Board members guide strategic planning and make key corporate decisions to support operations. Our board members work and volunteer in human service and social justice programs throughout the Raleigh community. This reach of engagement helps to establish partnerships and extend our mission.

Per bylaws, a majority of the board are members of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church. The full board meets every other month; committees meet monthly.

Pat Hielscher

Pat Hielscher, our office manager, has extensive experience in recruiting and supporting volunteers. Her excellent organizational and budgeting skills come from launching a small business offering marketing products.

• Office Manager, effective January 4, 2011
• Member, Pullen Memorial Baptist Church

Diane Daily

Diane Daily, our Executive Director, has extensive experience in the development, implementation and management of social service programs.

• Executive Director
• Grant Manager, Childhelp, a non-profit dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect
• Executive Director, Foster Angels of Arizona Serving Together, a non-profit that provides foster children with tutors and mentors
• Consultant and Partner, Drake & Daily Project Planning Consultants

The Hope Center at Pullen was incorporated in July 2008 with the establishment of a 14-member board of directors. In less than three short years, The Hope Center at Pullen grew from an idea to a formally-structured organization with focused programs, staff, a cadre of committed volunteers and a budget that included multiple funding sources.

For their volunteer service as board members during our start-up years, we thank Tammy Blackard Cook, Warren Chesson, Mary Hamrick, Jane Hutchby, Mary Moore, Mack Paul, Cecelia Rawlins, Toni Whitaker and Tom Winton. For her dedication to lay a foundation upon which The Hope Center is growing, we thank our first executive director, Porter Bell.