Tammy brings to the executive leaders expertise from more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare field, with more than half being in not-for-profit healthcare administration. She is a dynamic leader with an unsurpassed ability to coordinate organizational strategy, develop resource, and mobilize key stakeholders in order to connect a vision with the necessary resources for project fruition. As Chief of Staff, Tammy serves as the organization’s liaison between the Chief Executive Office and high-level external contacts as well as sustains the cooperative relationship between the agency and Canopy’s Board of Directors. She oversees the day-to-day operations of the Public Relations and Development departments and is instrumental in the company’s marketing, planning and outreach initiatives.
Tammy joined the Canopy administration in 2013 following a career with a Jackson-area hospital. Tammy is a graduate of Mississippi State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering, minoring in Mathematics. She went on to obtain her Master’s in Business Administration from the Else School of Management at Millsaps College. Tammy also holds a Lean Sigma Six certification.