Kim Martino,
Board Member
I am a Carbon County native. My husband, family, and I have spent the majority of our lives in the area. I was raised in a family-owned business and developed a strong work ethic from my youth. My primary background is in petroleum product wholesale and retail, and transportation. I also have experience with real estate and commercial and residential building and development. My motivation to serve on the Fuller Center Board stems from years of observing my parents serve others and the community. I was shown by example that is important to support our area and the industries that have given so much to Carbon and Emery Counties.
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Liz Bryner,
Board President
Lived in Carbon County for 18 years. Involved in PTA, the Rural Utah Child Development Board, music associations, and church service. BA from BYU in History/English Teaching. Currently working on MA in Education from USU. Works part-time as a Gifted and Talented Instructor at Castle Heights Elementary and part-time as Office Manager for Christian B. Bryner Attorney at Law. Enjoys playing the piano, gardening, and helping others. She and her husband are the parents of seven children.
Lizz Ferguson,
Board Member
Liz, a lifelong resident of Carbon County, is now retired. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Utah State University, and a master's degree in counseling from the University of Phoenix. She worked for Four Corners Behavioral Health and has served on many community boards and committees. Currently serving on East Carbon City Councill for over four years and involved with "Resilient You" a state program to provide resilience building tools for families and youth. Liz's hope is to create communities that build resilient families and communities.
Our Team
Barbie Haeck,
Fundraising Coordinator
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A Retired business teacher who taught and loved her students for over 30 years. Her calling in life is serving others. It is so rewarding serving those citizens who need our help repairing their homes through the Castle Country Fuller Center.
Terri Tubbs
Executive Director
Vikki Ori,
Board Member
I have been working with SEUALG since January 1, 2022, as Housing Program Manager and have been part of the Executive Team as Governmental Affairs Director since August 2023. My career has taken me from Escrow Agent for a title company to County Recorder (2 terms) to Branch Manager and Loan Officer at a bank to my current position. I have stayed in the area of real estate throughout my career. I am extremely fortunate to work for an agency helping people to live better lives through our strategic partnerships and efforts with government officials, volunteers, and community members.
Christy Engar,
Board Member
I have lived in Carbon County with my family for about 20 years. I have five children, two of them married, and two grandchildren (with one more on the way). At the moment I still have one son at home for another year and a half. I have a son serving a mission in Argentina; a son attending SUU and a son finishing at BYU, and my daughter is in TN with her family. My husband is an ER physician in Castle View hospital. I graduated from BYU in 1996 with a degree in English. I have work with the cross country team at CHS as one of the coaches. I love riding mountain and road bikes, and I compete in triathlons every year. I am a pretty good at cooking and have been thinking about getting a home kitchen microenterprise license in order to turn my talents into a small home business.
Betty Moore,
Baord Secretary
Brenda Quick,
Board Member
Started Real Estate over 27 years ago and expanded my business to Owner/Broker five years ago. Owning Quick Realty is so satisfying ,and I love my job. I love our community and love supporting and helping people in the community. I have earned the top 250 UCA agent for the past three years. I am a member of Soroptimist, Member of the Carbon Chamber of Commerce, and past President of the Boys and Girls club.
Bruce Bean,
Board Member
I was born and raised in Sugar City, ID. I served an LDS mission in Japan on my return, married the best woman to ever come from Idaho . Graduated from USU with a composite Biology degree with Physical education and coaching minor in 1986. In 1986, we moved to Price where I taught/coached at Mont Harmon Junior High. Our plan was to stay a year or two then move back to Idaho...38 years later we are still here! I transferred to Carbon High in 1993 where I taught and coached; working with many great colleagues and athletes. I ended my time at Carbon with numerous award and state championships. In 2019, I transferred to the District office as Transportation Supervisor and district Athletic Director and retired in 2022.
Lenise Peterman,
Board Member
Lenise graduated with a Bachelor's degree in psychology and a minor in sociology from the University of Southwestern Louisiana. She has worked extensively litigation support for industry and she has worked with companies as General Motors, Ford, Dow Chemical Company, Exxon and more. she has served on many community boards in the past three years. Currently she serves as the mayor of Helper where she is competing a second, uncontested term. Tapping into an unknown strength of grant writing, she has managed to capture over $10 million in funding to address infrastructure improvements, public safety, beautification efforts, and historic rehabilitation of buildings in Helper. Lenise objective is to create sustainable communities for today and future.
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Robbie Etzel,
Board Treasurer
A proud alumnus of Carbon High School and Utah State University, he eventually transferred to the University of Utah and graduated Cum Laude, receiving his B.S. in Finance and a minor in Spanish. He later attended SLCC and graduated in the Spring of 2022 with his degree in Mortuary Science. Robbi has been a licensed Funeral Director with Mitchell Funeral Home since 2022, a licensed Realtor with Etzel Realty since 2020, and has acted as the Carbon High School Head Golf Coach for the past four years.
Terry Willis,
Board Communications Director
I have lived in Carbon County for over 40 years. I am a US Navy Veteran. I spent the first 11 years here as a single mom raising two daughters. I went to CEU in my 30"s and got a degree in Psychology with a minor in social work. I was the original director for the Family Support and Children's Justice Center. I have worked for Head Start Active Re-Entry, AOG, Castle View Hospital and Castle Country Care Center. I have served on Price City Council for over six years. I have also served on the following boards: United Way, Trails Committee, Boys and Girls Club, Carbon County Chamber, Cancer Society, Hope Squad, Soroptimist of Price and the original Habitat for Humanity board.
Before
After
What We Do
Castle Country Fuller Center’s mission is simple. We are a faith-driven, Christian centered organization. We believe that every man, woman, and child should have a decent, safe, and affordable home to live in. A Brush With Kindness is our community program offering repairs and small renovations to approved applicants in need. We build with people in need regardless of race or religion. We welcome volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds to come together to improve homes, communities, and hope.
COLLABORATIVE
INNOVATIVE
EFFICIENT
HOUSING SOLUTIONS
The United Nations estimates that more than one billion people around the world live in substandard housing — including millions in the United States. The Castle Country Fuller Center for Housing, promotes collaborative and innovative partnerships with individuals and organizations in an unrelenting quest to provide adequate shelter for all people in need in Carbon and Emery Counties. We would like to assist as many as we can, in a timely manner, which includes our elderly, our veterans, our disabled, and all low income families that cannot get a conventional loan otherwise, to improve their living environment in a manner that improves their lives. Many of these same folks have simple repairs like ramps, railings, porches, window repair, door repairs that we can easily take care of and ease their burden.
How Do You Accomplish Your Work?
The Castle Country Fuller Center For Housing creates partnerships within our local communities in Carbon and Emery counties to bring together churches, schools, businesses and civic organizations to build and/or repair decent, affordable homes in partnership with people who are unable to secure adequate housing by conventional means. The Castle Country Fuller Center is a covenant partner of the Fuller Center for Housing. We work with other service-oriented organizations and countless volunteers to build and repair homes. We are currently working on re-energizing our repair program and saving funds for a future home build. All homeowners work hand-in-hand with volunteers to repair their own homes. With some smaller renovation projects, an innovative payment program called A Brush With Kindness is utilized, whereby recipients promise to repay the loan amount. They decide the monthly amount they can afford to repay and the period of time (2 years or less) that it will take to repay the cost of repairs. We are committed to good stewardship and work hard to keep our administrative costs low and to select our recipient families wisely. This helps to ensure that the vast majority of your tax-deductible gifts go toward building and repairing homes for those in need.
RECENT PROJECTS
Upcoming Events
FUTURE PROJECTS
We were able to help this senior couple by removing the old hand rail and replacing it with a more stable rail.
We are looking for opportunities to serve our low income, elderly, veterans, disabled, etc. with basic repairs on their homes. We want to do our part to help make Carbon and Emery County a wonderful place to live.
For this wonderful senior, we were able to replace her rain gutters.
This basement had major issues with collapsing walls. We were able to reinforce the walls with new bricks to secure the foundation.
Castle Country Fuller Center for Housing 2024 Annual Golf Tournament is scheduled for August 3, 2024.
Thanks You!!! To all Our Wonderful Sponsors, Supporters, Participants and Volunteers!
This event just keeps getting better and we are so grateful for the businesses, the Carbon and Emery towns and cities that are so generous with their donations. The Carbon Golf Course is always in great shape!
The funds from this tournament will stay in Carbon and Emery County to help those in need with home repairs.
Thank you!!
