Megan Hart, M.Ed.

A light green and pink color-blocked background with an oval-shaped ink swivel. In the center of the swivel is a photo of a woman with fair skin tone and short blonde hair, wearing a purple mock turtleneck. To the right of the photo, at the end of the swivel, is the Pathfinder logo. On the green color block to the left, there is text: "MEGAN HART I'm Megan Hart, M.Ed., the Program Director for Pathfinder and is responsible for the direction and development of Pathfinder. I oversee the daily operations of the program building collaborative relationships with state organizations, while aiming to increase access to resource information for Tennesseans with disabilities." On the bottom right of the image, overlaid on a pink ragged edge color block, the text reads: "Specialties: Program Management, Training Development, Grant Reporting."

Megan Hart, M.Ed., has served as Program Director since 2012. In her role, she is responsible for the direction and development of Pathfinder by overseeing the daily operations of the program, building collaborative relationships with other organizations throughout the state, and providing training presentations at various meetings and conferences. These efforts aim to increase access to resource information for Tennesseans with disabilities.

Megan received her B.A. in Psychology at Sewanee: The University of the South and her M.Ed. in Counseling at Vanderbilt University, Peabody College. She has over 20 years of professional experience working in the disability field, which include about 15 years at Pathfinder. She was the founding Co-sponsor of the VUMC Disability Employee Resource Group, and currently serves as the Immediate Past Chair of Tennessee Disability Coalition’s Board of Directors, and participates on boards and committees of various organizations.

Specialties: Program Management, Grant Reporting, Training Development

Interests: Disability Inclusion, Community Engagement, Philanthropy, Listening/Learning from Others

Fun Facts about Megan

Hobbies: Taking Walks, Reading, Being a Supportive Aunt, Entertaining/Party Planning

Favorite Book: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

Favorite Music or Song: Lean on Me by Bill Withers

Favorite Movie(s) or TV Show(s): The Amazing Race and The Great British Baking Show

You can reach Megan Hart at megan.hart@vumc.org.