Brain Balance Farragut

Angel Ogden graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design. She worked as a commercial designer for several years then decided to be a stay at home mom when her oldest daughter was born in 2003. In 2008, due to the hours of therapy that her second daughter was involved in, she took on the task of homeschooling her oldest daughter. Now all three children are homeschooled. Angel has taken an active role in the center since it opened, including becoming a certified Brain Balance coach and assessor, so that she may ensure quality programming for the students and excellent support for the families.

Angel primarily assists families with the following:

• Interpreting & Presenting Assessment Results
• Conducting School Visits
• Overseeing Center Operations

Lyn Foster is originally from Florida. She graduated from Carson-Newman University with a Master’s Degree in Counseling. Her areas of focus included Marriage and Family Therapy as well as Childhood Development. She has worked for many local agencies including Helen Ross McNabb and Head Start. Lyn is married with two sons, Andrew and jack. She found Brain Balance in order to help her son Andrew who had been diagnosed with Asperger’s. Andrew started the program in January 2020 and it became clear that Brain Balance would be a much bigger part of their lives than they had imagined. Lyn joined the staff as the Program Director in October 2020. She is very excited to help this amazing program grow!

Lyn will be assisting families with the following:

• Setting up each Child’s Customized Program
• Tracking Program Results and Data
• Providing Parent Conferences
• Training and Equipping Coaches to Provide Excellent Programming

Sonya Armiger graduated from Lee University with a Bachelor of Art in Sociology where she also studied Religion. Her past experience includes working in Social Services for the TN Department of Health and as a director of a preschool program. Sonya and her husband Michael are the proud parents of a son who served as an Army Ranger and is now attending UT. She began with Brain Balance in May 2017 as a certified coach and has since become a certified assessor.

Sonya will be assisting families with the following:

• Conducting & Overseeing Assessments
• Supporting Families through Program
• Reviewing Progression Data on each Child
• Assisting with Staff Development

Brooke Buchanan is originally from southern Illinois. She spent her high school and early college years as a life guard, teaching swim lessons, baby sitting and officiating recreational sports. Over the past two years, she has been instructing CPR/AED/First aid trainings. She graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in December 2019 with her bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. She worked as a gymnastics instructor until moving to Knoxville in early 2020. She has been with Brain Balance of Farragut since July 2020 and has learned so much already! She looks forward to seeing how the program expands in the future.

Kerrie Phetteplace grew up in Titusville, Pennsylvania and moved to upstate New York after she graduated from Slippery Rock University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Health and Physical Education. She received her Master’s Degree from Buffalo State College in Student Personnel Administration. Kerrie taught High School Physical Education in Alden, New York for five years and coached volleyball for several years. Kerrie is married to Johnny and they have a 10-year-old son named Keegan. Their family moved to Tennessee in 2012. Kerrie started with Brain Balance in July of 2019. Once her son was enrolled in the program, she was fascinated with how Brain Balance helped him. She wanted to invest her time in helping other families who may have some of the same struggles she has experienced. She also has a definite passion for working with kids! In her spare time, Kerrie loves spending time with her family and friends.

Rebeca Gonzalez was born and raised in East Tennessee and has always called this area home. She has a love for the great outdoors. You can often find her hiking or playing sand volleyball. An AAS Graduate in Graphic Design, Rebeca also has a love for art and dabbles in photography. The middle child of a large family, Rebeca has always loved kids and has a serving heart. She has been a nanny and cared for children for many years. Through working at Brain Balance, Rebeca’s eyes have been opened to the needs kids have these days. She has grown to love the way Brain Balance loves on and serves the kids of our community and beyond in a safe, wholistic way. Rebeca has been working at Brain Balance since August of 2019, and sees her job as not just a job but a way to give back to her community.

Michelle Holcombe Graduated from Tennessee Tech University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Special Education in 1992. After a year of teaching, she pursued an Associate of Science degree in Opticianry. Michelle worked for University Eye Surgeons in Knoxville as a refracting optician before starting a family with her husband, Eric. She spent the last 17 years homeschooling her three children. She chose to join the Brain Balance team in November 2020 as a Virtual Coach.