Maurita McCorkle, Executive Director, has been a foster parent in North Carolina for over 20 years. She has taken over 80 children into her home. These children have ranged in age from 5 months to 28 years old. She has housed over 20 young adults over the last 8 years and continues to support them once they move out on their own. She has completed higher level of training in working with kids who have been traumatized as well as mental health training to support the adults in her care. Maurita also completed the Duke Non-profit Management Certification in 2014 and served as Vice President, and Executive Director, of Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina. Maurita has a great passion for young adults. She is the visionary of In Our Shoes, Inc.
John Wingen has served on various non-profit boards in the community and has been supporting Maurita in her efforts over the last 5 years.
Joanne
Scaturro, Board Member, received her Masters in Social Work from Florida State
University in 1975. She is currently serving as a trainer in the Staff
Development Office of the Division of Health and Human Services in Raleigh,
North Carolina. Previously, she was employed as Supervisor of the Parent/Family
Involvement Unit of the Florida Department of Education; Parent Services for
the Bureau of Student Services and Exceptional Education; Senior Trainer with
the Children and Families Professional Development Centre in Quincy, Fl.; a
Community Social Worker with the Severely Emotionally Disturbed Network
(SEDNET) and Parent Specialist for Leon County Schools.