Meet The Engaged Brains Project’s Champions!

The Engaged Brains Project Champions are truly incredible people! They have volunteered for a one-year intensive social intervention to make our Moore County, N.C. community better for everyone, including those living with brain diseases, their care partners and healthcare workers. Our Champions are natural leaders and want to use their social influence to make our positive, person-centered care mission become the norm.

We are a well-trained collective who are READY, WILLING and ABLE to make a meaningful and lasting impact in Moore County, NC and beyond!

Karen D. Sullivan, PhD, ABPP
CARE PARTNER – ADULT CHILD, LEAH STEPHENS, CPC
CARE PARTNER – GRANDCHILD, ISABELLA KING
CARE PARTNER – OLDER ONSET, TERRY LERCH
CARE PARTNER – RARE SUBTYPE, MARGE SWIERZ, RN
CARE PARTNER – YOUNG ONSET, CATE MILLS
CAREGIVER THERAPIST, HEATHER TIPPENS, LCMHC
COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN, REBECCA AINSLIE
ENGAGED GOLF, LORELEI MILAN
ENGAGED GOLF, SUE WRIGHT
FAMILY CAREGIVERS – MOORE CO. DEPT. OF AGING,, ALVEDA PERSON
FELLOW –REID FELLOWSHIP FOR HEALTHCARE TRANSFORMATION, KAREN D. SULLIVAN, PHD, ABPP
FINANCIAL, STOCKHAM FINANCIAL, MAGGIE BARRY
FINANCIAL-FIRST BANK, KIRSTEN FOYLES
FIRSTHEALTH CHAPLAIN, REV. RACHEL FERRARINI
FIRSTHEALTH HOSPICE CARE, MAGGIE BONECUTTER
FIRSTHEALTH INPATIENT REHAB, REBECCA WILLIAMS, MPT
FIRSTHEALTH LEAN MGMT, MEGAN KAUFMAN, OT
FIRSTHEALTH PALLIATIVE CARE, SONDRA WILLIAMSON, ANPC,
FIRSTHEALTH PRIMARY CARE, W. MILLER JOHNSTONE, MD, PHD
FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH, ANDREA MEADE
FOX HOLLOW SENIOR LIVING, LOIS THOMPSON
GERIATRIC CARE MANAGEMENT – AGING OUTREACH SERVICES, JENNIFER TYNER
HOME CARE – HOME INSTEAD, ELISE ELLIS
HOME CARE, ELIZABETH SAMMONS
IN-HOME CARE SERVICES – MOORE COUNTY DEPT. OF AGING JENNIFER THOMAS
INDEPENDENT LIVING RESIDENTS JOAN MATULA
LIFE PLAN COMMUNITY NEIGHBORS – PENICK VILLAGE, MYRON DICE
LONG-TERM CARE – ST. JOSEPH OF THE PINES, RAYMOND ESTEVES
MEASURING IMPACT-OUTCOMES, VAN BERGSTROM
MEDIA-PROGRAM COORDINATOR, CARRIE FRYE
MUSICIANS, ROLO T LASSITER
MUSICIANS, PAMMY LASSITER
NEUROIMMUNOLOGY, BILL GROVER, MD
NURSING EDUCATION, CHERYL MCNEILL, RN
NUTRITION, THRIVE CLINICS BRITTANY CHOI
PEAK RESOURCES PINELAKE, JULIE KUIHN
PENICK VILLAGE, JENNIFER POLLARD, MSW
PENICK VILLAGE, REV. COLETTE BACHAND
PERSON THRIVING WITH DEMENTIA, CARTER GRINE, MD
PHYSICAL FITNESS, DEE LOMBARD
PINEHURST MEDICAL CLINIC, KATHERINE GIBSON, RN
PINEHURST RESORT & COUNTRY CLUB MEMBER, LORI LEE
PINEWILD, LAURIE FABIAN
PINEWILD GOLF, BOB WEBER
POLICE CHAPLAIN – COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN, REV. ROD STONE
PSYCHOMETRY – PINEHURST NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, BLANCA BEVERLY-BEKEN
PURPLE TRIANGLE PROJECT, SUNITA SINGH
SACRED SPACE – RHYTHM OF THE EARTH, CYNDY PAIGE
SENIOR ENRICHMENT CENTER, LYNNE DRINKWATER
SPEECH & LANGUAGE THERAPY, KELLY REYNOLDS, SLP
ST. JOSEPH OF THE PINES – THE COVENTRY, DANIELLE PURCELL, RN, ALA
ST.JOSEPH OF THE PINES, LISA MUDD
STEPHEN MINISTRIES, REV. SUE HUDSON
SUPPORT GROUPS, DALE KRECH
SUPPORT GROUPS, PAT SOLER
TAI CHI, MARTIN LOCKLEAR
TERRABELLA SOUTHERN PINES, LAYTANIA CRUMP
TERRABELLA SOUTHERN PINES, JESSICA BARRINGTON
THE VILLAGE CHAPEL, NANCY RAINS
VETERANS, JEREMY HASKELL, PHD, ABPP
VOLUNTEERS, GWEN MCCARTY