Smart Start of New Hanover County Board of Directors has named its new officers for the 2020-21 fiscal year, according to a news release.

The new officers are; Meredith Jones of the University of North Carolina Wilmington Watson College of Education (president), Diane Pappayliou  of Butler Snow LLP (vice president), Betty Clark of Noah’s Ark Children’s Center (treasurer) and Craig Kelly, a youth violence intervention specialist with New Hanover County (secretary), officials said in the release.

Smart Start of New Hanover County is part of a statewide initiative and serves as a local leader in developing a comprehensive, collaborative approach to meet the needs of all children, from birth to age 5, according to the organization.