ABOUT CCFH

Meet Our Team

Senior Staff

Robert Murphy, PhD Executive Director
George (Tripp) Ake, PhD Director of Training
Bessie Cooke Givens, MPA CFO/VP of Finance and Administration
Kelly Sullivan, PhD Director of Mental Health Services
Lisa Amaya-Jackson, MD, MPH Director Emeritus of NC CTP, CCFH Co-Founder
Tracy Dell’Angela Director of Development
Kate Murray, PhD Director of Post Adoption Support Services
Tomeika Watson, LCSW Director of Early Childhood Prevention Programs
Margaret Samuels, MSW Director of NC Child Treatment Program
Darden White, MEd, LCMHC Director of PCIT & CARE Training

Board of Directors

Jessica Williams, PhD, MPH, PHNA-BC Chair Board Chair, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Representative
Taheera N. Blount Ph.D., NCC, LCMHC, HS-BCP North Carolina Central University Representative
John Curry, PhD Treasurer, Duke University Representative
Margaret Dardess, PhD Community Representative
John Fairbank, PhD Duke University Representative
Anita Holt, MPH Community Representative
Christi Hurt, MPA, DrPH University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Representative
Katie A. Lawson, J.D., LL.M. Community Representative
Michelle J. Lyn, MBA, MHA Duke University Representative
Megan Lyons, Ed.D. North Carolina Central University Representative
Laura Matthews-Jolly, JD North Carolina Central University Representative
Selaine Niedel, PhD Community Representative
Thekla Pappas Community Representative
Jennifer McMillan Rubin Community Representative
Carol Tresolini, PhD University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Representative
Cheryl Amana-Burris, JD, LLM Emerita North Carolina Central University, CCFH Co-Founder

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