828-245-8673
828-245-8673

Staff

Leadership Team

Vanessa Parton
Executive Director
828-245-8673, ext. 102
vanessa@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
Keisha Gibson
Childcare Assistant, Rutherford COP
Ruth Geraldine Bartlett
Childcare Assistant McDowell Community COP
April Johnson
Childcare Assistant, Polk COP
Tricia Watts
Childcare Assistant, Rutherford COP
Danielle Wharton
Play to Learn Assistant
Read Aloud
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