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Meet Our Staff... Eastern Appalachian Teen Challenge staff are members of the American Association of Christian Counselors and are trained to biblically disciple students into a new way of life. All staff are also CPR and First Aid trained in the event emergencies might occur. |
| Harley Cox, Executive Director, is no stranger to Teen Challenge. He graduated from an honors adult male Teen Challenge center over fourteen years ago and has worked with Teen Challenge ever since. He earned his bachelor's degree in Pastoral Counseling and founded Eastern Appalachian Teen Challenge in 1998 desiring to help young people who were once like himself. As an ordained minister he has counseled with troubled teens, adults and their families for over nine years. Harley and his wife Lisa have been married for twelve years, have two children, and are both veterans of the United States military. | Lisa Cox, Program and Education Director for the Eastern Appalachian Teen Challenge Training Center for Adolescent Girls, has a Virginia state teaching license, and has worked with at risk children and their families in the inner city school setting for ten years. As a certified lay counselor with the American Association of Christian Counselors and a minsterial candidate, Lisa also oversees all of the Teen Challenge biblical studies curriculum and personal studies for each student specific to their individual needs. |
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Lorenia Hall Administrative Assistant Lorenia is one of the first faces and voices you will hear as you inquire about our center. She works closely with the Executive and Program Director assisting them in receiving, and enrolling candidates. |
George and Lotus Bowles Residential Directors George, also a graduate of an adult male center over seven years ago, has worked with the ministry of Teen Challenge for six years. He and his wife Lotus serve as a residential care team working with the program in a number of ways. |
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Lisa Grubb, RN We are thankful to have a registered nurse on our volunteer staff. |