Access Hope Staff

Caroline E. Farmer-Liles currently serves as the Program Director of Access Hope. Access Hope is a non-profit ministry of The Family Counseling Center. While the office is located in Manchester, Access Hope serves all of middle Tennessee.

Ms. Liles has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in elementary education, with a minor in sociology. She has 12 years experience as a business owner and 20+ years experience as a pastor.

Over her 20 years of ministry, Ms. Liles has volunteered her services with developing, revamping, managing, by-laws development, and grant writing for numerous non-profits. Two of these non-profits, The Joelton Hope Center of Davidson County and The Community Rural Food Ministries of Giles County, were start up ministries. Both continue to be currently active.

Ms. Liles greatest accomplishments in life are as wife, mother, grandmother.

Audrey Johnson is a dedicated leader with a rich background in ministry, community development, and family life. Ordained as a Prophet in 2005 at the School of the Prophets Bible College, Begin Again Ministries in Fairburn, Georgia, she furthered her spiritual calling by being ordained as a Minister in 2018 and a Wedding Officiant in 2025, both through the Christian Leaders Institute.

Academically, Ms. Johnson holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business/Liberal Arts from the College of New Rochelle and a Master’s Degree in Community Economic Development from Southern New Hampshire College.

Currently, Audrey Johnson serves as the Program Coordinator for Access Hope at the Manchester Family Counseling Center. She is a proud mother and a grandmother to three grandchildren, presently residing in Manchester, TN.

June Smith serves as the Assistant Program Director for Access Hope. She earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from McMurry University in Abilene, TX as a young woman. In 2024, Mrs. Smith completed the program of Theological Education by Extension (Education for Ministry) as provided and administered by the School of Theology and the University of the South.

She started volunteering for Access Hope in 2021 and received HIPPA and QPR (suicide prevention) certifications. She has used her experience as a church administrator for the past 10 years to accomplish tasks for the Access Hope team. She designed the Power Point in-person program facilitator training for the organization. She also makes care calls and works shifts for the crisis line.

Mrs. Smith, along with her husband of 35 years, has resided in Coffee County for 21 years and enjoys being active in the community. Previously, they lived in other states and abroad while he served in the military. She volunteered for many community organizations everywhere they lived.