Meet Our Team
Missy Marshall
Executive Director
Missy Marshall serves as Executive Director of Keep Tennessee Beautiful (KTnB). In this position, she provides direction, management, and supervision for KTnB staff, leadership to 34 Keep America Beautiful (KAB) affiliates,8 state-level affiliates, and a 21-member citizen advisory board appointed by the Governor.
Since joining KTnB in July 2013, Marshall has led the team to receive national awards from KAB: 2013 and 2014 Diamond Level State Affiliate Recognition Awards, and 2014 Best Statewide Promotion of the Great American Cleanup. She received the 2015 Alma Bucovaz Urban Service Award – an honor given by the University of Memphis College of Professional & Liberal Studies. In February 2020, she received the Keep America Beautiful Sue Smith Professional Leadership Award. In 2023, Keep Tennessee Beautiful received a national innovation award for Trashercise. This statewide initiative encourages citizens to do something healthy for themselves and their communities by picking up litter while exercising.
During Marshall’s tenure, March has been recognized as “Keep Tennessee Beautiful Month” by the Governor of Tennessee. Marshall has gained eight new KAB affiliates and has been instrumental in establishing fruitful partnerships with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), former University of Tennessee football coach, Phillip Fulmer, 2013 CNN Hero of the Year Chad Pregracke, Guy Gilchrist, cartoonist of Nancy and Sluggo and Bill Dance Signature Lakes. The success of these partnerships has resulted in effective projects that further the KTnB mission to educate and inspire people to take action every day to improve and beautify their community environment.
Marshall came to KTnB with over 20 years of experience in public service. She began her career in state government as a public health educator for the Tennessee Department of Health.
Throughout her career, Marshall has held several executive positions, serving as legislative liaison for eight state departments, nine commissioners, and on the legislative team of three Governors.
During her state tenure, Marshall has had the distinct honor of serving on the legislative team that assisted the legislature with establishing the Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (DIDD).
Before her appointment at KTnB, Marshall served nine years as Director of Communications and External Affairs for the Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Development Disabilities (DIDD).
A Maryville native, she received a Bachelor of Science in Communication from Middle Tennessee State University, where she focused on public relations and minored in business administration. Marshall earned a Master of Professional Studies with a concentration in Strategic Leadership from the University of Memphis. She is a graduate of LEAD Tennessee, the state government’s premier leadership training initiative. Marshall serves on the Board of Directors for Omni Family Foundation and Tennessee Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). In addition to her non-profit service, she was elected in 2020 and 2022 to serve as Alderman for the Town of Collierville, Tennessee.
She and her husband Barry are the proud parents of Alex, Blake, Addy, and Barrett and pet parents to their adopted pit bull boxer BamBam.
Pamela Willingham
Assistant Director
With over 30 years of customer service experience, Pamela believes in the power of people, asserting that one person has the ability to ultimately change the world. This belief lines up with the mandate of KTnB, which is to educate and rally Tennesseans to take personal responsibility for their own community environments. Graduating from the University of Memphis with a Bachelor’s degree in English, Pamela is an avid reader and writer.
Stine Moss-Cooperwood
Community Services Coordinator
Stine coordinates programs in all 70 non-affiliate counties during the Great American Cleanup. She is also responsible for coordinating and distributing public service announcements to every radio station in Tennessee. Stine joined KTnB in July 2000 as a Project Coordinator.
Stine, a native Memphian, received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Memphis, with a major in Public Administration in 1993. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree through University College.
Outside of work, she is the coordinator for Tiger Kamp, a volunteer program designed for special needs individuals to meet and have fun with The University of Memphis’s Men Basketball team. In addition, Stine enjoys working in the community as a volunteer for Clovernook Center for The Blind and Visually Impaired, SRVS, and Arc of Mid-South.
Kyle Howard
Director of Affiliate services
Kyle serves as the Director of Affiliate Services, providing support to the affiliate network within the state and working to recruit additional affiliates. In addition, Kyle manages a number of Keep America Beautiful/ Keep Tennessee Beautiful programs that contribute to the organization’s goal of a clean, green, and beautiful Tennessee.
Kyle Graduated from the University of Memphis in 2014 with his bachelor’s degree in earth sciences. Prior to working at Keep Tennessee Beautiful, Kyle interned at Shelby Farms Park Conservancy to help raise money for the park.
Kyle grew up in South Pittsburg, Tennessee spending a lot of time having fun in the great outdoors, which led to his desire to protect it.
Monica Kizer
Communications Coordinator
Monica serves as the Assistant Communications Coordinator for Keep Tennessee Beautiful. In this position, Monica manages KTnB’s social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. She oversees the creation of content for the Open Line Newsletter, media releases and email marketing for our network affiliates. In addition, she organizes KTnB’s specialty events Can You Dig This Beautification project, Recycle Your Blues: Denim Drive and the Ready. Set. Grow! 5K.
Prior to working for KTnB, Monica worked for the University Relations at Mississippi University for Women, which she wrote news releases for internal and external affairs, as well as conducted social media campaigns for MUW’s Instagram and Facebook.
A native of Holly Springs, MS, Monica earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications and minor in Marketing from Mississippi University for Women. She has been a part of the KTnB team since September 2017.
Monica is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. She enjoys creating new innovative programs that target youth and Millennials.
Anita Ganesh
Graduate Assistant
Anita Ganesh is a Graduate Assistant at Keep Tennessee Beautiful and a master's student in Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the University of Guyana and has over seven years of experience in Social Media and Digital Marketing.
Passionate about strategic communication and brand storytelling, Anita leverages her expertise in marketing, social media management, and public engagement to support Keep Tennessee Beautiful mission of promoting environmental stewardship and community outreach.
Kristin Jenkins
Intern
Kristin is an undergraduate intern at Keep Tennessee Beautiful, currently pursuing a degree in Urban Studies.
Born and raised in Knoxville, she is passionate about urban planning, sustainability, and social equity. With a strong interest in understanding the relationship between cities, communities, and policy, she is dedicated to exploring how thoughtful urban design can create more inclusive and efficient spaces.