The Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan (WRCNM) recently promoted two staff members, Stacey Walsh-Hoobler (left) and Nicole Wallesverd (right), to leadership positions.

Stacey Walsh-Hoobler, who began with the agency as a therapist in 2001, has been named Clinical Supervisor.  She will be responsible for supporting the WRCNM team of therapists, as well as overseeing clinical services at agency satellite offices in Cheboygan, Gaylord and Mancelona.  As Clinical Supervisor, she will also serve on the WRCNM Leadership Team, assisting with the coordination of programs and decision-making related to agency program policies, service delivery, budgets and personnel.  She will continue in her capacity as a therapist working with WRCNM clients at the administrative/counseling office in Petoskey.  

 Walsh-Hoobler received a Bachelor of Science majoring in Human Services from Lake Superior State University where she graduated Cum Laude and was awarded Outstanding Human Service Graduate.  She earned a Masters of Social Work from the University of Michigan with concentrations in Interpersonal Practice and Mental Health.  She has continued her education by attending workshops and training on topics crucial to her work.
 
The Women’s Center also promoted Nicole Wallesverd to Children’s Program Director, where she will oversee both Project FREE Preschool and the Children’s Learning Center (CLC) programs.  Wallesverd will also serve on the agency’s Leadership Team.  Project FREE is a state-funded school readiness program for four year olds taught in half-day sessions by two certified teachers.  The CLC is a popular child care option for area working families which provides an educational environment for children 2 ½ – 11 years old.

Wallesverd attended North Central Michigan College and graduated from Alma College with a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education with an Early Childhood Endorsement.  Prior to being hired by the WRCNM as Lead Teacher for the Children’s Learning Center in 2010, she had taught kindergarten in Raleigh, North Carolina and had been the director of a children’s program at the Bay Harbor Yacht Club for three summers.  

For information on WRCNM programs and services call their administrative office at (231) 347-0067, or visit their web site at wrcnm.org.