Office of Early Learning (OEL)

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TITLE NAME EMAIL ADDRESS PHONE #
Northeast Literacy  Thomas (Tad) Merritt thomas.merritt@dpi.nc.gov 984-236-2867
Southeast Literacy Candace Heath candace.heath@dpi.nc.gov 984-236-2865
Northeast/Southeast  Early Childhood Karen Wood karen.wood@dpi.nc.gov 984-236-2752
North Central Literacy Jenni Wilkinson jenni.wilkinson@dpi.nc.gov 919-696-5501
Sandhills Literacy Donna Albaugh donna.albaugh@dpi.nc.gov 910-476-7218
North Central/Sandhills Early Childhood Holly Lee holly.lee@dpi.nc.gov 919-810-7036
Southwest Literacy Cameron Ammann cameron.ammann@dpi.nc.gov 704-562-5481
Piedmont-Triad Literacy Mary Derfel mary.derfel@dpi.nc.gov 336-255-4761
Southwest/Piedmont-Triad Early Childhood Sarah Morrison sarah.morrison@dpi.nc.gov 704-473-1737
Northwest Literacy Cynthia Barber cynthia.barber@dpi.nc.gov 336-406-0847
Western Literacy Kelly Pratt kelly.pratt@dpi.nc.gov 828-699-7083
Northwest/Western Early Childhood Carrie Bruns carrie.allen@dpi.nc.gov 828-713-2064
Charter Schools Leslie Simmons leslie.simmons@dpi.nc.gov 984-236-2876

TITLE NAME EMAIL ADDRESS PHONE #
Office of Early Learning Director Amy Rhyne amy.rhyne@dpi.nc.gov 984-236-2744
Assistant Director of Early Learning Dan Tetreault dan.tetreault@dpi.nc.gov 984-236-2749
Assistant Director of Early Literacy Kelley Bendheim kelley.bendheim@dpi.nc.gov 984-236-2866
Charter/Business Coordinator Tonia Parrish tonia.parrish@dpi.nc.gov 984-236-2864
NC Head Start Collaboration Director Macy Jones macy.jones@dpi.nc.gov 919-795-9473
Communications Coordinator Melissa Strickland melissa.strickland@dpi.nc.gov 252-578-9452
Early Childhood Coordinator Jessica Fitzgerald jessica.fitzgerald@dpi.nc.gov 828-514-9248

TITLE NAME EMAIL ADDRESS PHONE #
NC Literacy Facilitator Piedmont-Triad Shonette Lewis shonette.lewis@dpi.nc.gov 336-972-2518
NC Literacy Facilitator North Central Jessica Vaughan jessica.l.vaughan@dpi.nc.gov 781-248-7065
NC Literacy Facilitator Northwest Rebecca Lindgren rebecca.lindgren@dpi.nc.gov 970-219-6207
NC Literacy Facilitator Western Kristin Dillon kristin.dillon@dpi.nc.gov 828-206-0009
NC Literacy Facilitator Sandhills Karen Koonce karen.koonce@dpi.nc.gov 910-237-9840
NC Literacy Facilitator Southwest Lashon Lee lashon.lee@dpi.nc.gov 704-881-1509
NC Literacy Facilitator Southeast Jennifer Havens jennifer.havens@dpi.nc.gov 910-352-8702
NC Literacy Facilitator Northeast TBD