Clay joined our staff in the fall of 2002.  He graduated from Georgia State University with a masters in Professional Counseling and is a National Certified Counselor.  He also received a masters from the Psychological Studies Institute and a Bachelors of Science from the University of Georgia.  He has worked with the public school system since 2000 serving as  a School Based Mental Health Therapist for the Safe Schools/Healthy Students initiative in Appling County.  He also served as an adolescent Alcohol & Drug Rehabilitation therapist with the Odyssey Family Counseling Center in Atlanta.  He lives in Patterson with his wife, Doris, and their two sons, Rance and Eli.

Sherri has over 17 years experience in the bookkeeping/secretarial field.  She has also worked with the Department of Corrections as an accountant/clerk.  She has been with RESA for six years as a Senior Technical Secretary for the Safe & Drug Free Schools & Communities Program.  Before coming to RESA, Sherri served as a secretary for federal grant programs at Bulloch County Schools.  Along with preparing materials for prevention education trainings/workshops, Sherri is also the coordinator of the Safe & Drug Free Schools & Communities Lending Library.  Sherri is married to Wayne and has three children, Kali, and twins Anthony and Adam.

Dee Ann has been a consultant with the Safe & Drug Free Schools & Communities Program at RESA since 1991.  She has a masters degree in Public Administration from Georgia Southern University.  She is a certified trainer in the Mendez Drug Education Program, Crisis Prevention Institute's Non-Violent Crisis Intervention program, the True Colors learning styles/communication styles inventory, Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Dr. Terry Alderman's Discipline:  A Total Approach program, and Conflict Management program training.  She also provides staff development in bullying prevention, parent involvement, asset building/life skills development, school safety, and other sessions as needed.  Dee Ann lives in Statesboro with her husband Paul and their two children Seth and Madison.

Beverly has 25 years of experience in the field of education, working with both students and adults.  She joined the staff of First District RESA in 1990 after working in the same capacity at Pioneer RESA in northeast Georgia.  Beverly's experience also includes coordination of a 13-county district health education program for the Division of Public Health in Georgia.  She has also assisted Georgia DHR as a statewide trainer/consultant in areas of organizational management, including communication, team building and conflict resolution.  Beverly is a certified trainer in numerous prevention and intervention programs, including the following:  Second Step Violence Prevention Program, Parent to Parent Master Facilitator, Discipline - A Total Approach, True Colors, Mendez Too Good for Drugs and Violence, Crisis Prevention Institute's NonViolent Physical Crisis Intervention Program, Botvin Life Skills Training, and the San Francisco Community Board's Conflict Management Training Program.  Beverly lives in Vidalia with her husband, Jerry, and their two children, Jeremy and Elizabeth.