Our Staff

Executive Director
Ann C. Kita
Ann Kita has nearly 25 years of professional experience advocating on behalf of those who need a voice. Beginning as a foster care worker in Detroit, Michigan, she returned home to Flint, Michigan and worked at the Genesee County Family Court as a Friend of the Court officer for twelve years. After receiving her Master of Arts degree in Counseling, Ann decided to focus her advocacy work when she joined the YWCA of Greater Flint Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault program in 2011. For the next ten years, Ann dedicated her professional career educating others as an adjunct professional and as an expert witness regarding the dynamics of intimate partner violence. As the YWCA Greater Flint Program Director, Ann led the domestic violence and sexual assault program in Genesee County with their first active Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) county wide protocol. Ann is skilled in crisis intervention, therapeutic interventions, community collaboration, systems change, operational management, program development, financial management, fundraising and board engagement. Ann Kita begins her Executive Director role at Sistercare remaining dedicated to survivors of intimate partner violence and their children, assuring trauma informed services and client centered responses will be practiced throughout the Midlands of South Carolina.
Read more from Ann on the Sistercare BlogAdministrative Staff
Rebecca Frierson
Director of Project Management and Systems Administrator
Toni Hunter
Director of Human Resources
Robin Scott
Office Assistant
Joyce Shields
Executive Assistant
Leah Wicevic
Director of Administration and Operations
Fund Development and Community Engagement Staff
James Cooper
Director of Development
Permeco Myers
Community Engagement Coordinator
Direct Service Leadership Staff
Misty Cooper
Director of Community Outreach and Court Advocacy
Vivian Gore
Director of Family, Individual, and Teen Counseling Services
Dr. Catherine Ross
Director of Community Clinical and Education Services / Group
Pam Starling
Director of Housing
Tartia Dobey
Co-Director of Residential Emergency Services
Tonya Harrington
Co-Director of Residential Emergency Services