Board of Directors – Sandhills Classical Christian School

William Fields

Mr. Fields is an attorney and senior partner with the Raeford law firm of Willcox, McFadyen, Fields & Sutherland. The firm, the oldest law firm in Hoke County, has three attorneys and seven support staff. Mr. Fields graduated from Appalachian State University in 1989 with a bachelor of arts in economics. He received his juris doctorate from Campbell University School of Law in 1992. Mr. Fields has served as Hoke County attorney, City of Raeford attorney, and bar president for Judicial District 16A. He represents several corporate clients in Hoke County. He lives in Raeford with his wife, Wendy, and daughter, Clair.

Tom Martin

Mr. Martin serves his church as a deacon and is an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church in America. He has experience in business, finance, government, design, and nonprofit administration. After receiving an education in architecture and city planning, Mr. Martin worked as a city planner and community development program manager for municipalities. He and his wife owned a Christian bookstore for 17 years, and Mr. Martin was president and chief executive officer of a nonprofit small business lender. He has five grandchildren currently attending Sandhills Classical Christian School.

Amita Sherwood

Amita is the CEO and principal consultant of E Squared Solutions, a professional services firm specializing in helping its clients increase value to customers, improve operational efficiencies, and boost human potential. She is a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt with over 17 years of performance improvement and organizational effectiveness experience in a variety of industries. Amita holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Science and Information Systems from The Pennsylvania State University. Amita and her husband, Doug, have two daughters at SCCS. They are members at The Village Chapel in Pinehurst, where Amita also serves on the Board of Trustees.

Nancy Simonette

Mrs. Simonette, a retired teacher, taught 35 years in a Middle School setting, and two years at a private Christian School. She earned a B.S. in Elementary Education and a M.S. in Educational Administration/Curriculum and Development from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. She also completed advanced studies at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. She has a son and daughter, two granddaughters and one great grandson. She and her husband, Dennis Hite, live at Belle Meade in Southern Pines.

Carol Pizzi

Carol Pizzi was a SCCS board member prior to being hired as the Grammar School Principal. In her three-year service as principal at SCCS, Carol put her master’s degree in School Administration to good use. In addition to her role as Principal, Carol was point-person in guiding our school through the ACCS accreditation process. She has taught English in private Christian schools, served as an assistant principal at Delaware Christian School in Ohio and has taught developmental English at Sandhills Community College. She presently serves as Ministries Coordinator for Trinity Christian Fellowship Church. In her free time, Carol enjoys reading, cooking and facetiming with her grandson, Avery.

Matthew Kirby

Matthew Kirby, an owner of Kirby Construction Group and Kirby Real Estate Group, earned his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering with a minor in business management at North Carolina State University. A Pinehurst native, he returned to his hometown in 2004 to establish the Kirby companies, where he oversees business operations, development, and finances. He and his wife, Jennifer, have three children at SCCS. Matthew enjoys sports, reading, and community and church involvement. He attends Redeemer Church, PCA.

John Stamas

John Stamas, co-founder of Defender Capital Partners is a graduate of Rutgers College. John has served in several board positions including: Charlotte Symphony, Charlotte Center City Partners, Historic Southend, Brookstone Schools-inner city classical Christian school, and CharlotteOne. John’s athletic experience includes coaching boy’s basketball for Charlotte Latin High School and Olympic High School. Folks most admired are Christ, William Wilberforce, Lincoln, excellent and dedicated teachers, and anyone who can dunk! John is happy to be part of the team helping SCCS reach as many people as possible.

Matt Furby

Originally from Louisiana, Matt and his wife Belinda moved to the area over 25 years ago. They have raised three children in the Sandhills and have been involved in many non-profit organizations, including holding various positions of leadership during the formative years of SCCS. In addition, his two younger children attended SCCS for the majority of their elementary education. He and Belinda are members of Christ Community Church in Pinehurst.

Kathie Parson

Kathie Parson and her husband Mark are the parents of 2019 SCCS graduate Wyatt, who has attended since preschool. In those transformational years Kathie volunteered in several capacities, most notably in development and marketing. Her professional life focuses on interpersonal communications, as she is a Network Development Specialist with the Strategy & Innovation division of FirstHealth of the Carolinas, a regional hospital headquartered in Pinehurst. She also serves as a physician and community liaison for FirstHealth. She was previously the Director of Corporate Relations for Esslinger – Wooten -Maxwell, Inc. Realtors in Miami, Director of Marketing for Petty Enterprises and a former administrator for Senator Harris Blake of Pinehurst. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and her master’s degree in Executive Leadership/Coaching from Liberty University. Kathie and her family attend Christ Community Church.

John Jacobs

The Rev Dr. John R. Jacobs is the senior pastor of The Village Chapel in Pinehurst, NC. Originally from Chattanooga, Tennessee, he graduated from the University of the South (Sewanee) with a B.A. in English (and where he met his wife, Betsy), and law school at the University of Memphis. He practiced administrative law in Orlando for seventeen years before receiving an M. Div. and D. Min. at the University of the South. Pastor Jacobs was ordained in the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida, and has served churches in Deland, Eustis, and Vero Beach, Florida before coming to The Village Chapel. John and Betsy have been married over 30 years and are blessed to be living here near their children: Brouck, a circuit judge in Columbia, MO, and Elizabeth, who is teaching at a private Christian school in Durham.

Jamie Encinosa

Jamie Encinosa is the Executive Vice President of Operations for Rhetson Companies located in Moore County. She holds a B.S. degree in Worship and Music Studies and a M.A. degree in Management and Leadership from Liberty University as well as General Contractor licenses in North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. Originally from Maryland, Jamie met her husband Mat while attending Liberty University and moved to Moore County in 2013. Mat serves as Pastor of Worship Ministries at Christ Community Church and they have two children currently enrolled at SCCS.