Skip to main content

NC Division for Early Childhood

dec

 

NC DEC Board of Directors

President

Jessica Amsbary, PhD * (nc.dec.president@gmail.com)

University of North Carolina Charlotte
President-Elect Kaitlin Jackson, PhD * (nc.dec.pres.elect@gmail.com) Fayetteville State University

Vice President

Meagan Beam, MEd * (nc.dec.vice.pres@gmail.com)

OTTER Reading 

Past President

Mabel Rivera, PhD * (nc.dec.past.pres@gmail.com)

University of North Carolina Pembroke

Secretary

Glennda McKeithan, PhD * (nc.dec.secretary@gmail.com) University of Kansas

Treasurer

Deborah Parker, MSE, CAS * (nc.dec.treasurer@gmail.com) Liberty University

Social Media Director

Jocelyn Ruffin, EdS (nc.dec.sm.dir@gmail.com) East Carolina University

Professional Development Chair

Debra Prykanowski, PhD * (dec.pdchair@gmail.com) Appalachian State University

 Student SCEC Advisor

VACANT  

Community & Family Outreach Director

Kristina Trujillo Stephens * (nc.dec.cfo.dir@gmail.com) NC Department of Public Instruction

Region 1 Representative

VACANT  

Region 2 Representative

Cedonna Barrett-Ward (nc.dec.region2@gmail.com)  

Region 3 Representative

Sofia Crawford Mapp, EdD (nc.dec.region3@gmail.com) Garner Webb University

Region 4 Representative

Jocelyn Ruffin, EdS * (nc.dec.region4@gmail.com) East Carolina University

Region 5 Representative

Allison Gunter, PhD (nc.dec.region5@gmail.com Perspectives Educational Consulting Group

Region 6 Representative

VACANT  

Region 7 Representative

VACANT  
Region 8 Representative Amanda Berry (nc.dec.region8@gmail.com First WNC

Interested in serving on the NC DEC board? Contact our president, (nc.dec.president@gmail.com

Last Updated:  4 March, 2021

© 2023 Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). All rights reserved.