North Carolina Partnership for Children Staff Directory
Administration Division
Maura Pherson, Executive Assistant 984.777.3294 mpherson@smartstart.org
Wren Davisson, Shared Services Director 984.300.0680 wdavisson@smartstart.org
Yvette George, Administrative Assistant ygeorge@smartstart.org
Marta Hester, Public Policy Director 984.221.1221 mhester@smartstart.org
Communications
Jessica Carter, Director of Communications 984.221.1614 jcarter@smartstart.org
Yvonne Huntley, Communications Coordinator 984.221.1242 yhuntley@smartstart.org
Kennedy Kirtland, Communications Specialist kkirtland@smartstart.org
Early Childhood Systems
Lakeisha Johnson, Director of Early Childhood Systems 984.221.0761 lajohnson@smartstart.org
Susan Armstrong, Program Officer 984.777.3322 sarmstrong@smartstart.org
Michelle Chambers, Program Officer mchambers@smartstart.org
Emily Jones, Program Officer ejones@smartstart.org
Courtney Latta-Sosebee, Program Officer 984.221.0822 clatta-sosebee@smartstart.org
Bill O’Donnell, Program Officer 984.221.1170 bodonnell@smartstart.org
Information Technology
Samantha Branch, Tech Support Specialist sbranch@smartstart.org
Christopher Fleetwood, Software Developer 984.221.0159 cfleetwod@smartstart.org
Jonathan Moore, Interim IT Director 984.777.3321 jmoore@smartstart.org
Human Resources
Marie Moore, Director of Human Resources 984.221.0163 mmoore@smartstart.org
Rosemarie Huger, Human Resources Specialist rhuger@smartstart.org
Strategy Division
Safiyah Jackson, Chief Strategy Officer 984.221.0750 sjackson@smartstart.org
Charissa Crawford, Project Administrator 984.221.1180 ccrawford@smartstart.org
Julie Fogg, Development Director 984.221.0752 jfogg@smartstart.org
Strategic Initiatives
Mary Scott, Director of Strategic Initiatives 984.221.0175 mscott@smartstart.org
Daphne Alsiyao, Family Support Manager dalsiyao@smartstart.org
Mebane Boyd, Resilient Communities Officer 984-221-1755 mboyd@smartstart.org
Angela Lewis, Early Care & Education Manager 984.221.0834 alewis@smartstart.org
Christina Peterson Child and Family Health Manager cpeterson@smartstart.org
Learning & Evaluation
Casey Strange, Director of Learning and Evaluation cstrange@smartstart.org
Meshell Reynolds, Project Administrator 984.221.0437 mreynolds@smartstart.org
Emily Rogers Research Assistant erogers@smartstart.org
Ann Spence, Evaluation Officer 984.221.0466 aspence@smartstart.org
Finance Division
Joe Brownlee, Chief Financial Officer, jbrownlee@smartstart.org
Accounting
Nancy Olson, Accounting Manager 984.221.0088 nolson@smartstart.org
Jackie Diaz-Ramirez, Accounts Payable Specialist 984.221.0097 jdiaz-ramirez@smartstart.org
Daniel Lozada, Accountant 984.221.0110 dlozada@smartstart.org
Tom Mitchell, Finance Quality Assurance Manager 984.500.5483 tmitchell@smartstart.org
Budget and Grants
Melissa Cheston, Budget & Grants Director 984.221.0461 mcheston@smartstart.org
Mimi Perez, Purchasing and Finance Administrative Specialist mperez@smartstart.org
Ben Von Blon, Grants & Special Projects Officer 984.221.0096 bvonblon@smartstart.org
Fiscal Consulting & Contracts
Christine Bauer, Fiscal Consulting & Contracts Director 984.221.1191 cbauer@smartstart.org
Susan Hanyak, Fiscal Consulting & Contracts Specialist I 984.221.1224 shanyak@smartstart.org
Miaya Milligan, Fiscal Consulting & Contracts Specialist II 984.221.0803 mmilligan@smartstart.org
Ali’sa Rice, Fiscal Consulting & Contracts Specialist II arice@smartstart.org
Lauren Walker, Lead Fiscal Consulting & Contracts Specialist 984.221.1646 lwalker@smartstart.org
Monitoring
Susan Clark, Monitoring Director 984.221.0127 sclark@smartstart.org
Amy Morris, Financial Monitor amorris@smartstart.org
Harry Stephens, Financial Monitor 984.221.0153 hstephens@smartstart.org
Holley White, Financial Monitor 984.300.0679 hwhite@smartstart.org
