Leadership Team

Barry Gold
Executive Director
828-245-8673
barry@pfcfoothills.org
Jessica Osteen
Program Director
828-245-8673
jessica@pfcfoothills.org
Tracy Parris
Finance Director
828-245-8673
tracy@pfcfoothills.org
Desiree Magnant
Dolly Parton Imagination Library, Program Evaluation and Outreach Coordinator
386-481-8215
evaluation@pfcfoothills.org
Kay Dawkins
Program Manager for Play to Learn and Manager of Growing Minds Early Childhood Resource Library
828-245-6132
kay@pfcfoothills.org

Staff

Carole McEntire
Circle of Parents Childcare Coordinator (Polk County) and Play to Learn Program Assistant
828-755-4005
carole@pfcfoothills.org
Janelle Wright
COP Facilitator, McDowell Community COP
janelle@pfcfoothills.org
Sarah Eickert
COP Facilitator, Polk COP
eickertsarah@gmail.com
Susan Gosnell
Childcare Assistant, McDowell Community COP
Ruth Geraldine Bartlett
Childcare Assistant McDowell Community COP
April Johnson
Childcare Assistant Polk COP
Vickie Thompson
Administrative Assistant
828-245-8673
vickie@pfcfoothills.org
Read Aloud
A nationwide initiative to improve early literacy by reading aloud 15 minutes per day.
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Dolly Parton Imagination Library
A program that sends free books to children every month until their 5th birthday .
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Circle of Parents
Come and share the challenges and successes of parenting with other parents just like you.
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