North Carolina Local Leadership
Youth Villages Local Staff
Annie Smith
State Director – Community-Based Programs
John Horton
Director – Development
Local Board
Community leaders serve on Youth Villages’ North Carolina Board to actively promote and support our mission to help children and families live successfully and advocate proven solutions for the foster care/child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Board members play a significant role at the local level establishing Youth Villages as the leading provider of effective programs for troubled children and their families.
Natalie Frazier Allen
Founder & CEO
The Arts Empowerment Project
Justin Arnall
Mortgage Loan Originator; Vice President Mortgage Bankers Association of WNC
Crew Lending – A Division of Goldwater Bank, N.A.
Tia Bethea
Community Impact Manager
Google Fiber
Meredith Buckner
Registered Radiologic Technologist/MRI
Mission Hospital
Laura Crago
HR Training & Development Director
Givens Estates
Jospehe Featherstone
American Tobacco Campus YMCA Director
YMCA of the Triangle
Nancy “Nan” Gray
Regional Marketing Manager
Sprint
William “Bill” Roberts
President
Market Commercial Real Estate
Wendy Shanahan-Harbin
President
Asterisk Creative
Social News
Our annual employee conference brought thousands of Youth Villages employees to Memphis to learn and collaborate. The event allows everyone to share expertise and experience with our whole community.
