Our Team

Dr. Tina Nelson-Moss: Director of Risk Assessment/Risk Assessment Case Manager

Dr. Nelson-Moss has worked in the violence related field for over 20 years. Dr. Nelson-Moss is the Director of the NC State Office of Risk Assessment and NC State Risk Assessment Case Manager (RACM). In this position, she provides oversight of the Violence Prevention & Threat Management Program and Youth Programs & Compliance Program. Dr. Nelson-Moss is the designated facilitator and chair of the Behavior Assessment Team (BAT), she ensures the team utilizes recognized best practice tools to assist in assessing and developing case specific management strategies to mitigate risk. Dr. Tina Nelson-Moss is responsible for securing advanced training opportunities to be provided to the university BAT members and other university groups.  Her team along with close campus partners received the 2023-2024 NASPA Excellence Gold Award for the Campus Security, Crisis Management, Student Conduct and Community Standards, Violence Prevention, and related category.  Program submitted was titled:  Seamless Silos: Collaborative and Culturally-Competent Crisis Management.  

Prior to joining NC State, Dr. Nelson-Moss served in the United States Air Force where she was the officer in charge of installation level Family Advocacy, Suicide Prevention and Special Needs Identification and Assignment Coordination Programs while providing direct clinical services to service members and their families. In 2007, she deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan serving as a mental health provider to American Troops assigned to remote forward operating bases. She received several awards during her military service, those included; but are not limited to, Company Grade Officer Social Worker of the Year Award in 2005 for the Air Education Training Command (AETC) and 2006 and 2007 for the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE).

Dr. Nelson-Moss has a Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral Degree in Social Work. Her dissertation focused on threat assessment teams in higher education. It was published in 2015 and is titled “Participatory Action Research: Threat Assessment Team Training and Team Membership in Universities.” Dr. Nelson-Moss is a Certified Threat Manager (CTM), a certified QPR Suicide Prevention Instructor, a certified Department of Homeland Security Master Trainer Department of Homeland Security National Threat Evaluation and Reporting (NTER) Certified Master Trainer and is certified in multiple structured professional judgement tools that informs her practice.

Dr. Nelson-Moss has worked on several grants to include; but not be limited to, the Avon Foundation and the Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) Campus Suicide Prevention Grant.

Dr. Nelson-Moss is an active member of several committees and task forces related to veteran issues, violence prevention and threat management and mental health. She recently served on the NC State Student Mental Health Task Force. She is an active member of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) and is currently serving as the President of the DC Mid-Atlantic Chapter and is an active member of other professional organizations.

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Stacy Fair: Director of Youth Programs & Compliance 

Stacy Fair has worked in Higher Education for over 20 years.  Ms. Fair is the university’s first Director of Youth Programs and Compliance under the Department of Risk Assessment within the Division of Environmental Health and Public Safety after having spent 13 years in Enrollment Management and Services serving as the Director of the Joyner Visitor Center and the Office of Parents & Families Services.  In these roles, Ms. Fair monitored the Protection of Minors Policy and Procedures and initiated the Emerging Scholars Academy.  Ms Fair has worked closely with the Recruiters Roundtable and the University Open House committee, which she chaired 2009-2018. 

Prior to arriving at NC State, Ms. Fair served as an Academic Advisor, Assistant Registrar and Commencement Coordinator at UNCG and has coordinated or assisted with dozens of commencement ceremonies and large-scale events.

Unique career experiences include earning a CDL to drive tour buses for the Joyner Visitor Center and writing a CFAT grant to install the first level II electric vehicle charging station in the city of Raleigh in the JVC parking lot. She holds a B.A. in Youth Ministry, a Masters of Education in Higher Education Administration from UNCG and is currently “All But Dissertation” in STEM Education at NC State.

Lauren Shea: Associate Director of Risk Assessment/ VPTM Case Manager 

Lauren Shea is the Associate Director of the NC State Office of Risk Assessment and one of the NC State Case Managers in the Violence Prevention & Threat Management Program. Ms. Shea has a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Social Work and has worked as a social worker for over 10 years.Ms. Shea is a certified QPR Suicide Prevention Instructor and is certified in multiple risk assessment tools. She is a member of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP).

Prior to joining the Wolfpack, Ms. Shea started her career in Baltimore, Maryland where she worked for 5 years in Child Protective Services, first as an investigative social worker and then as a supervisor. During this time, Ms. Shea also worked part-time as a psychiatric social worker in a hospital Emergency Department. She moved to North Carolina in 2016 and continued her career in child welfare, serving as a Child Protective Services supervisor for prevention, in-home services, foster care, and after hours for 6 years.

During her child welfare career, Ms. Shea managed several state grants, was qualified as a child maltreatment expert in court, certified in the CornerHouse Forensic Interviewing Protocol (RATAC), assisted with pilot implementation of a Lethality Assessment Protocol and Violence Exposure Assessment Tool within the Department of Social Services, and was the agency point of contact for the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Jennifer Bills: Assistant Director of Risk Assessment/ VPTM Case Manager

Jennifer Bills is the Assistant Director of the NC State Office of Risk Assessment and a Violence Prevention & Threat Management Case Manager. Ms. Bills holds a B.S. in Human Development and Family Studies as well as a Master’s Degree in Social Work.

Prior to joining NC State, Ms. Bills worked as a school social worker for 4 years in Denver, Colorado. In this role, Ms. Bills was responsible for providing direct mental health services to students, conducting suicide risk assessments, and presenting information to teachers regarding student mental health and child abuse reporting requirements. Additionally, she led her school’s crisis team through the threat assessment process from start to finish including identifying a potential safety concern and coordinating ongoing safety planning with teachers, parents, and law enforcement.

Additional career experience includes working in Child Protective Services as an investigative caseworker, volunteering on the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and interning with the Equity and Diversity Department of a school district in Nevada.

Sara Thomson: Assistant Director of Risk Assessment/ VPTM Case Manager

Sara Thomson is the Assistant Director of the NC State Office of Risk Assessment and a Violence Prevention & Threat Management Case Manager. Sara holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Social Work.

Prior to joining NC State, Sara worked for the NC Division of Public Health with a focus on improving the mental wellbeing of birthing people across the state. In this role Sara provided training and technical assistance to healthcare providers on perinatal behavioral health concerns. There she led the implementation of universal anxiety screening within all high-risk prenatal health department clinics across the state. Additionally, she worked on initiatives to identify, review, and reduce pregnancy related deaths in NC. Before working with the Division of Public Health, Sara worked as a psychotherapist and clinic manager at a community mental health agency. Her clinical work focused on the treatment of complex trauma, personality disorders, high-risk behaviors, and chronic suicidality.

Vacant:  Risk Assessment Program Support Specialist

Medha Vadlamaani: Student Worker Office Assistant for Youth Programs & Compliance

Medha Sai Vadlamaani is a Finance and Economics major at North Carolina State University, set to graduate in December 2025.

While at NC State, Medha serves as the Chief Public Affairs Officer for the Student Business Sustainability Association, NC State, focusing on incorporating the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals into the association’s strategy. She is also the Chief Marketing Officer for MannMukti, NC State, where she successfully implemented events and managed branding campaigns.

Prior to coming to NC State, Medha interned as an Investment Banking Analyst at Polymath Advisors, she conducted profiling and background research of investors, evaluated financial performance, and utilized financial technology for reporting. At StdyGrp, Chennai, as a Market Analyst, she contributed to research, competitive analysis, and new product development.