Executive Director

Joyce S. Wood

Board of Directors

Michelle Ruskay, Chair
Manager, Channel Operations
Cisco

Trey Adams
Health Planning and Management Consultant
PDA, Inc.

Michael Beavers
Community Volunteer

Tammy Blackard Cook, LCSW, Vice Chair
Private Practice Therapist

Mike Davis, Treasurer
Community Volunteer

Lauren Deloatch
Marketing & Event Coordinator
Frankie Lemmon Foundation

Rev. Adrian L. Dixon
Director of Spiritual Care
Duke Raleigh Hospital

Susan Easter
Attorney

Bart Goodson
Attorney / President
CRS Court Reporting Services

Amy Hutchinson
Public Relations Manager
WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Lyn Jackson
Communications Consultant

Beth Lowery
Sr. Business Financial Analyst
Progress Energy

Patrick Lyons
Financial Advisor
Lyons Den Capital

Alka Mehta, MD, Secretary
Physician
Wake County Human Services Child Health Clinic

Ellen Nightingale
Community Volunteer

Gerald Owens
News Anchor
WRAL Channel 5

Gerda Stein
Public Information Coordinator
Center for Death Penalty Litigation, Inc.