Authors

Lee Ann Thomas

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Lee Ann joined Family House in April of 2023. She graduated from Virginia Tech with a Bachelors of Science in Human Nutrition and Foods and from the Physician Assistant Program at Wake Forest University Bowman Gray School of Medicine.  She spent the past nine years as the Executive… Read More

Liz Cheney

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Liz joined Family House in June of 2022 as the Volunteer Services Assistant. She previously worked in Parent and Alumni Engagement for her alma Mater Connecticut College and for two co-educational boarding and day schools in Massachusetts. Liz is passionate about her work… Read More

Joseph Solomon

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Joseph joined the Family House in October 2023. He was born and raised in North Carolina, and now lives in Chapel Hill while attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is pursuing a double major in Political Science and Human Development and Family Sciences. Outside of sch… Read More

Kathy Yasui-Der

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Before coming to Family House, Kathy was an elementary school teacher in California, Massachusetts and North Carolina. Born and raised in southern California, she earned her undergraduate degree in sociology from UCLA and her master's degree in education from California State University at L… Read More

John Piekielniak

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John has more than 20 years of experience in facilities maintenance and project management, and his contributions to Family House - indoor and out - contribute to the health, safety, and comfort of our guests each day. He attended Aiken Technical College and Augusta Technical Institute where… Read More

Susan Anderson

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Susan Anderson comes to us after a long history of management at UNC-Chapel Hill.  Susan managed large and small staffs at the bookstore, auxiliary services, and printing.  During her more than 30 years in Chapel Hill, Susan volunteered at the Interfaith Council managing and servin… Read More

Neal Morris

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Neal joined Family House in July 2022. Born and raised in Chapel Hill, he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After working for over a decade at UNC’s Center for Faculty Excellence, where he helped teachers make websites and … Read More

Rachel Derby

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Rachel joined us in November 2023. She earned her Bachelor of the Liberal Arts at Southern Virginia University, studying English and history specifically. She was born and raised in New York before moving to North Carolina right before Highschool. Since graduation, she has been studying… Read More

Nilsa Pantoja Vazquez

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Nilsa was a housekeeper at Family House for nearly two years before being promoted to Housekeeping Supervisor in June 2024. She loves making Family House clean and comfortable for our guests. Outside of work, Nilsa enjoys decorating, fashion, and making TikToks with her daughters. Born and r… Read More

Lori Matteson

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Lori Matteson joined SECU Family House in April 2022.  Growing up in Orlando, she headed to the University of Florida for her postsecondary education in Business and Marketing.  After 17 years of Sales, Marketing, and Business Development in the corporate world, she focused on fami… Read More