Appalachian Family Innovations Names Carl Lanier as Executive Director to Replace Gary Timbers

OPEN MINDS On-Line News Industry Newsmakers Appalachian Family Innovations (AFI) in Morganton, North Carolina, named Carl Lanier as executive director; he will replace Gary Timbers, Ph.D., who retired in February 2008 after 35 years with AFI. Mr. Lanier has served AFI in a variety of roles over the past 16 years. Based in North Carolina, AFI is a research center and service branch of Appalachian State University’s Institute for Health and Human Services. AFI was founded in 1973 as the Bringing it All Back Home project that operated in affiliation with the North Carolina Division of Mental . . .