Area L AHEC
PO Drawer 7368
Rocky Mount, NC 27804-0368
252/972-6958; FAX 252/972-0419
Barbara J. Davis, MEd, LPC, NCC
Director, Mental Health Education
Email: barbara.davis@arealahec.org
Program Assistant: Shanté West
Email: shante.west@arealahec.org
Charlotte AHEC
PO Box 32861
Charlotte, NC 28232-2861
704/512-6523; FAX 704/512-6568
Margaret Valderrey, RN, MSN, CNS
Director, MH, DD & SA, and Pharmacy Education
704/512-6501; FAX 704/512-6568
Email: margaret.valderrey@carolinashealthcare.org
Kelly Blasky, MPH
Assistant Director, MH, DD & SA & Pharmacy Edu
704/512-6529; FAX 704/512-6568
Email: kelly.blasky@carolinashealthcare.org
Bethel Knapp
Project Coordinator
704/512-6528; FAX 704/512-6568
Email: bethel.knapp@carolinashealthcare.org
Gabriela Staley
Project Coordinator
704/512-6596; FAX 704/512-6568
Email: gabriela.staley@carolinashealthcare.org
Erika Smith, BA
Education Specialist
704/512-6091; FAX 704/512-6568
Email: erika.smith@carolinashealthcare.org
Sarah Ashcraft, BA
Education Specialist
704/512-6549; FAX 704/512-6568
E-mail: sarah.ashcraft@carolinashealthcare.org
Eastern AHEC
PO Box 7224
Greenville, NC 27835-7224
252/744-5215; FAX 252/744-5962
Debbie Caton Rogers, MA
Director, Mental Health Education
Email: catond@ecu.edu
Program Assistant: Debi Hilton-Kittle
Email: hiltond@ecu.edu
Program Assistant: Carey McDonald
252/744-6263
Email: mcdonaldc@ecu.edu
Karen Koch, MSW, LCSW
Assistant Director, Mental Health Education
252/744-5228
Email: kochk@ecu.edu
Program Assistant: Mary Merner
Email: mernerm@ecu.edu
Keith Letchworth, MEd
School Mental Health Project Director
252/744-3531
Email: letchworthj@ecu.edu
Greensboro AHEC
1200 N Elm Street
Greensboro, NC 27401
336/832-8025; FAX 336/832-7591
Bob Iddings, EdS, LPC
Assistant Director, CME, MH, RX & OPRCE
336/832-8221
Email: bob.iddings@mosescone.com
Brian Heller, LPC
Coordinator, Mental Health Education
336/832-8226
Email: brian.heller@mosescone.com
Project Specialist: Carlita Smith
336/832-8212
Email: carlita.smith@mosescone.com
Project Specialist: Cindy Arnold
336/832-/8215
Email: cindy.arnold@mosescone.com
Mountain AHEC
501 Biltmore Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801
828/257-4481; FAX 828/257-4768
Karen Blicher, LCSW, CHT
Director, Mental Health Education
828/257-4481
Email: karen.blicher@mahec.net
William Barthel, MSW, LCSW
Associate Director, Mental Health Education
828/257-4482
Email: bill.barthel@mahec.net
Elizabeth Flemming, LPC
Assistant Director, Mental Health Education
828/257-4466
Email: elizabeth.flemming@mahec.net
Eric Christian, MEd, LPC
Project Coordinator, Integrated Care Project
828/257-4432
Email: eric.christian@mahec.net
Sr. Administrative Assistant: Toni Hollenbeck
828/257-4481
Email: toni.hollenbeck@mahec.net
Northwest AHEC
Medical Center Blvd
Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1060
336/713-7700; FAX 336/713-7701
Ann Graves, MSW, ACSW
Coordinator, Mental Health Education
336/713-7712
Email: agraves@wfubmc.edu
Ellen Kesler, MLS, MPH
Coordinator, Mental Health Education
704/210-5068; FAX: 704/636-5050
Email: ekesler@wfubmc.edu
Larry Freeman, D.Min, LCAS
Associate Director, CE Services
336/713-7710
Email: lfreeman@wfubmc.edu
Administrative Assistant: Marie Simos
336/713-7721
Email: msimos@wfubmc.edu
South East AHEC Continuing Education
2250 Shipyard Blvd., Unit 13
Wilmington, NC 28403
910/792-5560; FAX 910/792-5565
Sheryl Pacelli, MEd
Director, MH/Disaster Preparedness Education
Phone: 910/792-5560 x 102
Email: sheryl.pacelli@seahec.net
Program Assistant: Sherry Brookshire
Email: sherry.brookshire@seahec.net
Southern Regional AHEC
1601 Owen Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910/323-1152; FAX 910/323-4007
John Bigger, MS, LPC
Administrator of MH Continuing Education &
Project Director for North Carolina Evidence Based Practices Center
910/678-7207; FAX 910/678-0126
Email: john.bigger@sr-ahec.org
Robert L. Wilson, Jr., MA
Director, MH Continuing Education
910/678-7032; FAX: 910/678-0126
Email: robert.wilson@sr-ahec.org
La-Lisa Hewett-Robinson, MA
Director of Mental Health CE &
Project Coordinator for North Carolina Evidence Based Practices Center
910/678-7293; FAX 910/678-0126
Email: la-lisa.hewett-robinson@sr-ahec.org
Todd Collier, M.Ed
Director of Mental Health CE &
Project Coordinator for North Carolina Evidence Based Practice Center
910/678-7306; FAX 910/678-0126
Email: todd.collier@sr-ahec.org
Jennifer Borton, RN, MSN
Administrator, Pharmacy and Medical Continuing Education/Quality Initiatives
ICARE Partnership, Southern-Regional AHEC
910/678-0138; FAX 910/678-0126
Email: jborton@mail.icarenc.org
Wake AHEC
AHEC Division of HealthCare Education
Hawthorn Building, Suite 212
3261 Atlantic Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27604-1657
919/350-8547; FAX 919/350-0498
Adam Robinson, MA, CSAPC
Associate Director, Program Services
919/350-0456
Email: arobinson@wakemed.org
Program Assistant: Jacqueline Carter
919/350-0461
Email: jgcarter@wakemed.org
AHEC Program Office
CB#7165, UNC-CH School of Medicine
Health Affairs Bookstore Bldg.
101 Medical Drive, 5th Floor
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7165
Karen Stallings, MEd
Associate Director, AHEC Program Activities
919/966-0807; FAX 919/966-5830
Email: karen_stallings@med.unc.edu
Office Assistant: Faye Fogleman
919/966-0802
Email: faye_fogleman@med.unc.edu
NC AHEC Psychiatry Liaison
Scott Stroup, MD, MPH
Professor, AHEC Liaison
UNC Department of Psychiatry, Neurosciences Hospital
CB#7160, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7160
919/966-6846; FAX 919/966-2220
Email: scott_stroup@med.unc.edu
Myra Daniel, MA
UNC Department of Psychiatry, Neurosciences Hospital
919/966-6997
Email: myra_daniel@med.unc.edu
UNC AHEC Social Work Liaison
Sherry Mergner, MSW, LCSW
UNC-CH School of Social Work
325 Pittsboro St., CB#3550
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3550
919/962-6463; FAX 919/843-9827
Email: smergner@email.unc.edu
Duke AHEC Psychiatry Liaison
Marvin Swartz, MD
Department of Psychiatry, Box 3173
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC 27710
919/684-8676; FAX 919/681-7504
Email: swart001@mc.duke.edu
Paul Nagy, MS, LCAS, CCS, LPC
Duke Addictions Program
DUMC, PO Box 3419
Durham, NC 27710
919/668-3623; FAX 919/668-5418
Email: nagy0003@mc.duke.edu
Vicki Pasipanki
Secretary for AHEC Activities
919/684-3332
Email: pasip001@mc.duke.edu
East Carolina University AHEC Psychiatry Liaison
John M. Diamond, MD
ECU/SOM Dept. of Psychiatric Medicine
Brody School of Medicine at ECU
600 Moye Blvd., Brody 4E
Greenville, NC 27858
252/744-2673; FAX 252/744-3815
Email: diamondj@ecu.edu
Wake Forest University AHEC Psychiatry Liaison
Hal W. Elliott, MD
Assistant Professor
Director of Psychiatry Residency Training Program &
AHEC Mental Health/Psychiatry Liaison
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Medical Center Blvd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1087
336/716-9228; FAX 336/716-6830
Email: helliott@wfubmc.edu
