Tuesday Apr 1, 2025

Ellen Potts

Executive Director Habitat For Humanity

The Nerve – 4/1/25 – Ellen Potts – Habitat For Humanity

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- Currently, Ellen is the Executive Director for Habitat for Humanity of Tuscaloosa, AL, an organization which has hosted nearly 30,000 volunteers from 50 states and 6 continents since the devastating tornado on April 27, 2011. We construct 10 - 12 houses a year and perform major repairs on about 100 more. Our budget is over $2 million, and Ellen is responsible for all aspects of the organization. In 2011, Ellen’s husband, neurologist Daniel C. Potts, M.D., F.A.A.N., and herself wrote "A Pocket Guide for the Alzheimer's Caregiver." Between our two immediate families, they have cared for nine family members with either Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia. The book was written in the hope that others could benefit from their families' experiences, successes and failures. It is recommended as a resource by the American Academy of Neurology, the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, the Alzheimer's Association and Maria Shriver. We blogged monthly for MariaShiver.com and were formerly two of Shriver's "Architects of Change." Earlier in her career, Ellen taught classes on non-profit organizations at the University of Alabama and managed medical practices in a wide variety of specialties and acted as an independent consultant to other medical practices. Ellen served on the board of Living River: A Retreat on the Cahaba, and as Development Chair throughout the capital campaign which raised over $11 million and constructed the camp and conference center. Ellen was board president at Caring Days (a dementia daycare center) for two years. Ellen is an ordained elder and deacon at First Presbyterian Church and sings in the choir. In recognition of her work in the community, Ellen has been honored with induction into the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama’s Civic Hall of Fame, the Nick’s Kids Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, the Birmingham - Southern College Distinguished Alumni Award, the Edith Dailey Walton Outstanding Humanitarian Award, and Women’s Leadership Award by the Association of the U.S. Army (West AL Chapter).
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