Rape Crisis Center :: Staff Members

Rape Crisis Center is extremely privileged to have a dedicated and hard-working staff. Our staff works endlessly every day to help victims of sexual assault, and to educate the community about preventing it. Check out the brief biographies below, to learn more about the people here to help you!

Amy Eades-Fisher, MSW
Executive Director

Amy has been a social worker for ten years. After earning her Bachelor's Degree in Social Work in 1998 from Mountain State University, she worked with women and children who were HIV+ in Chiang Mai, Thailand. After returning to the United States, Amy worked as Case Manager at the First Step Domestic Violence Program and taught the Abuser Treatment Program. For three (3) years, she served as Victim Advocate and SART Coordinator at Rape Crisis Center of Catawba County. Effective June 1, 2003, Amy was promoted to Executive Director. Amy achieved her MSW in December 2007 from UNC Chapel Hill with a concentration in Management & Community Practice.

She is a certified Victim Service Practitioner by the North Carolina Victim Assistance Network. She has been a board member of the Children's Advocacy Center since 2003 and the Children's Protection Council. Amy was a finalist for the Youth Adult Leadership Award for 2004 for the North Carolina Women's Forum. Amy also represents advocates on the North Carolina Sexual Assault Response Team (NC-SART) State Advisory Committee Member. Amy is a member of 2007-2008 Leadership Catawba with the Chamber of Commerce. She is married to Keith Fisher and they are raising their daughter Karissa.

Sarah Baker, MSW Intern
Victim Advocate

Sarah Baker has been a social worker for five years. She is a graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato; with Bachelor of Science degree in Social Work. Sarah has interned and worked in the area of Child Abuse Prevention, Grant Writing, Foster Care, School Social Work, and Medical/Hospice Social Work.

She is currently attending the Master of Social Work Graduate program through UNC-Chapel Hill’s Advanced Standing, Distance Learning campus in Winston-Salem. Sarah and her husband Danny reside in Conover with their 3 children. She is passionate about serving victims and fighting against social injustice.

Meleah Greene
Victim Advocate

Meleah received a Bachelor’s degree in Human Services from Lenoir-Rhyne College in 2005 and is currently seeking her Master’s in Mental Health Counseling from Walden University with intentions to graduate in May of 2009. She has worked as a Qualified Professional for persons with developmental disabilities and mental illnesses in the past. She came to work part-time as a Crisis Companion for the Rape Crisis Center in 2006. With the experiences encountered in her role as a Crisis Companion, being one of the first responders to make initial contact with victims reporting to the hospital, she strives to continue promoting the agency’s mission to transform victims into survivors with her new role as a full-time Victim Advocate. Her goal is to focus on the needs of victims and to make sure that all services are rendered effectively on behalf of the victims, families, and friends involved in the healing process.