The Mommies Network At a Glance
The Mommies Network currently operates
84 chapters across 30 states. We currently have 28,317 active members nationwide, including
41 who joined in the last 24 hours.
Jefferson and Shelby County
Phoenix and surrounding areas of Maricopa County
the greater Little Rock area
Northern California from South Valley California north to the Oregon border
Oceanside, Carlsbad and Vista, including Camp Pendleton
Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties
Santa Clarita Valley and surrounding areas
San Luis Obispo County
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, the Pueblo Area and southern Douglas County
all cities
Broward County
Jacksonville
Key West and the Lower Keys
Orlando
Charlotte Lee, Northern Monroe and Collier, Sarasota Counties
Hillsborough. Pasco, Pinellas, Manatee, and Sarasota Counties
Atlanta and surrounding areas (Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Paulding, Cherokee, and Bartow counties)
Forsyth County
Gwinnett, Barrow, Walton, and Hall Counties
Bartow, Cherokee, Paulding and Western Cobb Counties
Newton, Rockdale and Henry Counties
Nassau county, FL and Camden, Brantley, Glynn, Wayne, and Charlton counties
Indianapolis and Lafayette
Louisville and surrounding areas
Baltimore, Howard, Eastern Carroll and Anne Arundel Counties
New Castle, DE and Harford and Cecil Counties
Frederick, Washington and Western Carroll Counties
Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties
Antrim, Charlevoix, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska & Leelanau Counties
Kansas City and surrounding areas
the greater St. Louis area
Lincoln, southern Logan, southern McPherson, southeastern Arthur, eastern Keith, northern Hayes and northwestern Frontier Counties
Omaha and surrounding areas
Las Vegas
New Hampshire and bordering towns in Massachusetts
Buffalo and surrounding areas
Mid-Hudson Valley Area (Ulster, Orange, Dutchess Counties)
Seneca and Ontario Counties, and Rochester and surrounding areas
Saratoga County
Alamance, Caswell, Person, Granville and Western Orange Counties
Buncombe County
Alexander, Catawba, Burke and Caldwell Counties
Rowan, Cabarrus and Stanly Counties
Charlotte, Pineville, Matthews and Mint Hill
Carteret, Onslow, Jones and Craven Counties
Cumberland, Hoke, Moore, Lee, Chatham, and Southern Harnett Counties
the Greenville area including Pitt, Martin, Lenoir and Greene Counties
Ashe, Avery, and Watauga Counties
Johnston and Northeast Harnett Counties
Lake Norman Area
Randolph, Davidson and Davie Counties
Everywhere
Gaston, Cleveland and Lincoln Counties
Guilford and Forsyth Counties
Durham, Wake and Eastern Orange counties
Union and Anson Counties
Wilmington and surrounding areas
Cincinnati and surrounding areas
Cleveland
Franklin, Delaware, Licking, and Fairfield Counties
greater Monroe, Michigan and greater Toledo
Multnomah, Washington, Marion and Clackamas Counties
Bucks County, Montgomery County, and Philadelphia
Southeastern MA (Bristol & Plymouth Counties) and Providence, Kent, Washington, and Newport Counties
Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester Counties
Greenville and Spartanburg Counties
York, Cherokee, and Union Counties
Fort Campbell and Hopkinsville KY and Montgomery County, Houston County, Stewart County
Knoxville and surrounding areas
Memphis area
Central Texas
Greater El Paso Region
Houston and surrounding areas
Midland, Odessa and surrounding areas
Collin,Dallas, and Denton Counties
Salt Lake, Davis, and Utah Counties
Stafford, King George, Westmoreland, Spotsylvania, Orange and Caroline Counties
southside of Hampton Roads
Appomattox, Amherst, Bedford and Campbell Counties
Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, and Arlington Counties
Peninsula Area of Hampton Roads
Louisa and Cumberland Counties,Richmond, and surrounding areas
San Juan Islands and Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap, Pierce Counties
the Tri Cities (including Ashland, KY and Ironton OH) and all Southern WV counties
Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha , Ozaukee, Washington, and Waukesha Counties
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About The Mommies Network
The Mommies Network is a 501c(3) non-profit founded in April of 2005 by Heather Fortune, founder of our first chapter CharlotteMommies, with two other members. By the end of the year, The Mommies Network had eight chapters in four states and had formed a partnership with Carolina Parenting, the publisher of three parenting magazines in North Carolina. By our first anniversary, we had a total of sixteen chapters in seven states, and by the close of 2006, we had grown to 27 chapters. The next year our network grew to over 60 chapters, and by the end of 2008, we reached our current size of about 100 chapters.
In 2011 we have focused on ensuring our chapter members are engaged and our chapters are responsive to the needs of our members. While continuing to open new chapters, we have merged other neighboring chapters together. Something new and exciting for 2011: we have realized our long-time goal of opening a National Forum , where any mom, even if she doesn't have a TMN local chapter, can join and receive the support and friendship our local chapter members enjoy.
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TMN Leadership
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Amy Sloan
Amy and her husband, Gregg, live in Columbus, GA - aka the boonies! They have three children: Alexa, Hunter and Carter. Amy worked full time as a Marketing Director before she became a stay-at-home mom in 2003. While living in Cornelius, NC, Amy founded LakeNormanMommies (NC) and served as that chapter's leader for 18 months. She joined our Board of Directors in 2007. She enjoys reading, decorating her house and being with her family. Amy is responsible for the overall management of The Mommies Network. |
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Heather Fortune
Heather founded CharlotteMommies in 2002 and co-founded The Mommies Network in 2005. Heather has two beautiful daughters: Caroline Grace and Catherine Elizabeth. She has a B.A. in English Literature. She grew up in Ohio and Pennsylvania and moved to South Carolina when she was ten. Today she and her family live in Charlotte, NC. In her free time she enjoys reading and writing. Heather is our visionary and is passionate about reaching out and connecting with our membership and with the world outside TMN. She is responsible for our marketing and promotions. |
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Rebecca Lange
Becky was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio and moved to Greensboro, North Carolina in 1999 to attend Greensboro College. She graduated with a BA in Exceptional Child Studies. Becky has two daughters: Daniela and Lorelei. Becky founded our TriadMommies (NC) community and served as its leader for two years. In her free time, Becky enjoys decorating cakes, photography, reading and music. Becky's primary responsibility is overseeing our business operations. She joined our Board of Directors in late 2006. |
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Christine Byrd
Christine is in charge of sponsorships and fundraising. She is a graduate of Furman University with a BA in Communications. Christine has an extensive sales and fundraising background both in corporate for-profit and non-profit areas. Christine has held moderator and manager positions for our TriadMommies chapter. She has also has been a long-time member of the TMN graphics team, and most recently was the department head for Fund Development prior to becoming a director. |
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Blythe Tankersley Belenky
Blythe Tankersley Belenky oversees the development of our chapters, including interviewing and training leaders for brand new chapters, as well as overseeing the administration for our younger chapters and the training program for all newly selected chapter leaders. Blythe is from Keysville, Maryland, where she was raised on a horse farm. She went to college at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, VA. The first weekend there she met her husband, Mike, a cadet at Virginia Military Institute. Blythe studied Classical Languages at RMWC. She went on to work as a Marketing Director for a large agricultural company based in Tucson, AZ. She left that position to marry Mike and to move Germany with him where they were stationed for five years. Her favorite places in Europe to travel are Poland, Belgium, and Austria. Her first daughter, Sarah, was born in Erkelenz, Germany in 2005. Blythe and her family then moved to Raleigh, NC where she discovered The Mommies Network, shortly after the birth of her second daughter, Emma. She served as a moderator and then manager for TriangleMommies. After the birth of her son Cooper, the Belenkys then moved to Clarksville, TN, where Blythe founded ClarksvilleMommes. She loved working with new chapters and helping to train Chapter Managers so much that she stayed around as a TMN Manager, then Sr. Manager and now is the Head of Chapter Development. She enjoys genealogy, reading, gardening and bird watching. She is a Marylander at heart; a die hard Redskins and Terps' fan. |
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Amy Blalock
Amy oversees the administration of TMN communities. Her staff oversees new chapters and ensures our established chapters are running well and they select replacement chapter leaders. Amy is a native of Durham, North Carolina and moved to Greensboro, NC in 2001. She has a degree in psychology from Elon University and a Masters in Clinical Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She practiced psychotherapy, focusing on children and adolescents, until her second child was born. She joined TriadMommies in 2006 and held a variety of leadership positions including area group moderator, user group manager and Chapter Manager from 2007-2009. Before becoming part of the Operations Board in 2008, she was a TMN Manager. She is currently a stay-at-home mom and helps her husband Tommy at his law practice. Amy and Tommy have three beautiful sons: Cameron, Caleb and Coltyn. In her "spare" time she enjoys reading, watching TV, spending time with friends, and volunteering at her church. |
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Christi Haynes
Christi is responsible for overseeing tech support and the administration of chapter websites, technical development, and IT planning. Christi and her husband Glenn have three children. Christi grew up in Dallas, Texas and graduated from Baylor University. She was a programmer and later a manager at an IT corporation before putting her career on hiatus to start a family. Christi and her family lived in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before arriving in the Charlotte area. She was a long time moderator and manager for our LakeNormanMommies community and was a TMN Manager. Christi joined our Operations Board in June of 2009. In her free time she enjoys books, films, gardening, and cooking. |
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