North Carolina Partnership for Children Staff Directory
Administration Division
Maura Pherson, Executive Assistant,mpherson@smartstart.org
Wren Davisson, Shared Services Director,wdavisson@smartstart.org
Yvette George, Administrative Assistant,ygeorge@smartstart.org
Marta Hester, Public Policy Director,mhester@smartstart.org
Communications
Jessica Carter, Director of Communications,jcarter@smartstart.org
Kennedy Kirtland, Communications Specialist,kkirtland@smartstart.org
Yvonne Huntley, Communications Coordinator,yhuntley@smartstart.org
Eric Thompson, Branding & Graphic Designer,ethompson@smartstart.org
Early Childhood Systems
Lakeisha Johnson, Director of Early Childhood Systems,lajohnson@smartstart.org
Susan Armstrong, Program Officer,sarmstrong@smartstart.org
Michelle Chambers, Program Officer,mchambers@smartstart.org
Emily Jones, Program Officer,ejones@smartstart.org
Courtney Latta-Sosebee, Program Officer,clatta-sosebee@smartstart.org
Bill O’Donnell, Program Officer,bodonnell@smartstart.org
Information Technology
Brian Harrington, Systems Administrator,bharrington@smartstart.org
Samantha Branch, Tech Support Specialist,sbranch@smartstart.org
Christopher Fleetwood, Senior Software Developer,cfleetwod@smartstart.org
Jonathan Moore,, Senior Systems Administrator,jmoore@smartstart.org
Human Resources
Karen Warner, HR Director,kwarner@smartstart.org
Strategy Division
Safiyah Jackson, Chief Strategy Officer,sjackson@smartstart.org
Charissa Crawford, Project Administrator,ccrawford@smartstart.org
Strategic Initiatives
Mary Scott, Director of Strategic Initiatives,mscott@smartstart.org
Carey Ann Watkins, NC Basics Director,cawatkins@smartstart.org
Katie Landi, Development Director,klandi@smartstart.org
Daphne Alsiyao, Family Support Manager,dalsiyao@smartstart.org
Angela Lewis, Early Care & Education Manager,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,mreynolds@smartstart.org
Emily Rogers, Research Assistant,erogers@smartstart.org
Ann Spence,, Evaluation Officer,aspence@smartstart.org
Finance Division
Joe Brownlee, Chief Financial Officer, jbrownlee@smartstart.org
Accounting
Nancy Olson, Accounting Manager,nolson@smartstart.org
Jackie Diaz-Ramirez, Accounts Payable Specialist,jdiaz-ramirez@smartstart.org
Daniel Lozada, Accountant,dlozada@smartstart.org
Tom Mitchell, Finance Quality Assurance Manager,tmitchell@smartstart.org
Budget and Grants
Melissa Cheston, Budget & Grants Director,mcheston@smartstart.org
Mimi Perez, Purchasing and Finance Administrative Specialist,mperez@smartstart.org
Ben Von Blon, Grants & Special Projects Officer,bvonblon@smartstart.org
Fiscal Consulting & Contracts
Christine Bauer, Fiscal Consulting & Contracts Director,cbauer@smartstart.org
Susan Hanyak, Fiscal Consulting & Contracts Specialist I,shanyak@smartstart.org
Miaya Springfield-Cobb, Fiscal Consulting & Contracts Specialist II,mspringfield-cobb@smartstart.org
Ali’sa Rice, Fiscal Consulting & Contracts Specialist II,arice@smartstart.org
Lauren Walker, Lead Fiscal Consulting & Contracts Specialist,lwalker@smartstart.org
Monitoring
Susan Clark, Monitoring Director,sclark@smartstart.org
Amy Morris, Financial Monitor,amorris@smartstart.org
Harry Stephens, Financial Monitor,hstephens@smartstart.org
