Leadership Team

A wide range of individual and organizational community leaders are involved with establishing the Hickory chapter. The Leadership Team, those providing leadership for ACAP Hickory, are:

• Vince Bartlome, Account Executive, Medical Services of America – Chapter Coordinator
• Beth Brandes, Consultant & former Assistant Director of Catawba County Department of Social Services
• Kelly Burgess, Community Relations Director, Kingston Residence of Hickory
• Tamara Faulkner, Library Outreach Coordinator, City of Hickory
• Don Forrest, Director of Business Development/Advertising Sales, Hickory Living Magazine & Iredell Living Magazine
• Debra Kuykendall, Area Director, Central Western Area, North Carolina Baptist Aging Ministries
• Mary Mitchell, Family Caregiver Support Specialist, Area Agency on Aging / Western Piedmont Council of Governments
• Dianne Nichols, Retired oncology nurse
• Neal Orgain, Community volunteer
• Julie Packer, Director of Professional Relations, Catawba Regional Hospice
• Amy Rudd, Clinical Lead/Outpatient Therapist, Institute for Family Centered Services
• Patty Thompson, Career Pathways Facilitator, Department of Commerce, State of North Carolina