Carolina Headache Institute

After seven successful years serving as Executive Director at Alliance Medical Ministry, Dr. Susan Tucker Weaver accepted the appointment as Senior VP at Wake Med Health and Hospitals. Dr. Weaver's work at Alliance combined with her unique medical experience with patient care and a strong personal faith that gave her the energy to commit countless time and energy to Alliance and the plight of the uninsured. She has been recognized with numerous awards including the News & Observer's Tarheel of the Week, The Triangle Business Journal's Healthcare Hero Award and was featured in the 2009 Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation Annual Report. Dr. Weaver will remain on the Board of Directors at Alliance and will serve as Chair of the Development Committee. She continues her commitment to medical care of the uninsured by volunteering weekly as a provider at the clinic. After co-founding Alliance Medical Ministry and serving as an active member of the Board of Directors, including as chair from 2000-2005 and 2007-2009, Sean Harrison was appointed Executive Director this past February. Sean has a diverse background with over 15 years of management experience in entrepreneurial start-ups and Fortune 500 organizations. Sean's passion for health care and the working uninsured began nearly 10 years ago when he and three members from Cary First United Methodist Church envisioned a ministry to fill the health care gap faced by the working uninsured. Sean, along with Dr. Charles Mann, Jack Stone and David Wilson, worked earnestly with many volunteers and early staff, including Dr. Susan Weaver, to make their dream a reality. Sean graduated with a BS in Computer Science from the University of Maryland and relocated to Raleigh with IBM. After earning his MBA from Duke, Sean founded and was CEO of Netstation, which was acquired by Nortel Networks. Later he started WindWire, a wireless software & service company, acquired in 2003. In 2004-2005 Sean piloted a prepaid low cost health benefit program for uninsured workers. Prior to his appointment at Alliance, he was COO of Brightdoor, a real estate software & services company. Sean and his wife Karen have 3 children ages 6-12. They are all active members of Cary First United Methodist Church. 2010 Alliance Medical Ministry101 Donald Ross Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27610919.250.3320

Family Service of the Piedmont is one of the largest providers of social services in the United States. A private nonprofit agency, it has been operational for more than 20 years. The agency employs more than 120 people, and serves over 26,000 children and their families. It offers a wide variety of services, such as health care, victim and prevention services, community education, and family and group counseling for children and adults, depression, anxiety, marital problems, behavioral issues, grief and trauma. Located in Greensboro, N.C., the agency's consumer credit counseling service provides free budget, credit and housing counseling for individuals and families with debt and other financial problems. It also offers 24-hour crisis services, housing assistance, behavioral health, employment, foster parent support, parent education, safe-home-for-children, supervised visitation, and therapeutic child center. Additionally, Family Service of the Piedmont provides student assistance programs, assessments, referrals for service, peer and staff training, campus awareness, topical workshops, prevention activities, and integrated cross-community development.