Our Staff at BrightStar Care® Greenville

BrightStar Care of Greenville is owned by Greenville locals and East Carolina University graduates.  Blake had a successful 18 year career in Accounting.  He is a CPA and worked in various industries throughout his career.  Blake holds a BSBA with a concentration in Accounting from East Carolina University.

Amy has an MAED from East Carolina University in Special Education and is an Assistant Director of Advising for the College of Business at ECU for the past 12 years.  Previously, she has worked in North Carolina Public Schools teaching high school in Special Education for 4 years.

Blake and Amy have three sons who are very active in sports.  As residents of Greenville, Blake and Amy share a passion for serving others as they have experienced family members needing care in the home as they age.  BrightStar provides the utmost attention to clients and customers through skilled medical staff, nursing care, and personal attention to the client’s needs.  The decision to have care in the home for a loved one is not an easy choice.  Brightstar Care of Greenville is dedicated to making this transition smooth for our clients as well as their families.  Blake and Amy look forward to serving Eastern North Carolina families with their home healthcare needs.

Annette Friel has been in the nursing field for over 30 years. She has spent most of her nursing career in the local hospitals until 2015. That was the year she started her journey in home health and found a new love! Annette has served as Administrator for the local hospital home health covering 7 counties in Northeast NC. During that time, they tripled the census and became a 5 Star agency.

Annette is blessed with a son, daughter, and 2 beautiful granddaughters. In 2021, since both of her children were living in the Greenville area, she moved to be closer to them.  After moving to the area, Annette served as Executive Director for a nationwide home health company. Working in home health allowed her to see the value of personal care in relation to keeping clients safe in their home as well as physically healthy and out of the hospital.

Working at BrightStar Care of Greenville, NC has given Annette the opportunity to live out her enthusiasm for both skilled nursing and personal care.

Tiffany has been working in Lenoir and Pitt County for the past 16 years.  She started out as a librarian assistant in the public library for the first seven years.  She has since worked in healthcare as a CNA II and cross trained as a clinical secretary for a local health system.  She has recently become certified as a CPR/First Aid instructor who will train and recertify BrightStar Care of Greenville, NC’s caregivers.  

In her spare time, Tiffany enjoys spending time with her husband of seven years and her fur-baby, Chance.  She also enjoys gardening and spending time with her extended family.