Our Leadership
CareNet is led by a team with a broad base of experience in counseling and non-profit management. Together, our leadership and administrative teams provide strategic and operational direction for each of our six regional centers and over 80 counties we currently serve. But, what differentiates this team from others is a huge combined heart for the work and for seeing clients and team members all reach their full potential.
Our Leadership Team
Robert Willis, MA, LMFT
Director and President
Robert Willis, MA, LMFT, is Director and President of CareNet, Inc., bringing more than a decade of leadership within the organization since joining in 2011. A licensed marriage and family therapist, he provides strategic oversight to advance clinical excellence, organizational sustainability, and community impact. Willis holds a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and is known for his collaborative leadership style, operational insight, and commitment to mission-driven care.
Russell Siler Jones, ThD, LCMHCS
Manager of Residency in Psychotherapy and Spirituality
Russell became Manager of CareNet’s Residency in Psychotherapy and Spirituality in 2008. In that role, he teaches and supervises all associate-licensed therapists at CareNet. He has also worked in community mental health, as an associate pastor, as a hospital chaplain, and as a pastoral counselor in Asheville since 1996. He is author of Spirit in Session: Working with Your Client’s Spirituality (and Your Own) in Psychotherapy (2019) and is developing a national training program in spiritually integrated psychotherapy through ACPE.
Abby Washington, MBA
CareNet Finance and Billing Manager
Before joining CareNet in August 2022, Abby worked in the Financial, Planning, and & Analytics division with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. She enjoys spending time with her son, husband, two dogs, and three cats during her free time.
Regional Managers
Mark Siler – LCSW, LCAS, CSI
Regional Manager, Western Region
Mark’s vocational life has taken him back and forth between pastoral/chaplain roles and counseling. He has a particular interest in the healing of trauma, the path of sobriety, spiritually-integrated therapy, and barrier-free/low-threshold counseling for those who are often excluded from care. Mark loves a good book, a run in the woods, making music, time with his family and Rice Krispie treats.
Mary Anne Helm, LCMHCS, LCAS, CCS
Regional Manager, Piedmont Triad Region
Mary Anne Helm is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor, Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist, and Certified Clinical Supervisor. She graduated from Gardner Webb University with an MA/EdS in Mental Health Counseling in 2009. She has additional training and certifications in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Mary Anne has experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families. Her clinical interests include complex trauma, adolescent substance use, family conflict, anxiety, depression, attention difficulties, grief and loss, suicidal behaviors and self-injury.
Robbie Byrd, DMIN, LCSW
Regional Manager, Central/Sandhills Region
Robbie Byrd, DMIN, LCSW is a Regional Director in the CareNet Counseling network of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. He oversees the ministries at the Fayetteville Family Life Center. He has been a part of the CareNet Counseling ministry since 2004. He is an ordained Baptist minister and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. He also currently serves a small congregation in Parkton NC. In the past, he has served as a social worker at DSS, the local mental health center, and at Cape Fear Valley Health. He works with clients primarily in the area of faith and spiritual issues. Dr. Byrd holds the following degrees: D.Min. from Campbell University, 2010; M.Div. from Campbell University, 2003; M.S.W. from East Carolina University, 1997; and B.A. from University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, 1990.
Terry Tackett, MSW, LCSW
Regional Manager, Coastal Region
Terry Tackett has worked with individuals, couples and families for over 35 years. His areas of counseling include working with those struggling with anxiety, depression, stress management, relational and marital issues, divorce, pornography, phase-of-life transitions, grief and loss, anger issues and spiritual issues. Terry earned his MSW from Virginia Commonwealth University and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Prior to joining CareNet, Terry served clients in private practice at Fredericksburg Christian Counseling Center in Virginia for over 25 years.
Terry’s schedule allows for daytime and late afternoon appointments Monday through Thursday at the Wilmington College Road clinic.
Janie Taylor, PhD, LMFT
Regional Manager, Eastern Region
Janie Taylor is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and an American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Approved Clinical Supervisor. She is a graduate of East Carolina University where she earned a Ph.D. in medical family therapy and a Master of Science in marriage and family therapy. She also graduated from Liberty University with a Master of Arts in counseling.
Grounded in systems theory, Ms. Taylor addresses issues from a relational systemic perspective through the incorporation of a biopsychosocial-spiritual approach, often by means of an experiential technique. She works with all populations but specializes in providing couple and family therapy, premarital counseling, Prepare/Enrich, family of origin issues, as well as psychotherapy with families experiencing a medical illness, trauma and disability. She also feels great compassion for those involved in ministry and caregiving. She has worked extensively with youth and young adult groups in a variety of settings, including churches, camps, residential group homes, university classrooms and national presentations. She is skilled in collaborative work with larger systems.
Ms. Taylor has presented nationally on stress, family of origin issues, grief and loss, as well as innovative therapeutic techniques and opportunities for therapists in medical education. She has done research in the areas of spirituality and parental coping with the loss of an adult child, as well as various aspects of spiritual care provision within medical settings. Her areas of interest include spirituality, wholeness and balance, forgiveness, cultural competence, stress and caregiving, especially among those in ministry. She strives to bring healing to that which is broken. She enjoys life, delights in laughter and seeks to radiate joy wherever she is.
