Our Board of Directors

2023-2024

Kathy Artis (Chair)
Community – Hertford County

kartis397@gmail.com
Term ends November 2024

Margaret Gaines (Treasurer)
Community – Hertford County

driveonNEway@yahoo.com
Term ends March 2024

Jaqueline White-Porter
Government – Hertford County

jacqueline.porter@hertfordcountync.gov
Term ends September 2024

Michael Ellis
Community – Hertford County

EllisMike2014@yahoo.com
Term ends May 2024

Allie Evans
Government – Hertford County

aevans@hertford.k12.nc.us
Term ends November 2023

Pamela Perry (Vice Chair)
Services – Northampton County

pperry@choanokepta.org
Term ends December 2024

Rhonda Taylor
Government – Northampton County

rhonda.taylor@nhcnc.net
Term ends September 2024

Dianne Bynum
Service – Northampton County

dbynum@nc-cada.org
Term ends August 2024

Warren Heitzenrater
Community – Northampton County

warrenheitzenrater@gmail.com
Term ends May 2024

Berna Stephens (Secretary)
Community – Hertford County

stephens4731@roadrunner.com
Term ends August 2024

Lori Morings
Community- Hertford County

moringslori6@gmail.com
Term ends November 2024

Julie Docteur
Service – Hertford County

juliedocteur@rocketmail.com
Term ends December 2024

Sabria Britt
Community- Hertford County

sabria.britt@gmail.com
Term ends September 2024

Child Care Resource and Referral (CCRR)

Child Care Resource and Referral offer referrals to legally operating child care facilities in our service areas, Hertford and Northampton Counties.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

Smart Start and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library are working together to get books into the hands of North Carolina’s youngest children. Sign your children up today!

Quality Enhancement and Maintenance

Smart Start provides technical assistance, training, and modeling to eligible child care providers. Participants may be eligible for non-cash grants.