To speak to one of our staff members, please call (252) 985-4300.

Executive Director

Henrietta Zalkind
Executive Director, ext. 209 hzalkind@depc.org

Operations

Lori Winstead  
Operations Director, ext. 201 lwinstead@depc.org

Derek Roberson
Family Resource Center Specialist, ext. 222 droberson@depc.org

Elsie “Marie” Daniel-Sivels
Accounting Coordinator, ext. 213 edanielsivels@depc.org

Karen Snead                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Contracts Specialist, ext. 221  ksnead@depc.org

Larry Duffee 
Budget and Contracts Manager, ext. 203 lduffee@depc.org

Mark Hill
Controller, ext. 211 mhill@depc.org 

Michelle Battle
Family Resource Center Coordinator, ext. 256 mbattle@depc.org

Tanisha Hart
Accounting Specialist, ext . 217 thart@depc.org

Programs

Kimberly Hickerson
Program Director, ext. 202 khickerson@depc.org

Abbi Mullens
Family Services Program Manager, ext. 254 amullens@depc.org

Vacant                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Family Services Coordinator I, ext. 257

Bethany Lambeth
Playgroup Coordinator, ext. 270 blambeth@depc.org

Courtney Turner    
Subsidy Specialist, ext. 245  cturner@depc.orgcturner@depc.org

Vacant  
Birth to Three Specialist, ext. 215

Elaine Swanson
Subsidy Specialist I, ext. 234 eswanson@depc.org

Gladys Richardson
Scholarship Coordinator, ext. 208 grichardson@depc.org

Vacant
CORE Quality Improvement Specialist, ext. 214

Johneshia Hunter 
NC Pre-K Coordinator, ext. 219 jhunter@depc.org

Precious Willis 
Family First Support, ext. 205

Shaquana Bynum
Healthy Social Behavior Specialist, ext. 206 sbynum@depc.org

Shewanna Manning
Quality Improvement Coordinator, ext. 244 smanning@depc.org

Sonja Person
Family Services Coordinator II, ext. 241 sperson@depc.org

Tiphanie Wells
Subsidy Program Manager, ext. 212 twells@depc.org

Tracy Pittman
CCR&R Core Services Program Manager, ext. 204 tpittman@depc.org

(Vacant) 
Family Services Specialist II, ext. 205

Research & Development

Mary Jones                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Research & Development Director, ext. 240 mjones@depc.org

Corey Mitchell 
HKC Specialist, ext. 238 cmitchell@depc.org

Donia Simmons
Ready Communities Coordinator, ext. 251 dsimmons@depc.org

Jackie Kearney
Community Outreach Specialist, ext. 237  jkearney@depc.org

Jeanell Person
Ready Communities Specialist, ext. 236 jperson@depc.org

Vacant
Healthy Kids Coordinator, ext. 247

Mindi Collins                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Program Development Manager, ext. 235 mcollins@depc.org

Monica Dood
Communications & Development Coordinator, ext. 271 mdood@depc.org

Pattie Allen              
Ready Schools WFH Support, ext. 218 pallen@depc.org