eVOLve 2026

  • The 2026 eVOLve Conference Breaks All Previous Attendance Records

    The UT College of Social Work’s (UTCSW) fifth annual eVOLve conference was a huge success with close to 500 people attending in person and over 600 people attending online. This year’s venue was the Knoxville Convention Center, allowing for more space and larger breakout rooms. With the 2026 theme of “The Future of Behavioral Health,”…

  • UTCSW eVOLve Keynote Speaker Aspires to Help Others by Sharing Lessons Learned

    Kristie Hammonds, president & CEO of Frontier Health, the region’s leading provider of behavioral health services, will serve as the keynote speaker for the University of Tennessee College of Social Work’s (UTCSW) 2026 conference eVOLve: The Future of Behavioral Health. Her talk, titled Innovation and Impact: Balancing Heart, Innovation, and Quality, will explore the critical…

  • eVOLve 2026 – Kristie Hammonds

    Kristie Hammonds is President & CEO of Frontier Health, the region’s leading provider of behavioral health services.  Frontier Health is the region’s leading provider of behavioral health, mental health, substance abuse, co-occurring, intellectual and developmental disabilities, recovery, and vocational rehabilitation services, and has been providing services since 1957. Its mission is to provide quality services…