Pat Stillwell RNC, BSN, MDIV
Maternal Outreach Education Coordinator/Pregnancy Loss Coordinator
A BSN from Western Carolina University qualifies her for nursing; a MDIV from Covington Theological Seminary gives her added insight and dimension into many of the issues she deals with daily. She is certified as an RNC-OB (Inpatient Obstetrics), and as a C-EFM (Fetal Monitoring.)
Pat started as a perinatal clinician at Mission in 1990; she also worked as a mother/baby charge nurse, and in perinatal outreach education before taking this position. She was an OB nurse in a private office prior to joining Mission; she also worked at Catawba Memorial Hospital early in her career.
As an ordained minister, she provides counseling services with her husband at her church. She also teaches Sunday School. She has two grown sons, both married, and two grandchildren.
C J Smart, BSN, RNC
Neonatal/Newborn Outreach Education Coordinator
She earned her undergraduate degree at University of Phoenix, and is now working on her MSN with a concentration in education at East Carolina University. She is certified in Maternal Newborn Nursing.
She has a strong background in nursing, working at Mission as a Nurse Clinician (educator) for the Mother-Baby Unit, Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit and Women's Surgical Unit for two years before taking her current position. Before that she spent 13 years as a nursing unit supervisor on the mother-baby unit at Mission.
Married with three children, she gracefully juggles their schedules and her graduate school work. She loves scrapbooking and reading, and hopes to get back to those once she completes her degree.
Roxann Colwell, BS, MSW
Program Coordinator, Family Support Network of WNC
She earned a BS in Zoology from the University of Florida, and a MSW from UNC-Chapel Hill. She is also a 1993 graduate of Partners in Policymaking. It is a state-wide initiative to educate parents and consumers about how to be an effective change agent for local, state and federal services.
Before she joined Mission, Roxann was an interagency facilitation consultant for the NC Transition Project, helping develop a seamless service system for the state's 100 interagency coordinating councils that provide service to families of children with developmental disabilities ages birth to five years old. She also served on many state and local boards and commissions towards enhancing services for families. Early in her career, she served as executive director of The Arc of Buncombe County.
Roxann has two young adult children, a daughter and a son.
Linda Morgan, BS, MBA, RPh
Western Regional Coordinator of the NC Folic Acid Council
In her role as coordinator for the western region of the NC Folic Acid Council, Linda works to improve the health of women and their children by promoting the benefits of folic acid, especially as it relates to neural tube defects. Working with college campuses she trains individuals across NC's 27 western counties to be community health educators. In addition she provides educational in-services to private and public medical practices ,distributing patient educational materials. She gets enormous satisfaction from her job-the incidence of spina bifida has decreased 70% in the area due to women taking folic acid.
Linda has a BS in Pharmacy from UNC-Chapel Hill, and a MBA from Western Carolina University. She is also a registered pharmacist (RPh).
Prior to Fullerton, she worked in home care-home infusion therapy. In that profession, she worked as a pharmacy manager and a corporate general manager. She began her pharmacy career at Mission as a staff RPh, progressing to Assistant Director of Pharmacy before she left.
National and regional Parkinson's disease organizations benefit from her volunteer efforts. She also likes to cook, hike, and travel. She shares her life with her husband, two sons, and a long-haired dachshund.
Amy Hendricks, BS
Project Director, North Carolina Fetal Alcohol Prevention Program
Amy directs the NC Fetal Alcohol Prevention Program. Her responsibilities include providing and coordinating education on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) to allied healthcare professionals, students, teachers, community leaders and caregivers of children across the state. She says this position returns her to her roots as an educator, a field she loves.
She holds a BS in Health Education from Florida State University.
She recently joined the team at Fullerton. Prior to that, she served as an Enrollment Counselor with University of Phoenix, Community Manager for the American Cancer Society, and fourteen years with Haywood County Health Department. She has a depth of expertise in public heath education, with an emphasis on prenatal and parenting education, and community health coalitions.
Community development and leadership are strong interests for Amy; she is a member of the National and State Resource Conservation and Development Council and Council Member with Southwestern Conservation and Development, and a Relay for Life volunteer. She is the proud parent of two boys and stays busy with soccer, football, and family activities.
