Dr. Huff is one of America’s most respected pediatricians. His significant contributions to the field of pediatrics has spanned over 40 years, from his days of pediatric residency training at the Charlotte Memorial Hospital to his most recent contribution as the Medical Director for The Center for Health and Aging, Mountain Area Health and Education Center.
Nicole is a child development specialist with more than 20 years experience working with parents and young children. She currently works as a Parents as Teachers Educator and Trainer, where she trains early childhood workers to empower parents to build the skills necessary to help children make the most of their crucial early-learning years. She trained as a Child Life Specialist at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, gaining valuable skills in children's play therapy to reduce the trauma to children caused by hospitalization.
Anne Oxenreider’s entire career has focused on education and young children. She has worked as a grant writer for human service organizations, a director of a community-wide preschool parent program and a teacher. A mother and a foster parent, Anne is also a content writer for the Sixty Second Parent website (www.sixtysecondparent.com).
Since 1984, Kay has been employed by Publix Super Markets in Lakeland, Florida, as the founding Director of Publix Child Development Center serving 170 young children. She is a member of the adjunct faculty of Polk Community College, teaching in the Early Childhood Department and has worked with Gwynn Valley Camp in Brevard, NC, as a Head Counselor for many summers. She has a BA in Psychology and a MEd in Child Development. Her experiences as a preschool teacher, director, educator, consultant, mom and grand-mom, continue to bring joyful opportunities to learn something new each day!
Dr. Brown is a pediatrician who specializes in child abuse. She regularly lectures to the medical and wider community about how to recognize and prevent child abuse, including shaken baby syndrome. Dr. Brown is the Medical Director of the Child Maltreatment Evaluation Program Mission Children's Hospital.
Dr. Cuellar completed his premedical studies and graduated from Southwestern Medical School in Dallas with an MD. He trained at the University of Texas St Joseph Hospital in Houston, and entered private practice in Asheville, NC. Dr. Cuellar is board-certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology and maintains continuous certification from the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology. He has held a clinical appointment as Assistant Professor from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and opened Asheville Obstetrics & Gynecology, PA, in 2004.
Dr. Engstrom is a retired general pediatrician who has practiced general pediatrics in Concord, NC, for 42 years. He has had an incredible career, which is shown through all his exceptional achievements. For the past 19 years, he has been involved with the North Carolina Pediatric Society (NCPS). Currently Dr. Engstrom serves on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Pediatric Society Foundation. In 2002, Dr. Engstrom received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics for the work done in the NCPS and in 2004; the society made him an Honorary Member.
Linda Yandell Smith, RN, MSN, IBCLC has 28 years experience in maternal child nursing with expertise in neonatal nursing and lactation. She spent thirteen years as a full-time certified lactation consultant working with in-patient and out-patient breastfeeding moms and babies. Currently, Linda works as a Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist and a Certified Lactation Consultant at Mission Children’s Hospital in Asheville, NC.
Dr. Woollen is a Family Physician in Charlotte, NC. He is a founding partner with Cotswold Medical Clinic and Novant Medical Group. Dr. Woollen recently served as president of the Novant Medical Group, a multi-specialty physician division within NovantHealth. The Novant Medical Group has over 1000 physicians across North and South Carolina and has been recognized among the leading medical groups in the country. In addition, he served as chief of the medical group’s Division of Family Medicine from 1998 - 2004. Dr.
Tasha qualified as a Pilates instructor in both mat and studio exercises seven years ago after training with PICP (Pilates International). She specialized in ante and post-natal Pilates, which led her to present on Lifestyle channel’s Pilates TV as their pregnancy expert. Tasha’s broader Pilates and fitness experience includes training professional athletes. Tasha also writes pregnancy and postnatal exercise programs for books and websites, including www.midwivesonline.com and www.healthvisitors.com.
Dr. Dillard is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He is the Medical Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Sara Lee Center for Women’s Health at Forsyth Medical Center. Dr. Dillard has been selected annually since 2003 to be included in the 'Best Doctors in America'® database. His research interests have focused on long-term outcomes of premature infants. He has authored more than 50 scientific publications during his career in academic medicine.
Mark has 35 years of experience working with parents, children, and families in strengthening the family bond. He authored The Nurturing Father’s Program, a thirteen-week parenting curriculum for men that has been utilized by thousands of fathers and implemented by organizations such as Prevent Child Abuse, Head Start, and Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative. Mark also authored the MArrage & PArenting Program (MA&PA), which helps couples parent successfully as a team.
Dr. Blanchard is a lifelong Tar Heel. After growing up in the Western NC Mountains, Laura received her Bachelor’s from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, her Master of Science in Public Health at UNC-CH School of Public Health, and her MD from UNC School of Medicine. Dr. Blanchard spent three years in Charlottesville, VA — for her Pediatrics Residency. She is particularly interested in child advocacy, children with special healthcare needs, and Latino community health. Currently, Dr.
Dr. Struble teaches child and adolescent development at Montreat College near Asheville, NC. She holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology and a Masters in Theology. Dr. Stuble has worked with kids, parents, and families for over 20 years in a wide variety of settings, from psychiatric hospitals to backyard playgroups, and just about everything in between. As a psychotherapist and educator, Dr. Stuble has served people with a variety of challenges and strengths. She and her husband of 25 years have two children, a seventeen-year-old daughter and a fourteen-year-old son. Dr.
Dr. DeBord is a Professor and Extension Specialist at North Carolina State University. With over 35 years’ experience with children, families, and communities in Virginia, Michigan, Missouri, and North Carolina, she has focused her research and practice on parent–child connections, professional development of parenting educators, and raising the quality of outdoor children’s environments.
Jan Murray RN, EM, CHN, has worked as a Registered Nurse, Midwife, and Child Health Nurse for over 25 years. Jan is a mother of five and co-founder and director of Settle Petal - a early childhood advisory service
Through her business, Jan provides information and support for parents to develop their knowledge, understanding, skills and the attitudes needed to maintain and enhance personal health andphysical development of all members of the family.
Brenda is a holistic counselor, trainer, and consultant with more than 25 years experience in human relationships, sexuality, and personal development. She is a mom and a wife, so has experienced the relationship journey and changes that occur when a new baby arrives. Brenda founded The Awakening Group College for training holistic counselors in leading-edge techniques. For more information visit www.awakening.com.au
Dr. Huff is one of America’s most respected pediatricians. His significant contributions to the field of pediatrics has spanned over 40 years, from his days of pediatric residency training at the Charlotte Memorial Hospital to his most recent contribution as the Medical Director for The Center for Health and Aging, Mountain Area Health and Education Center.
Nicole is a child development specialist with more than 20 years experience working with parents and young children. She currently works as a Parents as Teachers Educator and Trainer, where she trains early childhood workers to empower parents to build the skills necessary to help children make the most of their crucial early-learning years. She trained as a Child Life Specialist at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, gaining valuable skills in children's play therapy to reduce the trauma to children caused by hospitalization.
Anne Oxenreider’s entire career has focused on education and young children. She has worked as a grant writer for human service organizations, a director of a community-wide preschool parent program and a teacher. A mother and a foster parent, Anne is also a content writer for the Sixty Second Parent website (www.sixtysecondparent.com).
Dr. Mims is the Medical Director of Mission Children’s Hospital in Asheville, NC. She leads Mission Children’s Hospital as it grows to meet the healthcare needs of children in western NC and to promote children’s health throughout the region. Prior to joining Mission in 2006, Dr. Mims worked for six years with Buncombe County’s public health department and the largest provider of indigent care in the county. She served as the county Medical Director, leading disease outbreak investigations as well as overseeing the clinical work of the department.
Dr. Campbell is a former Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. He has counseled thousands of parents over three decades of practice. Having retired from active counseling, he focuses today on writing and lecturing on parenting topics for an ever-changing cultural world with its challenges for the modern family.
Margaret Taylor holds a M.Ed. degree in Counseling from Clemson University, and a B.A. in Psychology from Davidson College. Margaret is a Nationally Certified Counselor and worked as a licensed professional counselor for eight years in a variety of settings including, public mental health treatment, private residential treatment and private practice. Her primary focus as a counselor has been with children and parents coping with emotional problems related to grief and trauma. For the last nine years, her focus has been on parenting two children with her husband in Mount Pleasant, SC.
Dr. Masters is a board certified child and adolescent psychiatrist. He served for 15 years as the Director of Youth Services for Appalachian Hall Hospital in Asheville, NC. He was medical director of Focus by the sea. In 1992 he wrote a book, Angry Child: Sleeping Giant or Paper Tiger.
Currently Dr. Masters is the Medical Director of Three Rivers Midlands Campus Residential Treatment Center, where he teaches psychiatry to Physician Assistant Students. He is also A Clinical Assistant Professor in the College of Health Professionals, Medical University of South Carolina.
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