Ruth Stone Executive Director pcasa@embarqmail.com

Ruth Stone has been the Executive Director of Piedmont CASA since June of 1995. An attorney with experience in foster care, social work and family law, she holds a Juris Doctor from the College of William and Mary and a Bachelor of Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University. Ruth is very interested in promoting community collaboration and serves on the Charlottesville-Albemarle Commission on Children and Families, the Martha Jefferson Hospital Leadership Council, the Department of Criminal Justice Services Children's Justice Act/CASA Advisory Committee and the Charlottesville-Albemarle Family Drug Treatment Court Task Force. Married and the mother of two, Ruth has lived in Charlottesville since 1980.

Phoebe Frosch Advancement Director pfpcasa@embarqmail.com

Phoebe Frosch trained as a CASA volunteer in 1996 and currently advocates for her fifth CASA child. In September of 2005 she came to work in the CASA office as a CASA Supervisor and as of July 1, 2007 has taken over the position of Development Director. Phoebe holds a Master's Degree in English at the University of Michigan, where she taught composition and expository writing for five years, and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center. She has worked as a freelance writer and a research attorney in Family Law. The mother of two daughters, Phoebe runs and bicycles in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and greatly enjoys living in downtown Charlottesville.

Becky Mooney CASA Supervisor bcmpcasa@embarqmail.com

Becky Mooney served as a CASA volunteer for more than a year before joining the staff as a CASA Supervisor. She has also assumed responsibility as the CASA representative to the Family Treatment Court, which is enhanced by her first hand experience of serving on a case in Family Treatment Court. Becky's husband is a CASA volunteer too and they have two children and two dogs. When she has time, Becky enjoys quilting and running.

Denise Oinonen CASA Supervisor dopcasa@embarqmail.com

Denise Oinonen started at Piedmont CASA in February 2007. She had previously worked at the Charlottesville Department of Social Services for over six years as a Foster Care Social Worker. Additionally, she worked for three years as a counselor for the Runaway Emergency Services Program (RESP). For the last six years she has been a Hotline Counselor doing after-hours crisis counseling for RESP. Denise has a Bachelor degree in Social Work and a Master of Social Work. She replenishes her energy by communing with nature and her animals.

Susi Wilbur started as a full-time CASA Supervisor in September 2007. More will be coming.

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

Gandhi