Executive Director
Chad Polk
Chad Polk, our Executive Director, is originally from Picayune, Mississippi. He attended Picayune Memorial High School, Mississippi State University and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
Team
Director of Sales
Suellen Gunn
Suellen is from Forest, Mississippi and attended Holmes Community College in Goodman, Mississippi. She has been in Clinical Sales for the last 18 years and in sales positions since she began working as a teenager!
Director of Wellness
Lorie Swilley
Lorie Swilley joined The Blake at Flowood as Director of Wellness in 2019.
Director of Activities
Amy Hawkins
Amy Hawkins spent two years as activities assistant at The Blake at Township before joining The Blake at Flowood as activities director. She attended the University of Memphis and has 20-plus years of working with special populations/groups.
Director of Dining
Rachel Worthy
Rachel Worthy, the Director of Dining, is originally from Bassfield, Mississippi. She attended Pearl River Community College and has been cooking for 20 years.
Memory Care Coordinator
Marilyn Smith
Marilyn Smith, the memory care coordinator, was born in Huntsville, Alabama. She grew up in South Alabama on her family farm where she enjoyed raising livestock. Following graduation from college, she lived in Texas but recently relocated to Mississippi after spending the last 20 years raising her family in Louisville, Kentucky.