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Susan Fennell is the Executive Director for YWCA of Lower Cape Fear.

YWCA of Lower Cape Fear has a rich history of serving women and children in need. Women come to us in times of crisis. They come for job training and career counseling. They come for childcare. They come for health and fitness. They come for a variety of reasons. But they come. And they leave with a renewed spirit, new skills, and stronger lives.

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Richard Hand and Jerry Collins- Treadwell

Richard Hand, Founder of Treadwell Corporation, is a well known Physical Therapist in the Wilmington, NC area. Richard discovered the health and wellness benefits of treadling in 2004. Subsequently he developed the Treadwell Wellness Device. It is now being sold to long-term-care facilities and the company intends to expand into the corporate wellness and athletic markets in the future. Richard is a graduate of the Bouve College of Northeastern University where he was a Phi Kappa Phi Honor Student and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Therapy. Richard resides in Wilmington with his wife and two children.

Jerry Collins, CEO, joined Treadwell in 2009 when the company commenced test marketing the Treadwell Wellness Device. Jerry’s was previously a CEO and a CFO of RHC and FQHC primary healthcare businesses. Jerry is a graduate of the Maine Business School at the University of Maine where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance and a Masters of Business Administration. Jerry resides in Burgaw.

Richard and Jerry would like to recognize the University of North Carolina Wilmington Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship’s administration and staff for their support of Treadwell in its entrepreneurial pursuits. They would also like to recognize the support of family, friends and mentors who have shared the experience.

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Mitzi Kincaid- Kincaid and Associates

Ms. Kincaid has over a decade of experience in corporate accounting and finance.  Prior to receiving her law degree, she worked with BellSouth’s cellular phone company (Cingular, now AT&T).  She served as Corporate Counsel for VisionAIR, a software development company in Wilmington, NC. She has also worked for the North Carolina State Treasurer as an auditor and with Bell+Howell, an international company specializing in mail sorting machines, where she worked in financial management. She started her own law firm, Kincaid and Associates, PLLC in 2007 and has locations in Asheville, Charlotte, Raleigh and Wilmington.

Ms. Kincaid is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association, the New Hanover County Bar Association and the American Bar Association where she is a member of the business law section, intellectual property section, the wills and probate section, and the GP/Solo section.

Ms. Kincaid volunteers with the Special Olympics and the American Heart Association. Ms. Kincaid is also a member of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington Cameron Executive Network.  Ms. Kincaid currently serves as the Chairperson for the Board of Directors for the disability Resource Center and was recently appointed by Governor Pat McCroy as a voting member of the Statewide Independent Living Council.

Ms. Kincaid is licensed to practice in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina and before the United States Tax Court.  Ms. Kincaid earned a Juris Doctorate from North Carolina Central School of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, from the University of North Carolina – Charlotte.

In her spare time, Ms. Kincaid enjoys mountain biking, trail running, cooking and spending time with friends.

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Julie Rehder is the Marketing & Community Relations Administrator and Angie Barr is the Health Care Center Administrator.

About the Davis Community:

The Health Care Center at The Davis Community welcomed its first residents in 1966 and has continued to grow in size and scope largely due to the seamless passing of the vision to the board of directors and Davis employees. In 2000, Champions Assisted Living was completed, adding another level of support services and paving the way to a more homelike environment and culture.

In 2010, the Rehabilitation and Wellness Pavilion was added to provide seniors with a state-of-the-art fitness center, outpatient therapies and short-term inpatient care. Today 50 private guest rooms are reserved for persons needing short-term rehabilitation for such conditions as knee and hip replacements or other health needs following a hospital stay.

Following a year-long strategic planning session involving the Board of Directors, residents, family members, staff, visitors, neighbors, vendors, and friends a plan was developed to change The Health Care Center from a medical model of care to a household model of care. The vision is based on the belief that seniors in long-term care deserve privacy and choice in their lives rather than living in a hospital-like environment. The decision was made to completely renovate the existing Health Care Center into ten households where residents and staff operate as a family unit. The $26 million construction project began in 2012 and two freestanding houses opened in July of 2013. The first two households in the renovated section of The Health Care Center open in April 2014 with newly renovated homes approximately every ten months until completion in 2016.

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