There are challenging times ahead for the Social Security disability program. These challenges will impact on all of us and will have a profound impact on our professional Association. Our leaders must continue the tradition of being willing and able to take the lead on these issues and search for practical solutions. The CCP is the active voice of the local leadership in the NADE Chapters. The CCP Chair is your voice on the NADE Board of Directors and it is imperative our voice continue to be heard and the tradition of strong leaders serving in this position be preserved. It is for this reason that I am seeking to serve as CCP Chairperson in 2010-2011.

I have been an employee of the North Carolina DDS since 1999 and a NADE Member since 2004. I am currently the supervisor of a case processing unit in the DDS and have just begun serving a second term as President of THADE (Tar Heel Association of Disability Examiners). I previously served as President of our Chapter in 2008-2009 and our Chapter won the NADE President’s Award as the most outstanding NADE Chapter in 2009. I was also honored to receive the John Gordon Award from NADE in 2009 as Supervisor of the Year. In addition to my active involvement in THADE, my experience in NADE includes service as Chairperson of the Southeast Region’s Awards Committee in 2007-2008 and the Southeast Region’s Membership Committee in 2009-2010. I am currently the Chair of NADE’s National Awards Committee.