Yvette have been a business owner for over 35 years, a family teacher at St. Anthony's Children's Home, a director with several home-based networking groups, a member of numerous fundraising and charity committees, and now her passion is being an Associate Broker at House Real Estate Group. Yvette loves traveling, fishing, and spending quality time at her family cabin in the mountains with her family. She is excited to be a part of The Arc of Natrona County Board and to bring fundraising events to our community.
Julie has been a vet assistant at Altitude Veterinary Hospital for over 20 years. Julie enjoys participating in Special Olympics and has been doing so for over 32 years. Julie is a counselor at Arc Camp in the summer and enjoys assisting the campers with various activities on the mountain. Julie likes to volunteer in our Casper community and is a big believer in kindness, being humble, helping others and having fun!
Marci Hayward is an intellectual property attorney with the firm Pearson Butler. She also splits her time working as a paraprofessional with the functional life skills students at Kelly Walsh High School. Marci feels incredibly blessed to be able to work two jobs that feed her heart and mind.
Andy was born and raised in Casper, WY. She works at Fairway Independent Mortgage as a loan officer, and has been in the mortgage business since 2008. Andy loves Wyoming and spending as much time outdoors as she can. Andy is so happy to be a new member on the Arc Board as she thinks it is an amazing non-profit and cannot wait to see what the next year/years will bring!
Bethany has worked for the Arc since 2004, becoming the Executive Director in February of 2017. She was previously the Service Coordinator from 2008-2017. Bethany is responsible for the implementation of policies and programs for the Arc. She oversees all employees, writes all grants, fundraises, educates the community and grantors when opportunities are available and advocates for families and participants.
Karie has almost 25 years of experience with individuals with special needs, both administratively and in direct care. She has been with the Arc since April 2017, as our Service Coordinator, filling the role of liaison between our families and our providers- scheduling shifts, doing meet and greets, attending Plan of Care meetings, and doing a lot of our staff training.
CodyLou has served the Arc in a variety of capacities over the last 20 years, including direct care, Service Coordinator and Executive Director. She has a Bachelors in Special Education and currently serves as our Office Manager. She handles all of our HR and Medicaid billing.
Shianne has worked for the Arc for 5 years, starting out in our after school program. She has been running our Adult Day program since February 2017. Some of her job duties include creating staffing schedules and activity schedules for our adults, overseeing services provided in this area and is a go to for our Adult Day staff.
Maurica has been the Case Manager at the Arc since January of 2013, but worked for the Arc as a direct care provider for a few years when she was going to school. Maurica is the go to person for the families she case manages and helps ensure the other services they are utilizing are meeting their needs.