The East Tennessee State University College of Health Sciences celebrated the accomplishments of college alumni and community members on Friday, inducting five new members of the college’s Hall of Fame and presenting two with Distinguished Alum Awards.

Kim Bushore-Maki and Hannah Howington were presented with the Distinguished Alumna Awards, which honor graduates who have contributed in a significant way to the vision and mission of the college.

Bushore-Maki graduated from ETSU with a master’s in education in counseling in 1998 and has served Appalachia as both a pioneer and champion of holistic well-being and community health for nearly three decades. A licensed clinical counseling professional, she was the first master's-level clinician at ETSU’s Counseling Center, providing therapeutic services and directing the Sexual Violence Prevention and the Alcohol and Drug Prevention programs.

During her time at ETSU, which includes more than a decade as a faculty and staff member in the college, Bushore-Maki founded the Tennessee Coalition for Healthy and Safe Campus Communities and coordinated the region’s first “Take Back the Night” program and fundraiser, the proceeds of which funded some of the region’s first sexual assault nurse examiners.

Bushore-Maki is also the founder of Shakti in the Mountains, a thriving healing arts center, and continues to operate a private therapy practice.  

Howington is a 2016 graduate of the college’s kinesiology program and was president of the Exercise Science Club during her time at ETSU. After graduating, Howington earned her master’s degree in orthotics and prosthetics from Northwestern University and now works as the director of prosthetics at Premier Surgical Associates in Knoxville.

She has also served in numerous state and national leadership roles, including work with the Tennessee and Kentucky Orthotics and Prosthetics boards, and the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Evidence-Based Practice Committee. Howington serves as the Tennessee state co-leader for the “So Every BODY Can Move” initiative, a nationwide effort to create insurance coverage for sports-specific prosthesis and orthoses.  

In addition to her work at Premier Surgical Associates in Knoxville, Howington serves as a professor at Hanover College’s doctor of physical therapy program.

The College of Health Sciences also celebrated Mary Bray, Lisa Everhart, Logan Peters Pace and Judge Todd Ross, as this year’s Hall of Fame inductees.

Bray graduated from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in 1981 and established the region’s first pediatric physical therapy services before becoming director of rehabilitation at Bristol Regional Medical Center. Additionally, Bray played a role in establishing ETSU’s physical therapy program and served on its Community Advisory Board.

Everhart is an ETSU alumna, completing her master's degree in clinical nutrition and dietetic internship in 2017. After completing her degree, Everhart moved to Utah, where she served as the director of football nutrition before joining the NBA’s Utah Jazz, where she currently serves as the team’s director of performance nutrition.

Peters Pace is also an alumna, graduating in 2014 from ETSU with her master's in clinical nutrition and completing a dietetic internship. After a stint in the restaurant industry, Peters Pace began working in the field of eating disorders. In 2022, she and a colleague purchased the outpatient nutrition practice where they established Pace and Tebb Nutrition Counseling. She is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist Consultant, offering clinical supervision to others in her field, and is active with the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals and the Eating Disorders Coalition.

Ross holds degrees from ETSU in psychology and marriage and family therapy, and has decades of experience as an attorney, educator and judge. Ross has served on the Hawkins County General Sessions Court since 2012 and trains recovery court professionals through ALL RISE. Before being elected to the bench, he founded Ross and Associates, Attorneys at Law, and spent seven years in mental health and youth services. He is also the founder of the Hawkins County Recovery Court and Justice for Vets Program and was awarded the Judge Seth Norman Making a Difference Award in 2024 from the Tennessee Association of Drug Court Professionals.

To learn more about the ETSU College of Health Sciences, visit etsu.edu/chs/.

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