Tonya Pruitt-Lyons joined DRNC in January 2022 as office manager. Due to her considerable talents and contributions to the organization her role was recently expanded to operations manager. Tonya’s additional responsibilitie…
Monica Resendiz joined DRNC in October 2020 as a receptionist and provided administrative support. In June 2022 she took on the role of community engagement support staff. In this new position, she provides support to DRNC’s outreach an…
Cas Shearin joined DRNC as an advocate in 2007, and became director of the agency’s investigations and monitoring unit in 2009, overseeing investigations of serious allegations of abuse or neglect for people with disabilities. Her resp…
Rebekah joined Disability Rights North Carolina in March 2024 as an attorney focusing on Medicaid and Home and Community-Based Services. She brings a wealth of experience from her previous role at Disability Rights South Carolina, wher…
Candace joined DRNC in 2021 as a staff attorney on the CASE team. A native of North Carolina, Candace received her undergraduate degree from North Carolina State University and her law degree from UNC School of Law. While in law school Canda…
Brad Spivey joined DRNC in January 2018. As chief financial officer, he oversees accounting and financial management functions for the agency. Spivey, who brings many years of experience in nonprofit accounting to DRNC, is a North Carol…
Holly Stiles is a North Carolina native who received her undergraduate degree from UNC Chapel Hill. She obtained a J.D. from New York Law School and started practicing law in New York City, but soon realized she is not a forever New Yorker and…
Ashleigh Swayze joined DRNC in August 2021. Her work focuses on investigations involving Social Security beneficiaries and their representative payees. Swayze has over 10 years’ experience in the social services field. Prior to comin…
Debbie Thome came to DRNC in 2007 via Carolina Legal Assistance, where she first worked on the Thomas S. class litigation and then on the Special Education Juvenile Justice Project. She now splits her time between representing children to…