The following is a list of the officers and members of the Pines' management staff and a synopsis of their relevant background and experience:

Edgar L. Muller
President and Executive Director
  Mr. Muller has served as Executive Director of The Pines since April 1988. Mr. Muller is licensed by the State of North Carolina as a Nursing Home Administrator and oversees the daily operations of The Pines. Prior to working with The Pines, he served as the Senior Administrator of Health Services for the Methodist Retirement Homes in Charlotte, N.C. for 7 years and as the Administrator of the Methodist Retirement Community in Greenwood, South Carolina for 11 years.
  Before joining the Methodist Retirement Community, Mr. Muller worked for 3 years as Business Manager for the James C. Self Memorial Hospital in Greenwood, South Carolina. He received a BA in Business Administration from Fullerton State University and has served on the Boards of Directors of the North Carolina Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging and the North Mecklenburg Child Development Center. He is an Elder of the Davidson College Presbyterian Church.

David C. Rainey
Vice President, Assistant Secretary and Director of Financial Services
  Mr. Rainey is licensed by the State of North Carolina as a Certified Public Accountant and has served as The Pines' Director of Financial Services since May 1988. Prior to working at The Pines, Mr. Rainey worked as a bank officer in the Financial Accounting Services Department of First Union National Bank for 3 years and as an auditor for Arthur Anderson & Company for 3 years. Mr. Rainey has a BA in Psychology from Davidson College and a BS in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has served in the Finance Committee of the Lake Norman YMCA and Davidson College Presbyterian Church, and is a member of the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Rainey is an Assistant Scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 58 in Davidson.

Mary Batty, RN
Director of Health Services
  Mrs. Batty was appointed as Director of Health Services at The Pines at Davidson in October 2004. Mrs. Batty has been an employee of The Pines since February 2000 in both staff nurse and charge nurse positions. She completed her nursing education in 1978 at Dawson College in Montreal, Canada. Mrs. Batty brings to this position a wealth of experience, having worked for many years in adult critical care and in nursing management in an acute care hospital. She was involved in the development of the hospital's Continuous Quality Assurance program, in the training of critical care staff, and was responsible for the development of the Acuity Level Assessment Program that provided necessary information to hospital administrators. She served as the Nursing Representative to the hospital's Board of Directors for approximately two years. After relocating to North Carolina in 1997, Mrs. Batty continued her nursing practice in the Critical Care Unit at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center. She is a member of the American Nurses Association and the North Carolina Nurses Association.

Patti Goodwin
Nurse Manager
  Mrs. Goodwin is licensed by the State of North Carolina as a Registered Nurse and has been employed at The Pines at Davidson since January 2001. Prior to joining The Pines at Davidson, Mrs. Goodwin was at the Abernathy Center, United Church Retirement Homes, Inc. in Newton, North Carolina. She had been employed there for 11 years as Nursing Supervisor, Assistant DoN, and Director of Nursing for 3 years. Mrs. Goodwin received her BS in Nursing from UNC-Chapel Hill. She has worked as a clinical instructor for Lenoir-Rhyne College and is a member of the Lenoir-Rhyne Nursing School Advisory Council. Mrs. Goodwin is a member of the North Carolina Nurses Association and the American Nurses Association.

Scott Chinery
Director of Plant Services
  Mr. Chinery is a graduate of Clemson University where he received a B.S. in Civil Engineering and a Masters in Engineering. He is a licensed civil engineer and has worked with civil engineering firms as an owner and member of senior management for over 25 years. Chinery has provided civil engineering services to the Pines since 1998. He is active in The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) where he has served as an Elder and Deacon. Mr. Chinery has also led mission trips through his church to Costa Rica, Kenya, the Gulf Coast, and other locations.

James E. Irvin
Director of Marketing and Development
  Mr. Irvin has served as The Pines' Director of Marketing and Development since March 1989. Prior to joining The Pines, Mr. Irvin worked for over six years in marketing retirement communities with Retirement Communities of America, Basic American Retirement Communities, Inc. and Eagle Landing, a retirement community near Charleston, South Carolina.
  Mr. Irvin has been licensed as a real estate broker in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Colorado. He has served as General Sales Manager and Broker-in-Charge of general real estate brokerage firms which were either privately or corporately owned. He holds the designation of Graduate of Realtors Institute and has been a member of State and National Realtor Associations. Mr. Irvin has attended numerous courses, seminars, and workshops on sales and marketing, and has served on the Education Committee of the N.C. Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aged. He majored in Sociology while attending North Texas State University at Denton, Texas, and served in Vietnam with the U.S. Marine Corps.

Kevin Woods
Director of Culinary and Dining Services
  Mr. Woods is a graduate of the New England Culinary Institute and has a B.A. from the University of Kentucky. He has over ten years experience as a chef in the restaurant and hotel industry, and most recently as the executive chef of the Omni Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Motria Procyk
Director of Development
  Motria Procyk joined The Pines as the Director of Development in 2006. Prior to moving to Davidson, Motria worked for ten years as a fund raiser at the Columbia University School of Law in New York City, where she served as Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, Associate Director of Development, and Director of the Capital Campaign, helping to raise $150 million for academic programs and the renovation and expansion of the Law School campus. Earlier, she served as Assistant Director of Corporate Relations at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York during its capital campaign and helped to set up the first development office at The School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. After moving to Davidson, Motria worked for five years at the Davidson Center for Learning as a tutor and teacher and coordinated the opening celebration of the Alvarez College Union at Davidson College.
  Motria has a B.A. in English from Wesleyan University and an M.A. in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She is a member of Davidson College Presbyterian Church and a parent volunteer at several area schools.

Kaye Yarborough
Medical Nutrition Therapist
  Mrs. Kaye Yarborough became part of the Pines Staff in February 2008. Prior to joining the Pines, Kaye was a Clinical Dietitian at CMC-Northeast for 10 years. Mrs. Yarborough received undergraduate degrees from Wake Forest University and Virginia Commonwealth University. Her first career was in education as a high school English teacher and librarian.
  Mrs. Yarborough obtained her Nutrition training At Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC and became a Registered Dietitian in 1997. Kaye is also a Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist in North Carolina. Mrs. Yarborough has lived in Davidson for 31 years. She is a member of Davidson College Presbyterian Church and enjoys reading, gardening and working at The Free Clinic of Our Towns in her free time.

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