The entire NSPIRE Outreach Atlanta team has been committed to helping empower and fully rehabilitate
those dealing with homelessness, addiction, domestic violence, abuse, neglect, and more. The Leadership
Team from NSPIRE Atlanta tirelessly works for the benefit of every program
participant.
I thank god for putting kind hearted, loving, caring people (Gregg..Pam..Jerome) in this world..if
it wasn’t for them, I don’t know where I’d be. I love them. NSPIRE Outreach gets 10stars from me!
The 2016 recipient of the Greater Gwinnet Reentry Alliance’s “Best Ministry” award, NSPIRE Outreach
was officially founded as a church in North Metro Atlanta in 1999. From day one of the church’s
inception, the goal has always been to be more than a weekly meeting for church-goers. The vision of
NSPIRE Outreach in Atlanta and in the Southeast, from founder Gregg Kennard and from all the
foundational leadership at NSPIRE, was to actively enact change on a community that was so desperately
in need.
Our Team
Gregg Kennard
Executive Director
Gregg Kennard is the founder and senior pastor of NSPIRE. His message
is love for God, yourself, and others and carries out that message by serving his community
in practical expressions. Gregg possesses gifts of teaching, music, and leadership and his
best friend is his wife, Pam; they have three daughters: Alex, Abbe, and Anna Marie.
Pam Kennard
Client Management
Pam is a tremendous asset to the organization with a number of
multiple purpose roles including: parenting enrichment classes, client financial management,
advocate and school liaison to our children in residence. She has been married to Gregg since
1991, holds their family of five together, and they founded NSPIRE in 1999.
Terrence Pierce
Therapist
New Orleans is the home of Terrence who relocated after Katrina in
2005. Since, 2016, he has been serving NSPIRE as a certified addiction counselor and his
overall career in addiction therapy spans over 30 years. Terrence is also a racquetball
enthusiast and has a son and daughter.
Michael Foster
Client Services
Michael came to NSPIRE in 2016 and quickly became a key member of the
leadership team. He is the organization’s personal trainer, operates the computer lab, GED
preparation class, scheduling and transportation services. He is a certified anger management
instructor and is a certified addiction counselor in training. Michael, raised in a military
family, has travelled and spent time in six continents.
Tanya Brown
Client Services
Tanya is a retired Army Captain with a bachelor’s in psychology and
she earned her M.A. in business. As a peer specialist, she brings her personal experience to
our clients with great empathy and compassion. She was born in raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
and has a daughter and son. Tanya provides many practical services to the program including
teaching the financial literacy curriculum. She started with NSPIRE in 2017.
Bobby Jones
Community Relations
Carolina native Bobby Jones came to Metro Atlanta in 2018 to get a grasp
on his existence. After carving a substantial identity in Corporate America only to watch it
crumble, Bobby’s world came crashing down. He eventually joined a rehabilitation program, and
went to a meeting where NSPIRE program participants. After seeing how happy and empowered they
were, Bobby actually switched to NSPIRE Outreach, and has seen his future revolutionized!
Britto Garcia
Client Services
Born in Trinidad and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Britto came to NSPIRE
Atlanta in 2017, and has never looked back to his former life of substance abuse and
homelessness. Britto believes full rehabilitation takes having God in your life, getting the
right help and influences, and making the choice to change. He enjoys waking up every day and
not worrying where his next meal is coming from. Perhaps this quote sums up Britto’s experience
best: “Two years ago I was pushing shopping carts. Now I’m driving a Jaguar.”
Dale McKee
Client Services
Dale joined the NSPIRE Outreach Leadership Team in 2019, and has been a
humble and calming influence on the entire organization. The Miami, FL native has lived in Metro
Atlanta for most of his life. After 7 different rehabilitation program attempts, Dale has
finally found something special with NSPIRE Atlanta, and has been able to see and spend more
time with his 2 great kids. Dale is living his best life yet!
Pastor Gregg Kennard is dedicated to helping individuals get off the streets and into a new life. He
tirelessly works every day to encourage, educate and inspire every member of his program to become
the person that God intended.
The NSPIRE Outreach leadership felt that even though there were many ministries dedicated to
sheltering the homeless, there was a remarkable need for something that would help END homelessness and
the myriad of other issues that always seemed to fuel a person’s homeless condition. That is why NSPIRE
Outreach officially developed the NSPIRE Launch (13 Weeks), NSPIRE Life (6 Months), and HOPE for
Domestic Violence (1 Year) programs, beginning in 2007.
Gregg Kennard is a phenomenal awesome man of God and although I'm only an employee of NSPIRE
outreach through his example and Christlike love to all those who he encourages and helps has been a
huge help to me as well and has had an amazing impact on my life. EXCELLENT PROGRAM! I would
encourage anyone who needs the help of this program to not hesitate.
Since the launch of these programs, thousands of people have been empowered to escape situations of
homelessness, substance abuse, domestic violence, and more. NSPIRE Outreach boasts one of the highest
percentages of completely rehabilitated program participants in the country. But those people would not
be reached without the foresight, guidance, and tireless labor from the NSPIRE Atlanta
leadership team.
As a homeless man back in august 2008, pastor Gregg took me off the streets and gave me another
chance to be a more positive man again and to better myself.
