Board
of Directors
Nancy
A. Happ, President and Manager
Nancy
is the Executive Director and supervises and oversees all
departments. Nancy is the supervising director for Art in Focus,
a special needs therapeutic art class held at the clinic on
Saturday mornings. Art in Focus students enjoy working with new
and exciting hands on activities and personal projects with the
assistance of several volunteers from the surrounding area, a
certified therapist, Nancy has worked previously, as an Art
Teacher with both regular education students and with special
needs children. She received her BA teaching degree from the
University of Wisconsin in Art Education (1980), and a BS degree
in Occupational Therapy (1988) from Mount Mary College, Milwaukee
WI. She is a certified Interactive Metronome and Therapeutic
Listening Provider.
Rick
Happ, Vice President
Rick
is the vice president and business manager of Focus Therapy
Services, Inc. Rick is also the president and owner of Pamlico
Computers of Pamlico County, North Carolina.
Tandy
Hale, Secretary
Tandy
has worked extensively with the military and their families for
seven years, creating and implementing developmentally
appropriate curriculum and recreational activities for a year
round youth program as well as providing care for youth to
support military missions. She is a certified K-12 Art teacher
licensed in the state of Missouri. Tandy received her Bachelors
of Education degree with an international studies minor from the
University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri. She is
currently in a graduate program working on a master's degree in
art therapy and counseling at St. Mary of the Woods College,
Terre Haute, Indiana. Tandy moved to New Bern, North Carolina in
2011 with her husband and daughters from a rural suburb of Kansas
City. Tandy has volunteered at Focus Therapy Services, Inc.,
since 2011. Prior to working in education, Tandy operated as a
quality control manager and graphics designer for a newspaper in
Joplin Missouri while obtaining undergraduate credits from
Missouri Southern State University. Tandy has also studied abroad
in seven countries, and worked as a teacher's assistant at
Blackpool High School, in Blackpool, England.
Patricia
K. Lewis, Director
Patricia
has a lengthy history involving working with special needs
children. From 1979 to 1996, she worked for the Board of
Cooperative Education Services in New York. From 1999 to 2000,
she was a teachers assistant for a child diagnosed with Aspergers
Syndrome at the Arapahoe Charter School in Arapahoe, NC. From
2000 to 2004, Patricia worked with preschool aged challenged
children at the Craven Cherry Point Child Development Center in
Havelock, NC. Patricia has worked as a volunteer for the Art to
Heart therapeutic art classes at the Clinic for Special Children
and continues to work as a volunteer for the Art in Focus
therapeutic art classes at Focus Therapy Services, Inc. She and
her husband are enjoying retirement at their Oriental home.
Donna
Alderson, Director
Donna
is originally from Pittsburgh, PA and moved from Voorhees, New
Jersey to New Bern, North Carolina in 2003. She graduated from
the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science degree in
Education. She retired from GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals as a
Certified Senior Human Resources Professional. Her entire
professional career spanned a total of 40 years. Donna is a
member of Temple Church in New Bern, NC and serves in the Prayer
Ministry; Pastor’s Prayer Partners; First Impressions
Ministry; Small Group Leader and Coach; and is a staunch
supporter of Temple Church’s Africa Missions in Tanzania.
Jeff
Aydelette, Director
Jeff
Aydelette is a native of North Carolina and graduated from East
Carolina University with a degree in economics. For most of his
career, he has owned and operated successful small businesses. In
2009, he started the County Compass, a free weekly newspaper
distributed in five eastern N.C. counties. Jeff and his wife,
Flora Moorman, are active members of the community. For the past
10 years they have produced the popular Oriental Dragon Boat Race
& Festival, which serves as a fundraiser for a variety of
local nonprofit entities.
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