Our Board of Directors
2023-2024Kathy Artis (Chair)
Community – Hertford County
kartis397@gmail.com
Term ends November 2023
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 2023
Warren Heitzenrater
Community – Northampton County
warrenheitzenrater@gmail.com
Term ends May 2024
Dianne Bynum
Service – Northampton County
dbynum@nc-cada.org
Term ends August 2024
Warren Heitzenrater
Community- Hertford County
warrenheitzenrater@gmail.com
Term ends November 2023
Rhonda Taylor
Government – Northampton County
rhonda.taylor@nhcnc.net
Term ends September 2024
Berna Stephens (Secretary)
Community – Hertford County
stephens4731@roadrunner.com
Term ends August 2022
Lori Morings
Community- Hertford County
moringslori6@gmail.com
Term ends November 2023
Judith Northcott
Government – Mutual Representative
judith.northcott@gmail.com
Term ends December 2023
Julie Docteur
Service – Hertford County
juliedocteur@rocketmail.com
Term ends December 2023
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.
Meetings commence at 10:00 a.m. on the second Tuesday of the meeting month.
Unless otherwise noted, meetings will be held at our Partnership, located at:
711 East Vance Street
Murfreesboro, North Carolina 27855.
Would you like to be a part of a board that makes decisions that positively impact the live of our youngest community (children ages birth to five)? We are seeking community leaders in the capacity of service and government to join our Smart Start Board of Directors.