Who We Are
TIC-NC was founded by Marcia Herman, Gretchen Witzgall, Amy Brown and Faye Orr in 2005 and is located in Pittsboro, NC.
THE BOARD
Patricia E. Clark, MD, MPH is a psychiatrist in private practice in Chapel Hill and Pittsboro. Her interests are in public health, and the epidemiology of chronic illnesses, and tick-borne infections. She treats several patients with mood disorders associated with tick-borne infections.
Dr Clark’s experience includes:
• BS Mathematics, MIT, 1977
• BS Electrical Engineering, MIT, 1978
• MD, Medical College of Virginia, 1985
• Internship, Riverside Hospital, Newport News, VA, 1986
• Residency in Preventive Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1987-90
• Master of Public Health in Epidemiology, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1990
• Psychiatry Residency at UNC-Chapel Hill, 1990-1994.
Anne (Daisy) Clemmons, RN, is a registered nurse with clinical experience in pediatrics. She began her nursing career at Duke University Medical Center in a pediatric unit that specialized in the treatment of children with hematologic/oncologic diseases, autoimmune disorders, genetic disorders, and various infectious diseases. From there she moved to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at UNC Healthcare in Chapel Hill where she cared for acutely and chronically ill children. Currently, Ms. Clemmons works as a home health nurse for a chronically ill child. Prior to becoming a nurse, she received her BA in Sociology with a minor in Spanish and worked as a social worker in a skilled nursing facility where she developed an interest in the nursing field. Ms. Clemmons is originally from Lynchburg, VA. She moved to Raleigh after high school in 1994 to attend N.C. State University. She and her husband relocated to Chapel Hill in the spring of 2006. She loves hiking and spending time outdoors with her husband and their two dogs. Her professional experiences and interest in environmental issues have created the desire to learn more about public health issues that may affect individuals in North Carolina, including tick-borne illnesses.
Marcia E. Herman-Giddens, PA, MPH, DrPH, is an adjunct professor in the school of Public Health, Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Senior Consultant at the NC Child Advocacy Institute. She has worked in the field of child health and maltreatment for over 20 years both as a medical provider and an advocate, teacher and researcher. Her research, published in numerous journals, books, and monographs, has revolved around the growth and development of children, child maltreatment, and sexually transmitted infections in children. More recently, Dr. Herman-Giddens has begun researching tick-borne infections. Dr. Herman-Giddens received her Physician Associate degree from Duke University Medical Center in 1978 and practiced pediatrics there for many years. She received her doctorate in public health in 1994, and after three years as the medical director of the State Child Fatality Prevention Team, has been engaged primarily in child advocacy, public health advocacy, teaching and research.
Judi Loberg, MSSW, works with families, groups, and individuals in a therapy setting and does training and supervision for therapists. She has been in private clinical practice for 20 years both in Jonesboro, Arkansas and in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She also owns and manages the Rigmor House retreat center in Chapel Hill with her partner Cyndi O°ØNeal. Previously Ms. Loberg taught physical education and coached several sports in high schools in the United States, Japan and in Germany for 10 years.
After returning to the states, Ms. Loberg helped a local company develop and implement a wellness program for its employees. This program became a model for other small companies, its unique program being one that was open to the employee°Øs entire family.
She has served on several non-profit boards, both in advisory and director capacity. She was a founding board member and past President of the Satir Institute of the Southeast in North Carolina, was founding board member and past president of the Foster Grandparent program, advisory board member of the Vo-tech development program, and advisory board of the Salvation Army, and member of the Arkansas State University museum advisory board all in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Cyndi O'Neal, MS.
BA - Concord College, 1987, Accounting and Business
MS - West Virginia College of Graduate Studies, Counseling with emphasis
on Families
Cyndi O'Neal worked in the accounting field for 10 years. After receiving
her MS, she worked in a psychiatric hospital and private practice settings
in several states. She continues a practice focusing on children and families
here in North Carolina
Ms. O'Neal has worked with non-profit organizations in the development process
in West Virginia and North Carolina. She was instrumental in organizing
and setting up the Women's Domestic Shelter in Beckley, WV where she served
on their Board for 3 years and as President for one year. Ms. O'Neal also
volunteered for the America Red Cross while in West Virginia. In North Carolina,
she helped set up the Satir Institute of the Southeast, Inc. by obtaining
their 501(C)3 status and serving as their Executive Director for 18 months.
During that time the Institute developed and ran a summer camp for under-privileged
teenagers in which she was involved on a daily basis. Ms. O'Neal has also
been a board member of the Human Rights Committee of Learning Services (a
live-in brain injury center) for 5 years in Durham, NC.
G. Faye Orr graduated in 1982 from Florida State University cum laude with a B.S. in Chemistry. She received a grant from the National Science Foundation in 1981 for undergraduate research and used it to study carcinogenic pesticides in human tissue samples. After a brief time at Eastman Kodak as an analytical chemist, she earned an M.S. (cum laude) from the University of Ga. where she worked to synthesize rigid amino acids to investigate the morphine receptor sites. In 1985, she joined the staff of Burroughs Welcome Co. as a Research Organic Chemist, where she was the primary chemist who made the amino acid prodrugs of acyclovir, culminating in the drug Valtrex, indicated for treatment for all herpes viruses. Later she synthesized over a hundred compounds active in the CNS, over two hundred anti-tumorigenic compounds, and about fifty major HIV enzyme inhibitors, while authoring and co-authoring several publications and was co-author on several patents for potential drug-candidates. In 1995, she became a Medicinal Chemist for Glaxo Welcome, where she worked in their diabetes, HIV, and CNS programs. She was forced to retire in 1999 due to complications from Lyme disease.