Nell Rose, board chair of the Rockingham County Partnership for Children, is starting her third term. She is a member of Delta Kappa Gamma (an organization of outstanding women educators). Nell has served on DSS Foster Care Review Team for the last 11 years. Nell served on the Rockingham County Board of Education since the 1993 merger of the four separate school systems. Chair of the Board from 2008 to 2016, Nell received NCSBA's highest honor for training (Scholar's Circle) and named to the All-State Board (one of the top ten board members in NC) for three years in a row. She has been a judge for the National Association's Magna Awards.

Nell Rose comes from a long line of teachers and has continued that tradition of promoting education. She and her husband, Bill, have four children.