Our Board of Directors bring a wealth of experiences and expertise to High Country Caregivers, united by their passion for our mission. Each member is committed to innovation and growth in pursuit of our core values to provide advocacy, support, and education for kinship caregivers and their families. It’s our pleasure to introduce them to you.
Board President
Paul M. DelMonico
Paul M. DelMonico is the President of the Board of the High Country Caregivers, a non profit serving caregivers in the high country. He attended Norwich University in Northfield, VT and graduated with a BS degree in Business and Marketing. Paul is a Vietnam Era Veteran, serving in the US Army as an office with the Army Security Agency from 1969 to 1971.
Paul’s professional career spans 40 years in the textile industry in marketing, design, product development and sourcing. Upon retiring in 2016, he founded DelMonico Group, LLC a contract consulting firm specializing in brand development with focus on textile products.
Paul lives in Blowing Rock, NC with his wife Jackie and his grand daughter Lily. He is father to a son, Jonathan, a daughter, Mary Katherine, and step father to Jackie’s two children, Courtney and Ryan. He is a member of the Saint Mary of the Hills Episcopal Church in Blowing Rock.
Paul’s compassion for children not living with their biological parents, but being raised by grand parents brought him to the HCC, as he is one of those grandparents raising a grandchild.
Board Secretary
Margaret Moore
Margaret Moore is the wife of former Appalachian State Head Football Coach Jerry Moore. Margaret is always ready to “do more than is expected”. She is the Board Secretary and serves on the executive committee for High Country Caregivers.
Margaret donates her time to help with fundraisers, Bible studies, food deliveries, and any other event we have. Margaret selflessly works to see the lives of our families changed. We and our families are blessed by her dedication and generosity!
Board Member
Shelley J. Tarbutton
Shelley lives in Boone with her husband Kent. They have three adult children and two grandchildren. After Shelley’s mother Pauline had a stroke at age 91, Pauline moved into Shelley and Kent’s home, where she was cared for by them for two years.
Shelley is currently a member of The Temple of the High Country and Bethelview Methodist Church. She has served as a board member of the Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway and Appalachian Summer Festival.
Shelley received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and a Master of Science in Environmental Science and Engineering from VA Tech. She has worked extensively in the environmental field as a civil service employee for the Army and Defense Logistics Agency, as well as a contract engineer.
She is presently an environmental engineering consultant with TAI (Tarbutton Associates).
Her hobbies include gardening, exercising, and spending time with her elderly friends and her grandchildren.
Board Member
Jerry Moore
Jerry is a former football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at North Texas State University—now the University of North Texas—from 1979 to 1980, at Texas Tech University from 1981 to 1985, and at Appalachian State University from 1989 to 2012. In his 24 years at Appalachian State, he led his 2005 Mountaineers team to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship and repeated the feat in 2006 and 2007, achieving the first “three-peat” in NCAA Division I FCS/I-AA history. He was selected for inclusion into the Southern Conference Hall of Fame, and College Football Hall of Fame in 2014.
He has also been a volunteer with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes since the 1960s and is in their Hall of Honor. He is most proud of the countless players he coached for many years who are successful and making positive changes in their communities.
Jerry has always had a heart for children and always does “more than is expected” when it comes to volunteering his time and energy for High Country Caregivers. We are honored to have him on our board.
Board Member
Rebecca Scalpi
Rebecca was born in 1948 and brought up in Brooklyn, NY. She moved to Los Angeles in 1982 and lived there for 8 years. After moving to Miami in 1990, she met her beloved husband, Jesse Small. They have now been settled at Beech Mountain, NC for the past 17 years.
Immediately upon arriving in the High Country, they became heavily involved in the area’s philanthropic efforts. Rebecca volunteers for High Country Caregivers and various other charities including the American Cancer Society and a home for abused and neglected children.
Rebecca was introduced to us by Dr. Carol Berns and immediately put her energies into building our “Children’s Wish List” program. Her mission is to give children the childhood they deserve and leads many fundraising efforts to supply our children with essentials for school and home.
Rebecca is a kind, gracious, and giving person and we are lucky to have her as a Board member.
Board Member
Karyn Kennedy Herterich
A member of a South Florida 1920’s pioneer family, Karyn moved to Blowing Rock full time in 1996. While living in Florida she chaired the Ethel & W. George Kennedy Family Foundation for 30 years
She is President of The Kennedy-Herterich Foundation, founded in 2016. The Foundation is actively involved in funding grants to High Country Non-Profits in addition to several in South Carolina.
Business interests: President and CEO of several privately held companies
In addition to being the Vice-President of High Country Caregivers, current Non Profit and Civic Board memberships include:
- ASU, Walker College of Business, Center for Entrepreneurship Advistory Board (2 years)
- Christ School, Arden, NC – Board & Executive Committee (13 years)
- Blowing Rock Civic Association – Board Member (4 years)
- The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, DC – Board Member, The National Symphony Orchestra, National Trustees, North Carolina (20 years)
Karyn is married to German businessman, Dieter Herterich, They have one son, Morgan Kennedy Herterich, a daughter-in -law, Lauren and one grand daughter, Baylor Kennedy Herterich. The Herterichs’ divide their time between their homes in Blowing Rock and Charleston, SC. where their children reside.
Board Member
Bob Washburn
Bob came to the mountains as a student at Applachian State University, graduating with undergraduate and master’s degrees in Business Administration. He and his wife Glenda have four children and five grandchildren. He has been a banker for the past 39 years and currently serves as President and CEO of LifeStore Bank.
Currently Bob serves on the executive committee for the North Carolina Bankers Association, the Community Banking Council for the American Bankers Association, and the CEO Strategic Planning Advisory Council for FIS. He is the Vice Chair of the Ashe County Chamber of Commerce. He has also served as a deacon and on multiple committees at Mount Vernon Baptist Church.
Previously he has served with the following organizations: High Country United Way, High Country Host, Watauga Education Foundation, Boone Crisis Pregnancy Center, Watauga Committee of 100, Ashe County Workforce Development Task Force, Kiwanis Club of Boone, American Heart Association, Three Forks Baptist Association, Boone Area Chamber of Commerce, and coached soccer, basketball, and baseball for the Watauga County Parks & Recreation department.
Board Member
Joan Hearn
Joan graduated from University of Maryland and moved to Blowing Rock after retiring in 1996. Upon setting foot in the High Country she immediately began volunteering. Previously there was not enough time to give back, but it is now the number one thing she can offer.
She has served over 20 organizations in the High Country, including High Country Hospice and Watauga County Cooperative Extension (WCCE). Joan also contributed to developing her own program called “Kids in the Creek” where she incorporated her own costumes and creativity for child-friendly environmental education.
Her volunteer outreach spans many disciplines, from childrens’ environmental advocacy to senior health insurance counseling. Joan’s giving spirit, energy, and humor have a lasting impact on everyone she touches. Having participated in the Polar Plunge of Chetola Lake for the past 20 years, she has no intention of slowing down.
Joan puts most of her time into the children of the high country, including time at the library as well as the Guardian ad Litem program, where she was able to most directly help children. Joan loves the children of the High Country and expresses her generosity at any chance she gets.