North Carolina Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc.

With any non-profit, it's people that make the difference. On this page, you can meet the people that have made and are making a difference in North Carolina. As you can see, it takes a lot of people, but NCSHHH has been lucky to have a great combination of volunteers and agency representatives across the state who have helped make NCSHHH a success.

The founders worked for years to create NCSHHH and got it recognized by SHHH as the first SHHH State Association in the country.

Dorothy Allen
Joan Black
John Black
Pat Carrier
Dr. Ed Clifford
Dr. Miriam Clifford
Bill Shugart
Ron Venezia
Ron Vickery
Myra White

Trustee Emeriti

NCSHHH has formally recognized these Trustees with Emeritus status (Non-Voting).

Dorothy Allen
Dr. Ed Clifford
Dr. Miriam Clifford
Dr. Alison Turner

Past Trustees

NCSHHH remembers and appreciates the support of these past Trustees.

Frank Abernathy
Andy Andrews
Marty Birnbaum
Benita Burton
Dare Carden
Pat Carrier
Pamela Jackson
Nancy McKeel
Anne McIntosh
Bill Shugart
Carol Williamson
Hal Van Pelt
Ron Venezia
Ron Vickery

These are the NCSHHH officers for 2007.

Michael Eury (President)
Julie Bishop (Vice Pres)
Joyce Adler (Secretary)
Deborah Stroud (Treasurer)
Dianna Attaway (State Coord)

Note: Although Dianna is near Charlotte and primarily supports western chapters, if your chapter needs help or if you are interested in starting a chapter, please contact her at diattaway@juno.com.

Current Trustees

These are the (Voting) Trustees for 2003.

Joyce Adler (At Large)
Dianna Attaway (Hendersonville)
Steve Barber (Wake)
Julie Bishop (Wake)
Cheryl Bivens (Durham)
Joan Black (At Large)
John Black (At Large)
Sandy Burnette (Parent)
Bill Crowley (Winston-Salem)
Beverly Elwell (Charlotte)
Michael Eury (At Large)
Wayne Giese (Blue Ridge)
Cynthia Harmon (At Large)
Janet McGettrick (Wake)
Ruth Miller (Chapel Hill)
Lorene Roberson (At Large)
Bill Shugart (Winston-Salem)
Barbara Stenross (Chapel Hill)
Deborah Stroud (At Large)
Myra White (Charlotte)
Nora Westlake (Chapel Hill)

Wilmington: TBD
Asheville: TBD
Wilson: TBD
Tryon: TBD

Note: Every NC Chapter is encouraged to suggest up to three NCSHHH trustees to represent their Chapter. If you don't see your chapter in the above list of Current Trustees, please encourage someone to volunteer. Even if you can't make the meetings, your chapter can participate electronically.

North Carolina is fortunate to have professionals Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DSDHH) representatives helping NCSHHH (non-Voting).

Karen Caputo (Wilson)
Jeff Mobley (DSDHH)
Pam Poretti (Wilmington)
Judith Pattillo (Asheville)
Cynthia Harmon (Morganton)
Kay Satterwhite (Raleigh)
Susan Wilson (Charlotte)

Go to the Regional Resource Center web page

In addition to the normal Regional Resource Offices, above, the Hard of Hearing Specialists staff part time, satellite offices in other locations: Learn More.