Our Staff


Executive Director

Jeffrey L. Moore, Jeffrey L. Moore serves as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Director of the agency. He has many years of experience working with at-risk and adjudicated juvenile and their families. He formerly served as the court referral counselor and was charged with assessment, identification, and treatment of participants involved with the Department of juvenile Justice from Diversion to Parole. He is a Certified Therapeutic Specialist, and skilled in various treatment modalities.


Clinical Staff

Sharon Hopkins, LPC, serves as Supervisor for the Portsmouth location and has a wide range of experience working with families, children, adolescents that have multiple emotional problems sexual trauma, substance abuse and serious emotional issues. Mrs. Hopkins provides intensive in home services as well as out-patient services to children and families. She provided counseling and case management services for moderate to severely emotionally disturbed children placed in therapeutic Foster Care. She facilitates treatment team planning, provides direct clinical supervision and develops clinical in-service training for staff.

Administrative Staff

DeForest Mapp, Program Supervisor, MA in Education and Counseling and supervises for the Portsmouth site. He is a retired Principal with Portsmouth Public School System with 30 years teaching experience. Mr. Mapp is a Certified Crisis Prevention Intervention Trainer (CPI) and he provides family intervention and counseling to parents of students in alternative school placement. Mr. Mapp coordinates and provides training for FRI personnel.

Angela McDowell, MSW, serves as an intensive in-home supervisor at the Newport News site. Ms. McDowell received her BSW and MSW degrees from Norfolk State University. Ms. McDowell has several years experience working in intensive in-home counseling, foster care, foster care prevention, and day treatment. Ms. McDowell has extensive training and experience working with youth, adolescents, and families with severe emotional disturbances, medication management, anger management, depression, bipolar disorder, separation and loss/abandonment, and abuse and neglect issues.

Patrice Powell, MA, CSAC, serves as a supervisor for the Newport News office within the Intensive In-Home Counseling program and has numerous years of experience with children, adolescents and families in the human service field. Ms. Powell has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Christopher Newport University and a Master of Arts Degree in Community Counseling from Norfolk State University. Patrice specializes in working with children and adolescents with severe emotional behaviors to include ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and Conduct Disorder. She is experienced in providing substance abuse treatment (Certified Substance Abuse Counselor), therapeutic day treatment, and intensive in-home counseling.

Robert L. Steele, MSW, M.Div, LCSW, recently joined the Family Redirection Institute, Inc. multidisciplinary team.  He has extensive experience in christian psychotherapy, residential treatment, alternative school placement activities, intensive in-home clinical supervision and leadership in mental health settings.  Mr. Steele's military background has allowed him to develop invaluable multicultural experience in working with several ethnic groups, especially Koreans, Germans, Italians and African Amercians.  He is a member of our team who has worked as a clinical therapist, training analyst, child protective services investigator and pastoral counselor.   
  
David Thom, MPA, serves as the Program Manager at the Chesapeake office. Mr. Thom has several years of supervisory experience working in intensive in-home counseling and day treatment. Mr. Thom has extensive training and experience working with youth, adolescents, and families with severe emotional disturbances, medication management, anger management, depression, bipolar disorder, separation and loss/abandonment, and abuse and neglect issues.