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photo by Millie Holloman Photography c/o Welcome Home Angel
NONPROFIT TO EXPAND TO CHICAGO
LLocally based nonprofit Welcome Home Angel recently announced it would start expanding nationally with other chapters.
Founded in 2007, Welcome Home Angel renovates and remodels the bedrooms and other living spaces of chronically ill or injured children and incorporates accommodations to make life easier and happier for the entire family, such as the bedroom makeover above. The first location outside of Wilmington will be in Chicago and headed up by board president Meg Caswell (left), says executive director Craig Wagner. “As an HGTV Design Star and national designer who enhanced our prominence as the host of the Welcome Home Angel TV Show on The Design Network,” he says, “this seems like a natural first step for us to begin expanding since Meg has been involved with so many room makeovers, and whose passion for this cause will ensure its success.”
BEARDSLEY JOINS LCFLC AS HR HEAD CAPE FEAR COLLECTIVE ADDS TO ITS TEAM UNCW APPOINTS ASSOCIATE PROVOST
Lower Cape Fear LifeCare named JESSICA BEARDSLEY as its vice president of human resources. In the role, Beardsley oversees all human resource operations for the local nonprofit agency.
Beardsley brings more than twenty-two years of HR leadership, including a previous position at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, where she was the HR benefits manager.
In addition to several HR roles at NHRMC, Beardsley also previously worked as employment and program support manager at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, customer service supervisor at National Grange Mutual Insurance Company; and HR manager at Hannaford Food and Drug Superstore.
“We are thrilled to have Jessica join our team,” says GWEN WHITLEY, president and CEO of Lower Cape Fear LifeCare. “She brings with her valuable experience in health care human resources that will be an asset to our agency as we continue to recruit team members who will support our mission and our commitment to providing the highest quality care and support to individuals and families living with a life-limiting or chronic illness in our community.”
Cape Fear Collective added four team members to work on the Healthy Opportunities Pilot, a federal- and state-funded program that provides reimbursement for nonmedical services for high-risk North Carolina Medicaid Managed Care beneficiaries.
In May, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services awarded three Healthy Opportunities Network Leads (NLs), including Community Care of Lower Cape Fear (CCLCF), a CFC news release stated.
NLs will lead pilot efforts in three geographic regions. CCLCF is the Network Lead in a six-county region with CFC assisting with implementation and data support.
MEAGHAN LEWIS, director of programs for CFC, will lead the group’s team and coordinate the transportation sector of service providers.
CATRECIA MCCOY BOWMAN (above) started with CFC on Aug. 2 as the housing program manager.
SANDRA BROOKS is the interpersonal safety program manager. MORGAN COOPER supports the food sector for the pilot. LUIGI MENDEZ specializes in research methodology and data collection methods.
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After a national search, CYNTHIA DEMETRIOU was been appointed the associate provost for student engagement, enrollment, and retention at UNCW.
Demetriou, who began her new role last month, joined UNCW from a similar position at the University of Arizona.
The associate provost of student engagement, enrollment, and retention is a newly created position that provides leadership for the student recruitment; undergraduate admissions operations and graduate admissions processing; registrar operations; financial aid and scholarships; student advising; student retention; studentathlete support services; and militaryaffiliated student support functions.
Demetriou serves as a member of the provost’s cabinet.
“Enrollment and retention are not separate, individual steps; rather, they are part of a continuous process that must occur repeatedly until a student crosses the finish line to degree completion,” Demetriou says. “The goal is to provide an integrated roadmap supporting students throughout their collegiate journey.”
Demetriou held several positions at UNC-Chapel Hill, including associate dean and director of retention, retention coordinator, The Finish Line Project executive director, interim coordinator of the Chancellor’s Science Scholars, and director and founder of Carolina Firsts.
