We've added a new ray of light to our team – please extend a warm welcome to Virginia Piper, our Care Manager for Special Needs and Disability.

When families of children with disabilities experience challenges surrounding education, financial resources, and insurance it is not uncommon for them to seek answers and support. Virginia’s great passion is helping families receive the help, guidance, and mentoring they need.

Virginia’s experience as a mother to a son with Down syndrome took her into the world of advocacy leading her to get a master’s degree in special education. During her almost 30 years’ of experience as a registered nurse, she provided expertise in case management to individuals with disabilities receiving support through the Medicaid Waiver.

For the past 20 years, Virginia has focused her passion, and personal and professional experience on families with children affected by disabilities. She has a wealth of experience as it relates to the Individual Education Plan (IEP) process, secondary transition services, and the Medicaid Waiver programs.

She served as the Project Director for the Community Parent Resource Center covering the Metro Chattanooga, TN area where she worked with parents, teachers, and school administrators to bring about positive outcomes for students with disabilities.

Virginia has served on multiple local and state-wide boards through the years and continues to be part of the Speakers Bureau for LifeLine, Inc. She currently serves on the Board of Vitalis Health and Cumberland Hope. Virginia has helped write curriculum as well as trained families, educators, and medical personnel on advocacy and transition topics.

Virginia has 4 incredible children, a wonderful son-in-law, two amazing daughters-in-law, one amazing granddaughter-in-law, 12 beautiful grandchildren, and one exceptionally cute great-grandson. Virginia loves to read, travel, sew, upcycle furniture, and engage in several different kinds of craft projects.