Staff
Bladen Smart Start invites you to contact our staff to learn more about what we have to offer. Below is a list of contacts.
Matthew Schaeffer, Ext 204
Executive Director
execdirector@bcpfc.org
Tocarra Osborne, Ext 205
Director of Programs
progmanager@bcpfc.org
Carolyn Cromartie, Ext 202
Healthy Living Coordinator
healthylivingcoord@bcpfc.org
Wanda Mitchell, Ext 206
Early Literacy Coordinator
earlyliteracycoord@bcpfc.org
Vitoria Corbett, Ext 200
Program Assistant
programasst@bcpfc.org
Board of Directors
Bladen Smart Start is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors, representing Business/Community, Government, and Services. Former and current board members, along with citizens-at-large, serve on the board's committees. Below is a list of the partnership's current board officers and members.
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- Officers of the Board
- Dr. Kenneth Dinkins – Board Chair, Business Leader
- Dr. Patricia Faulk – Vice Chair, Community at Large
- Vickie Gillespie- Secretary/Treasurer, Early Intervention Service Supervisor, CDSA of the Cape Fear
- Board Members
- Shelia Dunlap, Family Child Care Home-Owner/Operator
- Dr. Amanda Lee, President, Bladen Community College
- Shelia Nance, Director, Bladen County Library
- Dr. Joan Taylor, Business Leader/ Grandparent
- Angela Hines, Business Leader
- Dr. Jason Atkinson, Superintendent, Bladen County Schools
- Rufus Lloyd, Mayor Pro Tem, Elizabethtown Town Council
- Samuel Croom, Chairman, Bladen County Manager
- Melissa Sanchez, ECE Disabilities Coordinator, East Coast Migrant Head Start
- Jill Sampson, Director, Bladen County Dept. of Social Services
- Linda Lacewell, Business Community/Grandparent
- Quessie Peterson, Business Community Non-profit
- Dr. Teresa Duncan, Director, Bladen County Health and Human Services
- Anita Hall, Administrator, Child Care Center
- Jane Johnson, Business Community/LICC
- Officers of the Board
Board Meetings
- The full Board of Directors meets every other month and on the last Wednesday of the month (July, September, November, January, March and May).
- Meetings are open to the public and minutes are a matter of public record.