APS announced at its board meeting May 11 that its four top 
people Nicole Carper, Amy Eller, Lisa Smith, and Susan Wells will 
remain with APS, as well as several kennel techs.  This will give 
Joe Pulcinella the opportunity to hire and train his own senior 
staff.  Joe is moving expeditiously with the transition and this 
bodes well for the future County run shelter.  A refreshing 
change was his openness in discussing recent disease problems at 
the shelter and the steps he has taken to combat them.

It was stated that the foundations have been completed and the 
plumbing put in at the new shelter and it is expected to be 
complete by June 28. That is less than seven weeks from now and 
the entire project was scheduled to take 20 weeks.  It appears 
that they have a lot of work to do.

APS has appointed a new Executive Director to replace Laura 
Walters.  This description of her was on the internet.
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Published by NAMI North Carolina
North Carolina's Voice on Mental Illness
Volume 10, Number 1, Feb/Mar 2002
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NAMI North Carolina Hires New Executive Director

The Board of Directors of NAMI North Carolina has selected its new
executive director, Kay Flaminio. Kay, who began working in mid-January,
brings a tremendous amount of experience to NAMI North Carolina.

She has been involved in nonprofit management and fundraising for seventeen
years, most recently as director of development at the Duke School for
Children in Durham. Before coming to Duke School, Kay was with the American
Social Health Association in Research Triangle Park, and Planned Parenthood
Association of the Mohawk Valley and the Oneida County Office for the
Aging, both located in Utica, NY.

Kay has expertise in development, strategic and financial planning,
advocacy, program management, and public relations. She also brings a high
level of energy and enthusiasm to the work of NAMI North Carolina. She has
had life-changing personal experience with the mental illness of a loved
one and expresses a strong desire to get back to working with an
organization that provides direct services to people in need. Working in a
leadership
position with NAMI North Carolina will surely fulfill this desire.
NAMI North Carolina eagerly looks forward to Kay's involvement and
leadership as our organization continues to expand programs and build a
solid financial foundation.

We know each NAMI member and affiliate will welcome Kay and work with her
to help our organization thrive in the coming months and years.
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