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Meet the Staff |
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Phone:
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DIRECTORS & SUPERVISORS |
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Rebecca Starnes, MS
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Vice President of Family Education |
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Rick Brown
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Director of Program Expansion |
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Dr. Sebrina
Cooke-Davis
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Parent Education
Team Supervisor |
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Spencer Long
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Men's Education
Team Supervisor |
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Ted Sikes, MA,
CSAPC
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Youth Education
Team Supervisor |
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OFFICE |
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Cynthia E. McSwain
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Office Coordinator |
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Rebecca Curtis, MA |
Quality Improvement Coordinator |
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Julie Curry |
Wise Guys® Program Support Specialist |
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PARENT EDUCATION |
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Trudy Tobias, MSW, LCSW |
Parent Educator |
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Natalie Tackitt,
MED, MSA |
Randolph Cnty:
Parents as Teachers |
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Gale Robins,
MA, CCC-SLP
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Randolph Cnty: Parent Educator |
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Joy Burris
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Mecklenburg Cnty: Parent
Educator |
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Brenda deLaet, MSW
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Training
Coordinator |
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MEN'S EDUCATION |
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Walter Johnson |
Fatherhood Educator |
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Randy Wall |
Fatherhood Educator
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YOUTH EDUCATION |
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Teri Wellendorf, MT
(ASCP) |
Jóvenes Sabias & Latino Parents Educator |
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Tony Casas, MDiv |
Jóvenes Sabios & Latino Parents Educator |
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James Faulcon |
Mecklenburg
Cnty: Wise Guys® Educator |
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Kevin Estes |
Triad Region:
Wise Guys® Educator |
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James Jessup
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Triad Region:
Wise Guys® Educator |
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DIRECTORS &
SUPERVISORS |
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Vice President of Family Education, Rebecca
Starnes
has an MS in Human Development and Family Studies from UNC-Greensboro. Rebecca is a part-time instructor at UNCG
in the Family Studies Department. Rebecca is a certified educator
for the 8 Habits of Highly Effective Marriages, PREP: Fighting for
Your Marriage, and PREPARE. She is married and has 3 children.
rstarnes@chsnc.org
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Director of Program Expansion, Rick Brown has a BA in Sociology from High Point University and 25 years of professional experience working with adolescents. He held the Executive Director’s position of High Point, North Carolina’s Big Brothers/Big Sisters agency for twelve years. Rick has been recognized by the North Carolina Jaycees as one of five outstanding young North Carolinians, and also received the WFMY TV2/Gannett Foundation’s Dare to Care award. Rick is married and the father of a
son.
rbrown@chsnc.org
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Parent Education Team
Supervisor, Dr. Sebrina Cooke-Davis
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provided services for youth in Guilford County for 12 years.
Previously working with adolescents in substance abuse prevention
and treatment, she currently works with both pregnant and parenting
teenage girls. She obtained her undergraduate and Masters Degrees
from East Carolina and University of Phoenix respectively. She
obtained her doctorate in psychology in 2010 from Walden University,
is married and has two children. Sebrina is a NC certified substance
abuse prevention consultant, Certified North Carolina Parenting
Educator, and Certified Birth Doula (DONA).
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Men's Education Team Supervisor:
Spencer Long
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a graduate of the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications. Spencer has
previously worked as the Mentor Program Coordinator with Black
Child Development; group facilitator for the Domestic Violence
Intervention Program; Case Manager with Alcohol & Drug Services;
and Investigating Officer for the NC Department of Corrections.
A native of East Orange, New Jersey, Spencer
is married to Guilford County’s Elementary School Teacher of
the Year and the father of three young children.
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Youth Education Team Supervisor: Ted Sikes
oversees the division’s youth programming in Guilford County. He
has a MA in Education in Curriculum and Instruction. He is a former
middle school teacher and resident director and has been working
with youth for 13 years. Ted is married and the father of three
young children.
tsikes@chsnc.org
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Cynthia E. McSwain received a BA at Ouachita Baptist University
in Arkadelphia, AR. She has done administrative work and marketing for over twelve
years and also has worked directly with children through teaching
(6-8th grade) and as a Children's Director (1st-6th grades). Cynthia has supported many local
non-profits through volunteering and working and has resided in NC
since 2000. She got married this July (2011) and is currently gaining
her Masters in Community Counseling. |
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Rebecca Curtis |
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Curry |
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PARENT EDUCATION |
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Trudy Tobias
holds a Bachelor’s
Degree in Education from Washington University in St. Louis,
Missouri, and a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Loyola
University of Chicago, Illinois. She is a Licensed Clinical Social
Worker, with ten years of experience as a School Social Worker, and
over twenty years of experience working with adoptive and foster
families. She was also an adjunct professor for post-graduate
educators through Xavier University in Chicago for a number of
years. Trudy has been conducting educational training programs for
teachers, parents, and children, on a wide variety of topics since
1980. A native of Chicago, she and her family moved to Greensboro,
NC, in 2006.
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Natalie Tackitt |
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| Gale
Robins |
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| Joy
Burris |
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| Brenda
deLaet |
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MEN'S EDUCATION |
Walter Johnson
has a B.A.
degree in music from North Carolina A & T State University . He is
an ordained Elder for Yadkin Grove Church in Salisbury, NC , where
he carries out varied ministerial duties. He served as youth pastor
for four years in High Point, taught for the Alamance school system
for four years, where he directed an after school program teaching
drama, chorus, and basic computer skills, and has worked with
at-risk youth for over 8 years. Walter is a husband and father of
three children.
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| Randy
Wall |
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YOUTH EDUCATION |
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BI-LINGUAL,
Teresa Wellendorf
earned her bachelor’s degree in Medical Technology from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro and is currently pursuing her master’s degree. She teaches the female version of
Jóvenes Sabios (Wise Guys® for Spanish-speakers) and offers parenting programs to Latino parents as well. Teresa has taught as an adjunct instructor at GTCC and was nominated for the Excellence in Teaching award. She continues to contribute as President of the Medical Advisory Board. Now that her two children have reached adulthood, she is better able to address both parent and adolescent concerns and may be able to share some lessons learned.
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BI-LINGUAL,
Tony Casas
holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Roberts Wesleyan
College and a Master of Divinity degree from Northeastern Seminary
both in Rochester, NY. Tony teaches the Jóvenes Sabios Spanish
version of the Wise Guys® program to teens and adult men. While
in New York, Tony worked with The Society for Protection and Care of
Children and with Catholic Family Center advocating for children and
their families. Prior to joining Family Life Council and for the
last 15 years, Tony served as Pastor for churches in CA, NY, and
MD. He is happily married to his college sweetheart and is the
proud parent of two young children.
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James Faulcon
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Kevin Estes
is a graduate of the University of Texas with a
B.S.
degree in Civil Engineering. This degree has served Kevin well in
his experience with construction project management, but having
grown up in a home of educators he found teaching to come
naturally. Realizing this gift, he completed a lateral entry
program through The Metropolitan State College of Denver, obtained
his teaching certificate, and started teaching middle school math in
Colorado before becoming an educator for the Children’s Home Society
of NC. Kevin is married and has three young children. |
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Jessup |
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