College and Career Readiness Blog

Announcing Title II Providers’ Advisory Committee Leadership

We’re excited to announce that the North Carolina WIOA Title II Providers’ Advisory Committee has elected its new leadership team!

 Chair: Shari Brown, Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute
Shari Brown, Director of Transitional Studies at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute, will serve as the Committee’s new Chair. “I’m honored and excited to serve as the chair of the WIOA Title II Providers Advisory Committee,” Shari shared. “I have had the privilege of working in adult education for the past 31 years at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute in Family Literacy, Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English Language Acquisition. For the last three years, I have served as the Director of Transitional Studies. I look forward to our shared progress and the meaningful impact we’ll make together!”

Vice Chair: Melissa Morlock, Pitt Community College
Serving alongside Shari is Melissa Morlock, Director of Transitional Studies at Pitt Community College, who will take on the role of Vice Chair.
Melissa brings a strong background in education and leadership. She previously served as a high school principal and an elementary assistant principal and is a NC Principal Fellow Scholarship recipient. She completed extensive professional development in school leadership through the NC Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. Before her work in school administration, Melissa was a high school English teacher and yearbook instructor and earned National Board Certification for Teaching.

Upcoming Meeting Dates
The upcoming Advisory Committee meetings will be held as follows via Microsoft Teams:

• Monday, November 17, 2:00–3:30 PM
• Monday, January 26, 2:00–3:30 PM
• Tuesday, March 24, 2:00–3:30 PM
• Monday, May 18, 2:00–3:30 PM

Stay Connected
The Providers’ Advisory Committee represents the collective voice of WIOA Title II subrecipients across the state. We encourage all providers to stay engaged—watch for meeting updates and share your ideas, questions, and recommendations with your representatives.

Western Region Reps
Joy Buff, Western Piedmont CC – jbuff@wpcc.edu
Shari Brown, Caldwell CC & TI – sbrown@cccti.edu

Central Region Reps
Jay Taylor, Rowan Cabarrus CC – jay.taylor@rccc.edu
April Root, Central Piedmont CC – april.root@cpcc.edu

Eastern Region Reps
Adwanna Howard, Vance-Granville CC – howarda@vgcc.edu
Erin Cain, Sampson CC – ecain@sampsoncc.edu

Coastal Region Reps
Dr. Kimberly Gregory, College of the Albemarle – kimberly_gregory73@albemarle.edu
Melissa Morlock, Pitt CC – mwmorlock745@my.pittcc.edu

NCCCAEA Rep
Kelly Stegall, South Piedmont CC – kstegall@spcc.edu

CBO At-Large Rep
Angelica Leonides, YMCA of Northwest NC – a.leonides@ymcanwnc.org

Historian
Steve Gunter, Mayland CC – sgunter@mayland.edu