Nicole has been working in the field of prevention since 2001. She has a Master of Public Health degree from The George Washington University School of Public Health. Nicole is employed at Wake Forest School of Medicine as the Project Coordinator for the Southeast Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC). The PTTC is a new initiative…
Mike Dolan Fliss worked in public health informatics, epidemiology and clinic management at county and state level since 2010. He graduated from Duke University (2003) with a double major in computer science and philosophy, from UNC-CH with a Master of Social Work (2009) with a concentration in management and community practice, and most recently a…
Rob Thompson joined NC Child in January 2014. As the deputy director, Rob oversees the organization’s communications, research, and advocacy staff and programs. Prior to joining NC Child, Rob worked from 2008 to 2013 as the executive director of the Covenant with North Carolina’s Children. In that role, Rob oversaw the organization’s government relations, membership…
Jessica has twenty years of experience in substance misuse prevention, including thirteen years conducting training and technical assistance to prevention block grant providers, law enforcement, coalitions and collaboratives in Illinois and North Carolina. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Illinois Wesleyan University and a Master of Social Work degree from the University of…
Penny Shelton, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP, Executive Director for the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Campbell University and completed a two-year, post-doctoral fellowship in geriatrics with the University of North Carolina and Glaxo, Inc. Dr. Shelton is a Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist and Fellow with the American Society of…
Jeff Spargo is the Program Coordinator for the Mitchell-Yancey Substance Abuse Task Force, a coalition under the non-profit Partners Aligned Toward Health (PATH). He manages the coalition’s federal Drug Free Communities grant, as well as works to implement CURES and SPF/Rx grants specifically in Mitchell County. Jeff has served in this capacity for over 2…
Basil Savitsky, PhD, is with Addiction Professionals of NC (APNC). He serves as the Director of the NC Partnership for Success (PFS) — a five-year SAMHSA grant to prevent underage drinking, vaping, and marijuana use. In his previous position with RHA Health Services, he managed the CURES/STR, the SPF/RX, and the Prevention Block Grants for Mitchell…
Karen Buck is the Evidence Based Practice Administrator for Community Corrections, Department of Public Safety. Karen has overseen the implementation and continuous development of the practices aligned with the principles of EBP such as the supervision tools, quality assurance tools for supervisors, officer skill development, training, automation and policy. For the past 20 years she…
Maggie is the Deputy Director of Administration for Community Correction at NCDPS. She graduated from North Carolina State University, and worked for the Department of Public Safety since November 1996. She began career at Central Prison as a case manager working with inmates. She also worked in the Diagnostic Center at Polk Youth Institution prior…
Dr. Anna Austin is a Research Scientist at the Injury Prevention Research Center and a graduate of the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was previously a CDC/CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellow in the Injury and Violence Prevention Branch at the North Carolina Division of Public…