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NCAH Board Members
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Rebecca Caldwell 
Rebecca Caldwell, NCC, LPC, is a doctoral candidate in Counselor Education and Supervision at the University of Virginia. Her current research interests and publications focus on creativity, spirituality, and expressive arts therapy. Through her work in hospice organizations, she developed a program emphasizing life review through storymaking, ritual, and the creation of memorials. In addition, Rebecca is completing the post-master’s certificate in Expressive Arts Therapy through Appalachian State University, where she has taught group therapy, journal making and therapeutic writing. She was the founder/director of the Women’s Center and Women’s Programs at Western Carolina University. She received her Master of Science degree in Community Counseling from Western and was a counselor in private practice in Jackson County. Rebecca also has twenty years of experience in community development and non-profit administration working with such organizations as the Penland School of Crafts, the Mountain Resource Center, and the Textile Museum in Washington, DC.Rachel Cotter 
Rachel Cotter has a BS from James Madison University and a Master of
Landscape Architecture from NC State University. She studied abroad in the
Czech Republic, Australia and New Zealand, and has also traveled extensively
elsewhere in Europe and the Pacific. Her interests include neuromuscular
integrative movement, the Halprin Process of dance-inspired landscape
design, therapeutic garden design, and American Indian studies. She would
like to use her experiences, education, talent, passions and inspiration to
promote the arts as a vehicle through which to express and heal.Linda Gitter 
Linda Gitter is Coordinator of Graphic Arts and Design in the Department of
Creative Communications at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, where
she has been a member of the Visual & Performing Arts Committee for 14
years. Linda was a founding member of Artworks Gallery in Winston-Salem, a
member of the Board of Directors at the Sawtooth Center for Visual Art, and
a member of the Board of Trustees of Piedmont Craftsmen, Inc. She received
a BA in Arts Management Magna Cum Laude from Salem College, and is an artist
in a variety of media.Penny Makris 
Penny holds an undergraduate degree in Art Education and a Masters Degree in Counseling. She has 27 years of experience in the public schools of North Carolina, primarily as an art teacher and school counselor. In 2004, she completed the Graduate Certificate in Expressive Arts Therapy at Appalachian State University. Currently she is making her way as an Art and Expressive Arts teacher and facilitator, working with adults and students of all ages. Her other passion is photography; she loves hiking in the Appalachian mountains, camera in hand, communing with and gaining spiritual nourishment and strength from the natural world.Sarah Ness 
Sarah Ness moved to the Charlotte area after completing her Masters of Arts degree from one of the leading expressive art therapy programs in the country at Lesley University. Sarah believes in the power of creative expression as an inspiring way to tap into the strength of the human spirit. She mindfully incorporates visual art, music, movement, poetry, and meditation into the therapeutic experience. Sarah currently works at the Southlake Center for Self Discovery, an outpatient eating disorders treatment center in Davidson, NC, and at United Family Services' Shelter for Battered Women in the Charlotte area. As an expressive arts therapist, Sarah creates a safe and sacred space in which the therapeutic process can blossom. She remains enthusiastic and passionate about the healing power of the arts, and embraces the opportunity to share that passion with others through NCAH. Amy Spaulding 
Amy has a Masters in Slavic Linguistics and Semiotics from Duke University. She works with Health Arts Network at Duke as their program assistant. They bring the arts and arts programming into Duke Medical Center for the enjoyment of patients, visitors and hospital staff.Her interest in the arts is to help people in institutional settings reconnect with nature and their sense of self in community. Amy is especially concerned with improving the quality of work life for people in the hospital -- through interactive and expressive arts activities, and creating serene and peaceful environments. Her hobbies are storytelling for children, gardening with spirit, and helping make the planet a more balanced and life-affirming place. She is married to a creative chef, and has a wonderful son and two rambunctious puppies. Randy Stewart 
Randy Stewart is a CPA who comes to NCAH with over twenty years of accounting experience. He has been employed in a variety of settings including Arthur Andersen, PHP, Coastal Healthcare Group, BC/BS of NC, Generations Family Health Plan, and is currently employed as the Vice President of Finance at DHP Management, LLC and Vista Health Plan, Inc. in Durham, NC. Randy also brings a musical background to our group, having played in the marching, concert and basketball pep bands at UNC-CH. He is currently enrolled in the Certificate Program in Nonprofit Management at Duke University. Randy, his wife, Anne, and their two daughters live in Hillsborough, NC.Previous NCAH Board Members Linda Belans 
Linda is director of Health Arts Network at Duke (HAND), formerly Cultural Services, Duke University. She was elected to the board of the Society for Arts in Healthcare (SAH) in 2005, and serves as secretary. She has been involved in the arts all her life as a dancer, choreographer, actor, teacher and writer. She is the creator and original host of “The State of Things” on Public Radio, and co-creator and host of “Do No Harm,” a five part radio magazine on medical ethics which won a Gracie Allen Award for Women in Broadcasting, and a Silver Reel for National Public Affairs Programming. She writes for the Raleigh News & Observer. Linda was a Public Fellow in the Institute for Arts and Humanities at UNC Chapel Hill, a Fellow in the Institute of Political Leadership, and was a planner and presenter for Governor James B Hunt’s initiatives on Race Relations. She is on the advisory boards of Project Compassion and Gaston College Prep, a public charter school in Gaston, NC for historically underserved middle school students. Linda.Belans@duke.edu.Mark Bell 
Mark Bell is the Chief Information Officer of the North Carolina Hospital
Association, which he joined in 1997 after having worked at Duke University
for seven years. Mark is the author of 24 books, articles, and software
manuals in the field of computing, and served on the NC Secretary of State¹s
Advisory Council on Electronic Notarization. He earned a BS in Political
Science/English/History from Middle Tennessee State University, and a
master¹s degree in theology from Duke.Kate Brinko 
Kate Brinko holds a PhD in Teaching and Learning Processes and a certificate in Expressive Arts Therapy. At Appalachian State University, she is Director of Faculty and Academic Development and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling, where she teaches expressive arts therapy. As an extension of her teaching and to provide service to the region, Brinko co-founded "Express Yourself!", an expressive arts therapy program for children and adults with developmental disabilities. Brinko mostly enjoys the visual arts (collage, mosaic, photography) but also has been seen banging on drums and dancing with wild abandon.Christine Dave 
Christine S. Dave holds a Master¹s degree in Community Counseling with
certificates in Addictions and Expressive Arts Therapy from Appalachian
State University. She is interested in spirituality, dream circles, and
creative expression of the arts. Christine¹s publications are ³Who Am I?²
in Headwaters: Appalachian Journal of Expressive Arts Therapy (2004), and
³Feminine Energy² in Headwaters (2005). Christine honors and shares the
traditions of her Indian heritage. She is a native of Trinidad and Tobago,
and has lived in India. She believes in the daily practice of doing good
karma, is interested in exploring the cultural rituals of other traditions,
and is thankful for her supportive husband and two kind sons.Gaye Dimmick 
Gaye Dimmick is Creative Arts therapist at Holy Angels in Belmont NC. There she works with children with physical and mental disabilities and also may be medically fragile. Gaye integrates singing bowls, didjeridu and African drumming with other forms of vibrational bodywork therapies. She also uses arts and crafts with horticulture therapy for a very diverse program. Gaye is in charge of a multi sensory room which uses fiber optic lighting, aromatherapy and massage along with ambient music to offer the residents a place to relax and "be." Gaye's artistic background is in music education and physical theater. She also is a certified massage therapist and practices Reiki. Currently she is in the process of getting certified in Horticulture Therapy.Russell DuBois 
Russell graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in architecture in 1978, and after spending several years at a large healthcare architectural firm in the Midwest, ended up in Winston-Salem at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, where he is Staff Architect in Facilities Planning and a member of the Visual and Performing Arts committee. He has always been interested in art and art history, and the arts in healthcare field gives him the opportunity to combine both personal and professional interests. He lives in Winston-Salem and enjoys drawing, reading, running and travel.Ella Hill 
Ella Hill holds master’s degrees in both counseling and education, with a post master’s certificate in expressive arts therapy. She maintains a private practice in expressive arts therapy in Oak Island, NC and teaches expressive arts through the Division of Public Service, University of North Carolina at Wilmington.Ella’s publications include: “Sound and Silence” in Headwaters: Appalachian Journal of Expressive Arts Therapy, (2004), Vol. 1, No. 2; “Divine Spirits” (song-chant) in International Expressive Arts Therapy Newsletter (Spring, 2005); “Loving-Kindness Circle with Crystal Bowls” (group experience), in Expressive Arts Therapy Sourcebook (working title) by Sally Atkins and Lesley Duggins Williams. Katherine Lee 
Katherine Lee is Director of the Center for Creative Expression at the Riddle Institute in Morganton, NC. The mission of the Center is to enhance quality of life through creative expression for people challenged by disabilities. Only during the last six years, in this post, has she focused on arts in healthcare, and it feels like a very natural transition. She came from England fifteen years ago to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro gaining a doctorate in Education. She has been an arts educator, specializing in dance education most of her professional life, and has held positions in which arts education, programming, and research were central. She has taught in a number of Universities and for several national projects in the U.S. and has initiated a variety of community arts projects. For the last three years she has been working to re-establish VSA Arts of North Carolina.Mary Lee 
Mary has an MSW from UNC-Chapel Hill and has earned her clinical license. She worked for eight years as a clinical social worker in a variety of settings primarily with emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children/adolescents and their families. In 1998, she shifted gears and began working as the Personal Assistant to Lucy Daniels (clinical psychologist, writer and philanthropist). Her interest in the arts includes both using visual arts and music in therapy sessions with children and their families, and her own love of art and music and dance. She currently lives in Raleigh with her loving dog, Sunshine.Tim McGloin 
Tim McGloin is the Assistant Director of the Tobacco Prevention Program at the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. In that capacity, he is responsible for the annual Tobacco Use Prevention Training Institute sponsored by the CDC, and is the Principle Investigator for the NC American Indian Teen Tobacco Cessation Program in collaboration with the West Virginia Prevention Center. His teaching background includes many years in the UNC system teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in public health education. In 2002-2003 he served on the NC Arts for Health Training Institute committee and facilitated a program evaluation workshop for the 2003 Institute.In addition to his work in public health, Tim has taught documentary photography to inner city youth in Durham’s public housing neighborhoods for the Durham Housing Authority and conducted photography workshops with the Duke Center for Documentary Studies’ youth documentary program. In 1995, his documentary photography project was presented with the annual Indy Arts Award by the NC Independent News Weekly. Marlene Williams 
Marlene has a Bachelors degree in Visual Art, and has taught in the public school system for 5 years. One of her daughters is cortically blind and has cerebral palsy. Upon her graduation, Marlene opened a 501 (C) (3) non-profit organization called Claytime. Her daughter is at present her only employee. Claytime provides art classes to the mentally retarded and developmentally delayed. She presently lives in Fayetteville with her husband, and her four daughters. |
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