Meet the Team

Below you will find SC CCR&R's staff and coaches. Together we work to increase accessibility to and frequency of quality, affordable child care in the state of South Carolina.

Admin

Melissa McDonald

Primary Investigator

(803) 777-6230

MM116@mailbox.sc.edu

Tresa Nelson, M.Ed.

Program Manager

(803) 457-0905

NELSONTD@mailbox.sc.edu

Samantha Janicki, M.Ed.

Program Manager

(843) 521-7449

JANICKIS@mailbox.sc.edu

Tara Judge

Business Manager

(803) 777-6230

Holly Barnett-Starrett

Information Systems & Technical Support Coordinator

(803) 422-1139

HB5@email.sc.edu

Brittany Ward

Administrative Assistant

(803) 240-0178

BW83@mailbox.sc.edu

Family

Christian Stevens

Child Care Referral Specialist

(803) 777-3860

CTS19@mailbox.sc.edu

Aimee Dubé

Homeless Support & Child Care Referral Specialist

(803) 240-7211

AD100@mailbox.sc.edu

Community

Linda Caraway-Doherty, M.Ed.

Community Engagement Manager

(864) 982-1102

DOHERTY@mailbox.sc.edu

Darlene Faucette, M.Ed.

Training Quality Coach

(864) 556-2004

FAUCETTB@mailbox.sc.edu

Teneshia Slempa

Outreach Specialist

(803) 509-1743

TSLEMPA@mailbox.sc.edu

Program

Monica Akers-Bellamy, M.Ed.

Family Child Care Quality Coach: Upstate & Pee Dee

(864) 520-4229

AKBELLM@sc.edu

Heather Reyes, M.Ed.

Family Child Care Quality Coach: Midlands & LowCountry

(803) 509-4197

REYESHL@email.sc.edu

Joy Huyck

Dual Language Learner Quality Coach

(803) 542-2905

JHUYCK@mailbox.sc.edu

Position Vacant

Quality Coach: Clarendon, Sumter, Lee, Florence

(803) 777-3860

SCCCRR@mailbox.sc.edu

Kimberly Draughn

Quality Coach

(803) 923-2392

KDRAUGHN@mailbox.sc.edu

Tunisiann Howard, M.S.

Quality Coach

(803) 960-6067

HOWARDT2@mailbox.sc.edu

Bonnye Hughes Peebles, M.Ed.

Quality Coach

(803) 761-2693

HUGHESBK@mailbox.sc.edu

Taneisha Knox, M.S.

Quality Coach

(803) 923-2332

TK24@mailbox.sc.edu

Sherry Ly Ching Chen King, M.M.

Quality Coach

(864) 991-5167

KINGLC@email.sc.edu

Julia Laporte, M.Ed.

Quality Coach

(803) 662-0220

JULIALL2@mailbox.sc.edu

Kimberly McCullough

Quality Coach

(803) 923-2411

KKS3@email.sc.edu

Alison McDowell

Quality Coach

(803) 960-0378

AM251@mailbox.sc.edu

Kimberly Sowell, M.A.

Quality Coach

(803) 847-0291

KCSOWELL@email.sc.edu

Monica Stukes

Quality Coach

(843) 231-0181

STUKESML@email.sc.edu

Leslie Terry, M.Ed.

Quality Coach

(843) 505-4370

LTERRY2@mailbox.sc.edu

Manija Torian

Quality Coach

(843) 718-5960

MTORIAN@mailbox.sc.edu

Cassandra Young-Carter, M.B.A.

Quality Coach

(803) 792-8302

YOUNGCAR@mailbox.sc.edu

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