Mollie Walker, Co-Founder of TN Fertility Advocates
SVP, Director of Cash Management at Guaranty Bank
Mollie is the Co-Founder of Tennessee Fertility Advocates. She is a proud alumni of the University of Memphis, attends Grace Valley Church, and currently serves as the Director of Cash Management at Guaranty Bank. She is also involved in the women’s ministry at church, serves of the Board for Be Free Revolution, and a proud member of the Key Leaders group at Vistage. She is the wife to Taylor and a proud mother of two beautiful children; however, the road to having them wasn’t easy. With no insurance coverage for infertility, years of trying to conceive, and two miscarriages it felt overwhelming, lonely, and hopeless at times. Now she advocates passionately for others that the disease of infertility would be covered by insurance in the state of TN so the financial barrier is removed and allows more couples the opportunity to conceive their own children. Mollie feels truly blessed to lead the advocacy efforts for TN Fertility advocates. She gives thanks to the Lord for each and every day here on this earth and her prayer is that each day she wakes up she would be able to make a difference on this side of Eternity.
Mollie Walker, Co-Founder of TN Fertility Advocates
Lauren Brown, Co-Founder of TN Fertility Advocates
West Tennessee Marketing Specialist at Simmons Bank
Lauren is the co-founder of Tennessee Fertility Advocates based in Memphis, TN. She is a past and current fertility patient that is working to ensure that affordable fertility coverage is accessible to all families across the state of Tennessee. Lauren currently serves as a Marketing Specialist for Simmons Bank and shares her 4 year old daughter, Katherine and newborn, Caroline, with her husband Houston.
Lauren Brown, Co-Founder of TN Fertility Advocates
Kara Edwards - Founder, Starfish Infertility Foundation
Kara Edwards is the Nashville Grassroots Advocate Lead for TN Fertility Advocates. It took Kara, and her husband Brandon, nearly four years with six hundred and three injections, before welcoming their boy/girl twins in 2013. Blessed with the answer to their prayers, it did not come without a cost. They spent well over $100,000 creating their family, an amount insurmountable to most. In 2015, Kara created Starfish Infertility Foundation. SIF is a 501c3 committed to providing financial support for those struggling with infertility in the United States. SIF awards grants to those couples without provisions through their insurance, nor the financial resources to pay for treatments. SIF also partners with clinics to bring additional resources and treatment funding to those in need. Kara has become true advocate for the rights of the infertile. Her willingness to be an “open book” regarding her struggles has given so many woman a safe place to be truly open and honest about their own journey. While each injection was a terrible reminder to Kara of what her body could not do for itself, she is grateful for each and every single one. Not just because it gave her what she always wanted in motherhood, but something else she didn’t even know she was looking for—a purpose.
Kara Edwards, Nashville Grassroots Lead for TN Fertility Advocates