Meet the Mitchell’s House Team
Jamie Hayes, CFRE, MA, MPA
Development Director
Jamie Hayes has over 25 years of fundraising experience in various nonprofit subsectors, with a strong focus in healthcare philanthropy. In the course of her career, Jamie has raised over $150MM for nonprofits. While her primary focus has been major and legacy giving, she has worked in all areas of development, from prospect research to board development.
Jamie completed her undergraduate degrees at Wake Forest University and her master’s degrees at Indiana University and the Lilly School of Philanthropy. She owns Joyful Giving, LLC, and has been CFRE accredited for almost 20 years.
Mary Johnson, LCMHCA
Counseling Program Director
Mary Johnson is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate with a CACREP-accredited Master of Arts in Counseling, specializing in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, from Wake Forest University. From January 2024 to April 2025, Mary worked as a graduate student intern at Levine Children’s Hospital, where she supported the team of psychologists and counselors in the Pediatric Psychology Department. She has experience providing outpatient psychotherapy services to children with long-term and/or terminal illnesses, utilizing an integrative care approach informed by the following therapeutic modalities: cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, child-centered therapy, solution-focused therapy, and pain management.
Mary has completed training in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Theory, Trauma-Informed Care, Child-Centered Play Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy.
Before pursuing a career in mental health counseling, Mary earned a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from the University of Florida and a Master of Science in Journalism from Columbia University. She founded Brave New Word, a content marketing agency, in 2017 and served as Assistant Vice President of Communications for E4E Relief from 2022 to 2024. She now works full time as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor.
Kiley Thiel, MA, LCMHCs, CCTP
Special Counsel to the CEO
Kiley Thiel is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. She maintains a private practice and is an adjunct professor of psychology at Queens University of Charlotte. Past experience includes working as director of children teen services at Kindermourn (2014-2020) and providing inpatient and outpatient psychotherapy school-based service for CMC Atrium Behavioral Health (2003-2006)
B.S. in Psychology, May 2000, M.A. in Health Psychology, May 2002, Appalachian State University
- Licensed Professional Counselor 2004 – 2018
- Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor 2018 – present
- Certified Clinical Trauma Professional 2017 – present
- Member, National Alliance of Grieving Children 2014 – 2021
Kristi Miller, MA.Ed.S, LCMHC, RPT
Program Counselor
Kristi Miller is a certified as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC# 10488) in North Carolina through the North Carolina Board of Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors. She is also a Professional Counselor Telehealth Provider with South Carolina (TLC 983 PC). Kristi received an M.A., Ed.S in mental health counseling in August of 2013 from Gardner-Webb University, which is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP). She is a Registered Play Therapist (RPT# T4731) through the Association for Play Therapy, certified in Trauma Focused Cognitive behavioral therapy through the Allegheny Health Network and the Rowan University CARES Institute.
Kristi has worked in the field of mental health for 15 years. She uses different methods of therapy such as cognitive-behavioral, play therapy, and trauma-informed approaches depending on the nature of the problems and the needs of the client.