Board of Directors

Minutes

  • July 2023 Minutes
  • June 2023 Minutes

Board of Directors

  • Nikita Jackson
    Nikita Jackson
    CHWSupervisor North Central Family Medicine (803)325-7744
    Chair
  • Maria Martin
    Maria Martin
    MSW-CCHW Executive Director (803)394-4299
    Vice Chair
  • Reeshemah Mckelvey
    CHWAllySupervisor Access Health Tri-County Network (843)437-6788
    Treasurer
  • Ray Jackson
    Ray Jackson
    CHW Access Health Greenwood (864)941-6575
    Member
  • Amanda Hiers
    Program Manager, Community Health Transformation South Carolina Office of Rural Health (803)917-9586
    Member
  • Angel Bourdon
    Angel Bourdon
    Director, Innovations South Carolina Hospital Association (803)960-8017
    Secretary
  • Wilma Jackson Moore
    Wilma Jackson Moore
    Communications Director of Highland Neighborhood Association (864)586-9582
    Member
  • Audrey McCrary-Quarles
    Professor/Director - CHWTP/Co-Director- Health Education Research Training Center South Carolina State University Health Equity Research and Training Center (HERT-C) (803)516-4818
    Member
  • Tiara Scott
    CCHW Community Health Manager (843)598-0792
    Member
  • Romaine Stephens
    Romaine Stephens
    Community Health Worker CHW SCORH-Family Solutions (803)747-3894
    Member

Ex Officio Board Members

Ex Officio Board Members are individuals who bring experience, insight or a particular perspective to discussions.
They are elected annually by the SCCHWA Board and are granted voice, but no vote.
  • Lillie Fox
    Certified Community Health Worker, Chair of Board of Director of NACHW, NACHW Board... CHW , Outreach Manager, CHW Program Manager (843)495-0777
    CCHW
  • Julie Smithwick
    CCHW, LMSW Executive Director, Center for Community Health Alignment CCHA-CHWI (803)312-1723
    CCHW
  • Darin Thomas
    Ally Prisma Health (864)894-9204
    CHW Ally
  • Tracy Golden
    Tracy Golden
    CCE, Community Doula Program Manager Family Solutions SCORH-Family Solutions (803)707-8463
  • Joseph Kyle
    Joseph Kyle
    Ally (803)807-8396

Credentialing Council

  • Julie Smithwick
    CCHW, LMSW Executive Director, Center for Community Health Alignment CCHA-CHWI
  • Lillie Fox
    Certified Community Health Worker, Chair of Board of Director of NACHW, NACHW Board... CHW , Outreach Manager, CHW Program Manager
  • Barbara Dendy
    CCHW, CPSS CPSS Prisma Health - Access Health Upstate
  • Victoria Johnson
    Victoria Johnson
    MHS , CHW Health Careers Program Coordinator
  • Bruce Wright
    CHWSupervisor Mental Health First Aid Instructor (DHEC Statewide) SCDHEC
  • Suzanne Sanders
    MPH, MCHES Director of Community Engagement SCDHEC
  • Marek Calhoun
    Marek Calhoun
    Director of Social and Community Services CareSouth Carolina
  • Terri Jowers
    Terri Jowers
    Executive Director, SCCHWA South Carolina Community Health Worker Association
  • Lena Bretous
    Healthy Blue
  • Rick Foster
    SRVP SCHA

SCCHWA Staff

  • Terri Jowers
    Terri Jowers
    Executive Director, SCCHWA South Carolina Community Health Worker Association (706)373-8398
    Interim Executive Director
  • Lynda Guess
    Lynda Guess
    Master in Human Services, Certified Community Health Worker Program Manager (803)609-6427
    Program Manager
  • Rebekah Shilling
    Rebekah Shilling
    Community Health Worker III, Lactation Counselor, Child Passenger Safety... Program Manager South Carolina Community Health Worker Association (803)250-7027
    Program Manager
  • Rashad Paige
    Rashad Paige
    CHW/ Special Projects South Carolina Community Health Worker Association (973)413-7664
    Special Projects
  • Rosa Mae Carnesale-Ward
    Rosa Mae Carnesale-Ward
    SCCHWA Admin (803)995-3509
    Bilingual Administrative Assistant
  • Breanna Bentos-Pereira
    Breanna Bentos-Pereira
    Intern SCCHWA (803)322-0212
    Intern