Board of Directors
Deborah Drylie
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Deborah Drylie is an attorney and mediator licensed in the State of Florida. She was born and raised in Gainesville, Florida, attended college at Salem College in Winston-Salem, N.C. and attended law school at the University of Florida in Gainesville. She has practiced in the area of civil litigation for 30 years and most recently became certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a circuit civil mediator. She practices both as an attorney and mediator with her husband, Charles Carter who likewise is a licensed attorney and mediator.
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Jacqueline Gottlieb
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Jacqueline Gottlieb is the President and CEO of Hinton Rural Life Center, a Retreat and Conference Center that engages in community outreach in Hayesville, North Carolina.
Jacqueline has over 20 years of non-profit management experience. She earned a Masters and Doctorate from NC State University and BS from Western Carolina University. MORE ABOUT JACQUELINE |
Marjorie Hobkirk
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Marjorie Hobkirk was born in Upstate New York in a small town between Syracuse and Rochester on the Erie Canal. She has worked as a nurse since 1976 in a variety of settings, most recently exploring the world of travel nursing in Alaska and Eastern Washington.
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Theresa Holbrook
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Theresa L. Holbrook has worked in the field of healthcare finance for over 20 years. Additionally, she served as an Associate Professor at the University of Phoenix where she taught healthcare courses. Theresa relocated to Hayesville in 2014 to continue her career in healthcare finance while enjoying the beauty and serenity of the Smoky Mountains.
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Barbara Kathryn Jenkins -MEMBER AT LARGE
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Kathryn Jenkins is the Director for the Small Business Center at Tri-County Community College serving Cherokee, Clay and Graham counties. Working closely with the Economic Development Directors and other partners in each county, she tries to insure that the Small Business Center provides the appropriate tools to new business startups and existing business expansion.
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Tom Landis
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Tom was born in Pennsylvania. Tom met his wife Kathy 40 years ago at the Hinton Center here in Hayesville. He has been active serving with nonprofits and coaching, mentoring, and teaching youth and adults in our local area for over 40 years.
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John Mazza
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John moved to Clay County in the mid-1960’s from Pennsylvania. He graduated from Hayesville High school, then continued his education and earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering Technology from Western Carolina University.
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Dr. Martina Murphy
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Andrea Rix
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Originally from Pennsylvania, Andrea and her husband and two children have made their home in St. Augustine, Florida. She is passionate about helping families that are fighting big battles find support, love and community as well as reducing the isolation associated with a serious illness.
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Marvina Scruggs-MEMBER AT LARGE
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Since she was a young girl Marvina has been captivated by service and motivated to help others.
She has spent countless hours volunteering her time and resources to help build playgrounds, develop underprivileged neighborhoods, and help at local nursing homes. Marvina is passionate about giving back to her community. MORE ABOUT MARVINA |
Crystal West
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Crystal West is a single mother of 4 children and sister to a brother who has cerebral palsy. Since she was a young girl she has known the struggles of being a sibling to a seriously ill brother and has come full circle to understand not only a siblings point of view to a debilitating medical diagnosis but also a parents point of view.
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