Our Board of Directors

2021-2022

Kathy 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.

Are you interested in being apart of a group of community leaders that make decision to ensure that early experiences for young children helps to offer them brighter futures?

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.

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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!

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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.

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