RISE’s paid staff take care of day-to-day operations, including developing programs and curricula, creating original educational materials, organizing workshops, planning events, organizing volunteers, and determining organizational priorities.
Cindi Huss (she/her)
Cindi, RISE’s director, helped found RISE to address the lack of critical health information—and the abundance of harmful disinformation—offered in Tennessee public schools. Cindi is a certified Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education facilitator for all levels from kindergarten through older adult, and she is a trauma-informed care and sexuality education facilitator trainer. Cindi also is a trained journalist.
Cindi codeveloped RISE’s innovative Stellar Sex Ed curriculum, and she also codeveloped RISE’s Accessible Sex Ed training to help sex ed facilitators make programming more effective for autistic folx and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities—and help facilitators conduct constructive conversations with concerned caregivers.
Sarah (she/her)
Sarah is a RISE founder as well, and she has a master’s degree in Human Services. Currently, she works as a Content Expert for RISE, developing new curricula, answering question-box questions, and creating and posting educational social media content.
Sarah is a certified Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education facilitator for all levels from kindergarten through older adult and a trauma-informed care facilitator trainer.
Sarah is a former sexual assault advocate, guidance counselor, and senior clinical coordinator. Currently she also works as a mental health case manager at a juvenile detention facility.