Mrs. Efferson has an M.S. in speech language pathology, and an M.S. in counseling psychology. She writes on mental health issues, and is a therapist in east Tennessee. J. David Patterson is the managing partner of Castlebridge Keep, LLC, a management consulting firm in Knoxville, Tennesee, and a former principal deputy undersecretary of defense in the Bush ’43 administration.
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