Hope Clinic for Women

Renée Rizzo spent the first part of her career in the corporate world of finance, marketing and strategic planning before entering church ministry in her home state of Connecticut as the Business Manager and then Director of Equipping Ministries. Her role there included helping church members find their ‘fit’ within/outside the church. She arrived in Nashville in 2004 and has been the President/CEO of Hope Clinic for Women ever since. While Hope Clinic was established in 1983, Renee has brought significant growth with the full development of a medical, social work, and counseling staff to complement the wonderful spiritual mentor support done by many faithful volunteers. This helped grow services in depth and breadth. She was named Nashville Business Journal’s Women of Influence in 2008 and helped Hope Clinic see over a 400% client growth. She also established the work study and internship program with Trevecca, TSU, Belmont, and Vanderbilt bringing another dozen college and post-college students to the team. She also teaches classes at the Center for Nonprofit Management.