Our Board of Directors
2021-2022Kathy Artis (Chair)
Community – Hertford County Representative
Term ends November 2022
Natasha Norman
Government – Hertford County Representative
Term ends November 2022
Margaret Gaines (Treasurer)
Community – Hertford County Representative
Term ends March 2023
Jaqueline White
Government – Hertford County Representative
Term ends September 2022
Pamela Perry (Vice Chair)
Services – Northampton County Representative
Term ends December 2022
Warren Heitzenrater
Community – Northampton County Representative
Term ends May 2022
Hope Eley
Community – Hertford County Representative
Term ends December 2022
Dianne Bynum
Service – Northampton County Representative
Term ends August 2022
Levonia Sams- Kenton
Community – Hertford County Representative
Term ends March 2023
Berna Stephens (Secretary)
Community – Hertford County Representative
Term ends August 2022
Michael Ellis
Community – Hertford County Representative
Term ends May 2022
Judith Northcott
Government – Mutual Representative Term ends December 2022
Julie Docteur
Service – Hertford County Representative
Term ends December 2022
Lori Morings
Community- Hertford County Representative
Term ends November 2022
Meetings commence at 10:00 a.m. on the second Tuesday of the meeting month. Unless otherwise noted, each meeting will take place at our Partnership, located at 711 East Vance Street, Murfreesboro, North Carolina.
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.