Ms. Vaughns has ably filled the position of community Development Specialist since October 1998.  She has had primary responsibility for setting up and managing the office of MCCD, which is located in the community and across from the main University campus in the Triangle Center.  Ms. Vaughns maintains the Center’s library, project files, and physical inventory and is responsible for greeting all visitors and callers, arranging meetings and events, and supervising the two work-study students in the office.  She is directly responsible for aspects of training for neighborhood residents, for developing media presentations, and for managing a property status database for the target neighborhood.  Ms. Vaughns’ successful twenty-year career in the U.S. Air Force has enabled her to develop strong organizational and public relations skills which are invaluable in her work with MCCD.