Strengthening Families for Success

January 6, 2009

About Us


Our Mission:
Strengthening Families for Success!

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Our Board of Directors:
Marc Schewel, Chair
Laura Hamilton, Vice Chair
Dianne Wright, Treasurer
Sarah Glass Tharp, Secretary
Jim Richards, Past Chair
Don Atkins
Jen Brestel
Jann Brown
Mike Condrey
Geneva Jackson
Susan Lang
Marvin Logan
Sherri Meyer
Carter Paxton
Becky Porter
Martha Seufer
Gina Dolan-Sewell
Cindy Tolle
Charlie White

Our Staff

Administration

  • Tom Prest, MSW, LCSW, Chief Executive Officer
  • Joan Foster,MAT, M.Ed. Chief Operating Officer
  • Darla Owens, Executive Resources Coordinator
  • Cindy Steele, Director of Finance
  • Benita Cardwell, Finance Assistant
  • Melissa Gilmore, M.Ed., Fund Development Director
  • Miriam Torian, MA, JD, Funding Specialist
  • Margaret Masencup, Receptionist (p/t)
  • Nancy Jamerson, Receptionist
  • Tyrone Brown, Network Administrator (p/t)

Financial Support Services
Mary-Winston Deacon, Director
Credit Counseling:
Ann Ronk, Senior Credit Counselor
Ways to Work/Vehicles for Change:
Jan Maupin, Admin. Asst. (p/t)

Clinical Services
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The Counseling Center:
Miriam Torian, MA, JD, Clinical Manager
Connie Kramer, Intake Specialist (p/t)
Jane Nielsen, MA - Licensed Professional Counselor
Gail Midkiff, RN, MSN, CNS - Counselor (p/t)
Allen Appiah-Boateng, Intern

Family Development Services
Melissa Johnson, MA, Director
Healthy Families:
Donnetta Parrish Davis, Senior Family Support Worker
Sandra Bragg, Family Support Worker
June Taylor, M.Ed., Family Support Worker
Joan Rowe, Family Support Worker
Polly Woodlief, Family Resource Specialist
Kelly Allen, Administrative Coordinator (p/t)
Teen Parent:
Crystal Dickerson, Resource Mother
Mary Hutcherson, Resource Mother (p/t)
June Taylor, M.Ed., Teen Support Specialist
Partners in Prevention:
Susan Shutt, Coordinator

Prevention and Marketing
Tracey Dixon, Director
Paul Baldwin, Assistant Director of Prevention
Partnership for the Prevention of Substance Abuse:
Jason Giambrone, LifeSkills Training Coordinator
Child Abuse Prevention Center:
Nadine Dunton, PCN Class Coordinator

Child Care Resource Center
Kathy Banks, Child Care Training Specialist
April Birchfield, Child Care Resource Specialist

Youth Works
Open Position, Director
Monica Burns, Assistant Director
Collette Giambrone, Youth Employment Specialist

 

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The Alliance for Families and Children is strengthening families for success in Lynchburg, Bedford and the counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford and Campbell.