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
Jasmine Sanders, co-host of The D.L. Hughley Show on TV One has been using her platform to bring awareness to the foster care system, telling her story and truth of an uneasy path from foster care to success as well as her support for Youth Villages.
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DL Hughley Show’s Jasmine Sanders Brings Awareness to Foster Care, Sharing Her Own Story
tvone.tv
A story of struggle to triumph!Jasmine Sanders of TV One and The D.L. Hughley Show is an award winning media maven who has broken barriers to become a multimedia powerhouse, mentor and soon-to-be-author. She is also a product of the foster care system. Click below to read about Sanders’ growth from being in foster care and why she supports Youth Villages.
washingtoninformer.com/sanders-winners-circle-a-place-for-children-in-foster-care/?fbclid=IwAR2lD...
SANDERS: Winner’s Circle – A Place for Children in Foster Care
washingtoninformer.com
I am a woman. I am a radio show host. I am a college graduate. I am a mother. I am a television show co-host. I am a motivator. I am successful. I am a winner. I am also a product of the foster care system.More than five million children in the U.S witness domestic violence in the home each year. Here are some great tips that could help you support children impacted by domestic violence.
www.youthvillages.org/5-tips-to-support-children-affected-by-domestic-violence/
5 tips to support children affected by domestic violence | Youth Villages
youthvillages.org
According to the Childhood Domestic Violence Association, it is estimated that more than 5 million children in the U.S. witness domestic violence in the home each year.We have some YVScholars who have graduated this season! Congrats to Lisheena, who graduated from Christian Brother University in Memphis, TN with a bachelor's degree in psychology.
Through an application process, we select a group of young people participating in our YVLifeSet program to become YVScholars. These young adults from across the country receive extra support from us to go to college and make a successful transition to adulthood.
We are so proud of you, Lisheena!
Congratulations!!!!!! Good job!!!!
Congratulations to a fellow Buccaneer!
Congratulations Lisheena!
Congratulations! Go Bucs Go!
We're grateful for the time we spent working with Director Ed Lake and his team to serve the children and families of Oklahoma. Thank you Director Lake for your service and leadership. We look forward to working with Director Justin Brown and continuing our partnership with DHS to help children and families live successfully!
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Governor Kevin Stitt
We are live announcing the new director of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.
