, yogi, and dog mom to Rigby. She enjoys reading as much as time permits.  She has hiked all over the world including the rain forests in Fiji, waterfalls in Hawaii, and near her home in the great Smoky Mountains.

LUCA JOENS

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Administrative Coordinator for Lee Company
Work Email: ljoens@cumberland.edu
Work Phone: (615) 856-1129
Location: Alumni Hall
Category: Staff
Department: Office of Campus/Food/Housing/Security

ERIC EVANS

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Interim Head Men's Basketball Coach
Work Email: ericevans@cumberland.edu
Work Phone: (615) 282-6804
Location: Dallas Floyd Phoenix Arena
Category: Staff
Department: Athletic Department
Bio:

Eric Evans begins his second year as an assistant coach for the men’s basketball team in 2020-21.

Evans joined the staff in 2018-19 and has assisted with recruiting, player development, scouting, and several other operational duties for the team.

Evans played one year of football and basketball at Trinity International University in 2013-14. Evans was a forward for the basketball team and tight end/defensive end on the football team.

Prior to TIU, Evans was a standout athlete at Lancaster Christian Academy lettering in football, basketball, and soccer. In basketball, Evans averaged 16.9 points per game leading his team to a NACA championship while earning NACA All-American honors. In football, Evans and Lancaster Christian won the NACA championship in the fall of 2012 while also earning NACA All-American honors in football. 

Evans earned Daily News Journal Player of the Year in 2013 in basketball.

He will graduate with his Bachelor of Science in sport management degree in May 2021 from Middle Tennessee State University.

Evans resides in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and has three brothers Israel, Anthony, and Ezra.

RICHARD WILLIAMS

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Head Men and Womens Golf Coach and Game Day Supervisor
Work Email: rwilliams@cumberland.edu
Work Phone: (615) 547-1219
Location: Dallas Floyd Phoenix Arena
Category: Staff
Department: Athletic Department
Degrees:
B.S., Middle Tennessee State University
Bio:

Rich Williams begins his seventh season as head golf coach and eighth with the Phoenix golf program in 2019-20. He also serves as the department’s Game Operations Director, a title added during the summer of 2016.

During his tenure, Williams has coached four NAIA All-Americans–Austin Garrett in 2013-14, Ryan Botts in 2015-16, and Ana Laura Pages Preuss and Raquel Romero Valverde in 2018-19–alongside 38 All-Mid-South Conference players. In the 2018-19 season, Cumberland captured both MSC Freshman of the Year awards with Maria Pilar Scenna for the women and Adrian Steeger on the men’s side.

His men’s teams have won the last three MSC Tournament Championships, earning an an automatic bid to the last three NAIA Championships. The women have recieved at-large bids to the NAIA Championships the last three years. In 2019 he led them to a MSC regular season title before finishing a program record seventh in the NAIA Championships.

In his first season as head coach, he led the Cumberland men to its first regular season championship. CU won three times during 2013 and placed second in four other tournaments, earning Williams Mid-South Conference Coach of the Year honors. 

Cumberland enjoyed a successful 2016-17 season, winning three tournaments including the MSC Championships and placing second in two others to earn a spot in the NAIA Championships for the men. The women won a single tournament and took second in four others, securing the program’s first ever trip to the national tournament. Williams was honored with a Co-MSC Coach of the Year honor for his efforts.

The Franklin, Tenn., native has worked in a variety of roles within the golf industry, including as an assistant and head professional at Indian Hills Golf Club in Murfreesboro, The Little Course as Aspen Grove, The Polo Club in Boca Raton, Fla., and Gaylord Springs Golf Club in Nashville. He was an independent sales representative in the golf industry from 1998-2007.

In his Game Operations role, Williams oversees all aspects of set-up and breakdown for home athletic events at football, basketball, volleyball, soccer, wrestling, baseball and softball, including staffing for ticketing and marketing, security for officials, locker rooms for visiting teams and scheduling for the Dallas Floyd Phoenix Arena.

Williams received his bachelor’s in Psychology from Middle Tennessee in 1992 and is currently working on his master’s in Public Service Management at Cumberland.

 

 

HANNAH WEBB

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Enrollment Specialist
Work Email: hwebb@cumberland.edu
Work Phone: 615-257-8280
Location: Memorial Hall, Room 107B
Category: Staff
Department: Office of Enrollment, Admissions, and Student Financial Services
Degrees:
A. S., Northeast State Community College
B.A., The University of Tennessee
Bio:


Hannah is from Kingsport, Tennessee and graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School in 2015. She attended Northeast State Community College where she earned an Associate of Science in General Studies- University Parallel in 2017. Hannah transferred to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she then earned a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Programs with a Concentration in Neuroscience in 2020. In her free time, Hannah enjoys exploring new brunch spots, sporting events, and exercise classes. Hannah will be serving as the enrollment specialist for non-nursing community college and transfer students.

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