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New Executive Director
Hall-Dawson CASA Names Carla Baker New Executive Director
Hall-Dawson CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) is excited to announce and welcome Carla Baker to the team as Executive Director.
Carla joins Hall-Dawson CASA with a wide array of experience in non-profit management over the past 20 years. Carla is an accomplished non-profit professional in the community, most recently serving with Sisu of Georgia for more than a decade. She previously served at Challenged Child and Friends, and Ninth District Opportunity.
“We warmly welcome Carla into the CASA family,” said Hall-Dawson CASA Board Chair Linda Kern. “Her understanding of the impact of a safe, permanent home on a child’s life, her many years of non-profit service, and her deep roots in our community will skillfully guide us as we serve the children of Hall and Dawson counties.”
Carla is thrilled to have the opportunity to serve as the new Executive Director at Hall-Dawson CASA. “As a child I had the opportunity to experience a woven family that included children in foster care. For twelve years our family changed and evolved with each unique addition of a new child, simultaneous with traditional life events and change within our birth family.” Carla said. “I know these experiences to be the root of a personal and professional life that would be dedicated to valuing each child served by Hall-Dawson CASA to be respected as a unique individual with their own story, personality, challenges, opportunities, and accomplishments.”
Carla, a graduate of University of Georgia and Kennesaw State University, and her husband Dustin have lived in Hall County for most of their lives. Dustin serves as Regional Land Development Director for Kolter Homes. They have a son, Matthew, a sophomore at Emory University studying Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, and a daughter, Catherine, who is a sophomore at Flowery Branch High School, varsity soccer player and competitive equestrian.
Hall-Dawson CASA’s mission is to ensure children who have experienced abuse or neglect have the right to a safe placement and permanent home. CASA provides trained, screened and supervised volunteers to advocate for the best interest of children requiring court intervention as a result of abuse or neglect.
