Board of Directors
Stefanie Scott | South Carolina | President
Stefanie Scott is the founder and owner of Owlwise Therapy Studios LLC, where she practices as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with advanced training in perinatal mental health. She brings deep clinical expertise in supporting families through pregnancy, loss, and the postpartum period. In addition, she brings governance experience from her service on her HOA board, including serving as Board Secretary and through her participation in the Association for Play Therapy's Leadership Academy. She also serves on the Awards Committee for the Association for Play Therapy. Stefanie's work focuses on maternal mental health and birth outcomes, an area the Moving Forward Foundation considers critical to its educational mission.
Brooke Carter | Georgia | Vice President
Brooke Carter is the founder of Happy Art Society, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing joy and creative expression to communities through art. With a focus in art therapy and a talent for creating meaningful, people-centered experiences, Brooke brings both creative vision and nonprofit leadership to the Moving Forward Foundation board. She maintains connections to health systems that could advance the Foundation's programming goals, and Brooke is currently pursuing grant writing training to expand her contribution to the Foundation's development work.
Sherrie Nelson | Iowa | Treasurer
Sherrie Nelson is the founder and owner of Simply Golden Solutions, a non-medical concierge service dedicated to supporting people through life's most challenging transitions, including seniors aging at home, postoperative recovery, postpartum families, and those navigating grief and loss. A systems thinker with nearly two decades in the nonprofit sector and over ten years in corporate America, Sherrie spent much of her corporate career designing and implementing large-scale training programs that reduced complexity and built organizational clarity. Her combination of education, oversight experience, operational expertise, and deep commitment to caring for people in vulnerable moments makes her an invaluable partner.
