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Buncombe County Department of Social Services
Website: http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/dss/
40 Coxe Ave.
PO Box 7408 Asheville, NC 28802
State Courier#: 12-50-02
(828) 250-5500 / Fax: (828) 250-5945
County Population: 222,174
Emergency Phone: (828) 250-5500

Key staff contacts | County DSS Board | Board of Commissioners
NC Legislative Delegation: House | NC Legislative Delegation: Senate

Key staff contacts
Director:
Amanda Stone / (828) 250-5588 / mandy.stone@buncombecounty.org

Administrative Assistant
Christa Lance / (828) 250-5587 / christa.lance@buncombecounty.org

Business Officer/ Fiscal/Performance Manager
Jim Holland / (828) 250-5531 / jim.holland@buncombecounty.org

Human Resource Manager
Lisa Eby / (828) 250-5610 / lisa.eby@buncombecounty.org

Operation Manager
Brent Deter / (828) 250-5575 / brent.deter@buncombecounty.org

Economic Services Program Administrator
Tim Rhodes / (828)250-5592 / tim.rhodes@buncombecounty.org

Social Work Services Program Administrator: Lead
Angela Pittman / (828)250-5749 / angie.pittman@buncombecounty.org

Investigative and Family Assessment/ In-Home Child/Family Services Program Administrator
Tammy Shook / (828)250-5557 / tamela.shook@buncombecounty.org

Investigative and Family Assessment/In-Home Child/Family Services Program Administrator
Chuck Harris / (828) 250-5519 / chuck.harris@buncombecounty.org

Foster Care/Adoption/Placement Licensing/Child/Family Services Program Administrator
Becky Kessel / (828)250-5775 / becky.kessel@buncombecounty.org

Adult Services/CPS & Adult Services Intake/On-Call/Childcare Program Manager
Dawn Warren / (828) 250-5680 / dawn.warren@buncombecounty.org

Child Support Enforcement
Policy Studies, Inc.
Crystal Miller / (828) 232-1416 / Fax: (828) 232-0397
30 Garfield St., Suite A, Asheville, NC 28803-2485

Adult Medicaid Department Head
Micky Corn / (828) 250-5755 / micky.corn@buncombecounty.org

Family and Children’s Medicaid Department Head
Patricia Wallin / (828) 250-5689 / patricia.wallin@buncombecounty.org

Food and Nutrition Services Department Head
Marty Phillips / (828) 250-5739 / marty.phillips@buncombecounty.org

Family Self Sufficiency/Prevention/Work First Employment Supervisor
Carey Gibson / (828) 250-5524 / carey.gibson@buncombecounty.org

County DSS Board:
Bill McElrath, Chair
Ben Watts, Vice Chair
L. C. Ray
David McClain
Latessa Johnson

Board of Commissioners:
David Gantt, Chair
Bill Stanley, Vice Chair
Carol Peterson
K. Ray Bailey
Holly Jones

NC Legislative Delegation: House
Bruce Goforth
Susan Fisher
Jane Whilden

NC Legislative Delegation: Senate
Martin Nesbitt
Tom Apodaca

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