our BOARD of directors

advisory board members

Board of Directors

Angie Scioli

Angie Scioli is a nationally board certified high school social studies teacher in Wake County. A former NC Teaching Fellow, she was recognized as Wake County's First Year Teacher of the Year in 1994 and school level honoree in 1999. After earning a master’s degree and becoming a police wife and mother, her  “open letter”  declaring we should all support public schools by “Wearing Red4Ed on Wed.” led to the founding of Red4EdNC in 2013. She is the primary subject of the documentary titled Teacher of the Year released in 2016, and has been published in The Washington Post, featured in Education Week, and recently co-authored an article for the UCLA Law Review. She is a member of the Board of Advisors of Public Schools First NC and the 9-12 Director for Wake NCAE. She is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award from that institution in 2018.

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Alicia Whitley

​Alicia graduated from the University of North Carolina as a NC Teaching Fellow and has taught in Orange, Buncombe, Granville and Wake counties. She now teaches English at Leesville Road High School. Her decision to be a part of Red4Ed is similar to her decision to become a teacher; she wants to be the change she wants to see in education. Finding the power in her voice also led her to create a podcast, Hot Four Teachers, that ran throughout 2015.

• "Four Bad Arguments Against Common Core"
• Hot Four Teachers Podcast

Nancy Snipes Mosley

Nancy is a National Board Certified social studies teacher at Leesville Road High School and the Wake NCAE Secretary. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Journalism from UNC-CH and completed the Master Teaching Fellow program at Wake Forest University. She participates in Red4EdNC in order to be a part of the conversation on how to invest more time and resources to empower public school students and teachers.

• "The Real Problem With Teaching in NC"
• "Teacheritis: Are You or Your Children At Risk?"
• "Serenity Prayer for a Teacher"
• "Why Teachers Care About Medicaid Expansion"

Heather Dinkenor

​Heather was a graduate of the first Teaching Fellows cohort at UNC-Chapel Hill, who extended her required four years of service in NC into 26 years.  She is a National Board Certified English teacher who was recognized as a finalist for Wake County’s Teacher of the Year in 2009. Heather joined Red4EdNC to educate others on overcoming obstacles facing NC teachers and to help other educators feel supported in these challenging times.

• "Put Down the Gradebook and Vote"
• "Taking the High Road in Parent-Teacher Communication"

Cassie Blackwelder

​Cassie began her teaching career as a lateral entry teacher after graduating from NC State and working in the private sector. She is now a National Board Certified teacher at Broughton High School who teaches foods and nutrition, apparel, and other FACS classes. She also advises Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America. Cassie joined Red4EdNC to help make sure that teachers' voices are heard since they are the professionals in the field of education.

Kim Arwood

Kim is a National Board Certified math teacher, Multicultural Club sponsor, and math team coach at Leesville Road High. She is a graduate of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and UNC-Chapel Hill. Kim joined Red4EdNC because she believes a high quality public education should be available to every child and that attracting, supporting, and retaining high quality teachers is the best way to provide quality education.