Meet our team!

Mary Kiger

Executive Director

​Mary Kiger has served as TCCN’s Executive Director since April of 2016.  With a Masters of Public Policy from Duke University, Mary brings over 30 years of strategic program development experience to her work with TCCN.  While she has had the pleasure of working in that capacity for Ochsner Medical Center, Duke Medical Center and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, she never actually worked in a free and charitable clinic.  However, being of service to TCCN members and their patients is the honor of a career and Mary is continually inspired by the work of free and charitable clinics across Tennessee and across the country.   Mary and her husband of 40 years have survived parenting five sons together and now enjoy their empty nest time by hiking in nature and ballroom dancing together.   

Annabelle Cruz-Orengo

Senior Director of Operations

​Annabelle Cruz-Orengo holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration with a Major in Management and Marketing from the University of Puerto Rico. Before joining TCCN in June, she worked for 10 years as Chief Financial & Administrative Officer for Family & Children’s Service. In addition, Annabelle provided financial and administrative services to CASA of Davidson County and Renewal House. Prior to relocating to Nashville, Annabelle worked at the Puerto Rico Council on Higher Education for 14 years. Annabelle has almost 30 years of experience in budget, human resources, finance, project management, facilities management and emergency preparedness. Annabelle believes in the right of all individuals to access adequate health services and is very enthusiastic in working with TCCN as a way of making a difference. 

Mary Hunt Moore

Grants Manager
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Mary is a native of Tennessee and holds a bachelor's degree in Sociology from Middle Tennessee State University and a Master of Public Financial Management from the University of Kentucky. During her undergraduate education, she first became aware of the social determinants of health and their impact on health equity. Through working with the uninsured and underserved as a Medicaid case manager for the State after graduation, she saw their effects firsthand and the gaps in health policy that exacerbated them. Since then, Mary has worked on the rollout of the Affordable Care Act with Family & Children's Service, for the Tennessee Justice Center as Casework Supervisor, and, most recently, as Grants Manager for the Tennessee Primary Care Association. She admires the work of TCCN members and is eager to assist in strengthening the compassionate healthcare safety net in Tennessee.

René Dillard

Manager, Support Services

​René Dillard most recently served as Manager, Early Literacy at United Way of Greater Nashville where she facilitated collective impact work for the Blueprint for Early Childhood Success. Ms. Dillard currently holds the following: MPP, Education Policy (Vanderbilt); and B.A. Anthropology (University of Chicago). Her interests are in education research, policy development, access to early childhood education opportunities, teacher development, multi-generational educational opportunities, and empowering parents as partners in schools. She is a proud former public-school teacher. René is excited to be working with TCCN because she believes health outcomes for parents and families are vital to youth success.