BY SANDRA TRIVETT, SPECIAL PROJECTS
Left to right: KaLundra Brown, Supervisor II, Disability Determination Services; Charmaine Dees, Clinical Social Worker, Cherry Hospital; Melissa Stevenson, Licensing Enforcement Program Manager, Division of Child Development and Early Education; Mary Maas, MDS/OASIS Education Coordinator, Division of Health Service Regulation; Stephen Brink, Rehabilitation Program Specialist, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
Tuesday, Sept. 24, was the start of the ninth class of LeadershipDHHS, a series of sessions for 25 identified potential future leaders. Over the next nine months the group will meet for eight sessions. Members will discuss challenges and opportunities faced by the department. They will read about and discuss definitions and examples of leadership, visit the Murdoch Developmental Center in Butner, receive presentations from a variety of DHHS leaders, and complete a team project. A graduation event is planned for the spring. To date, 184 people have graduated from LeadershipDHHS.
This year’s class represents 13 different divisions. Members come from the Raleigh area, two facilities and various regional locations; they have a wide range of job responsibilities and titles. Participants this year are: Melvinna Adams, Division of Aging and Adult Services; Felicia Bridges, Division of Public Health, Human Resources; Stephen Brink, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services; KaLundra Brown, Disability Determination Services; Heather Burkhardt, Division of Aging and Adult Services; Charmaine Dees, Cherry Hospital; Freeman Denton, Division of Social Services; Melodie Ford, Division of Child Development and Early Education; Leesa Galloway, Division of Mental Health/Developmental Disability/Substance Abuse Services; Patty Garcia, Division of Social Services, Human Resources; Tracy Hamilton, Division of Public Health; Chuck Lewis, Emergency Management Services (part of the Division of Health Services Regulation); Angie Linton, Caswell Center; Mary Mass, Division of Health Service Regulation; Tony Murray, Division of Disability Determination Services; Lana Neal, Division of Child Development and Early Education; Juanita Oats; Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; Victoria Perryman, Division of Disability Determination Services; Sascha Prebor, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services; Mary Rockers, Office of Rural Health; Jaimie Sechrist, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services; Janie Shivar, Division of Mental Health/Developmental Disability/Substance Abuse Services; Melissa Stevenson, Division of Child Development and Early Education; Patricia Sudler, Cherry Hospital; and Kevin Wall, Cherry Hospital.