10/13/2026
Children & Family Resource Center (CFRC) welcomes Adrienne Gilbert as our new Intake & Referral Coordinator/Family Mental Health Navigation.
“We are thrilled to welcome Adrienne to the CFRC family! Her extensive experience working with families and expertise in trauma-informed practices make her an excellent fit for this role. Adrienne will help ensure that every family is screened for mental and behavioral health needs while also providing trainings and workshops to promote youth mental health and well-being throughout our community,” said Emily Balcken, Executive Director.
Adrienne has worked in community development for over 20 years with experience in early childhood care and education, public health and health care settings in the United States and abroad. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, and a minor in Fine Art from the University of Michigan and a Master of Public Health from Emory University.
Adrienne also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic for three years before moving to WNC in 2012. For the past 15 years she has served in various roles at WNC Source, Buncombe County HHS, Verner Center for Early Learning and Smart Start Partnership for Children both in Buncombe and Henderson counties.
Adrienne is passionate about micro and macro relationship development, building connection and networks to support systems improvement based in authentic relationship development to support healthy children, healthy parent-child relationships, healthy families and healthy communities.
She is interested in upstream solutions to social and public health challenges that pertain to addressing social determinants of health and adverse childhood experiences while building positive childhood experiences through early relational health in children and their families ages birth to 5 years, both on individual and systems levels.
Adrienne believes that healthy families, healthy workplaces and strong interagency work begin with our own ability to be self-reflective and begins with healthy and secure attached relationship in our early years.
Some of her joys are writing hand-drawn snail mail greeting cards, her cats and dogs, her love for crafting, travel, and being outdoors, her husband and 16-year-old bonus daughter, and spending quality time with dear friends.
Please join us in welcoming Adrienne to CFRC! We look forward to the experience, perspective, and passion for supporting children and families she brings to our team.
