John Devaney has almost 30 years of progressive experience leading non-profits, with more than 25 years directly in healthcare.  John joined the Cape Fear Clinic, Inc. (CFC) (then known as Tileston Health Clinic) in April 2010 as Executive Director, leading an organization founded in 1991 to provide healthcare and related services to the underserved and uninsured in New Hanover, Pender, Brunswick, and Columbus counties.  He has grown the clinic budget from under $300,000 annually to $3.6 million currently.  Mr. Devaney currently holds the title of President & CEO.

Immediately prior to relocating full-time to Wilmington, he was Vice-President of The Lohman Group, a Washington, DC-based national consulting firm focusing on assisting non-profit and for-profit healthcare organizations create efficiencies and develop strong patient-centered programming. He also is a consultant with The Rainmakers Group, and Devaney & Associates.

As a Director of the Whitman-Walker Clinic of Northern Virginia, for more than eight years he oversaw the operations of the largest HIV/AIDS clinic in Virginia, with a staff of 23 and hundreds of volunteers serving thousands of clients.  He has also held the position of Director of Operations at the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, one of the oldest pro-bono legal providers in the U.S.

He is the author of numerous articles, and a contributing author to a healthcare textbook used in graduate level courses.

In addition to his role at Cape Fear Clinic, he is the current board chair of Cape Fear HealthNet, a safety-net organization serving a four-county region in southeastern North Carolina.

He has been recognized by his peers with numerous awards including 2017 Health Care Heroes: Health Care Executive of the Year Winner, 2014 Coastal Entrepreneur Awards: Entrepreneur of the Year Non-Profit Winner, 2014 Health Care Heroes: Health Care Executive of the Year Nominee.

Mr. Devaney holds a BS in Sociology from Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, and is a current student in the Master of Healthcare Administration program at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Dr. Locklear joined our staff as Chief Medical Officer on August 1, 2015. Dr. Locklear, a graduate of the School of Medicine at the University of Virginia, is board certified in Family Medicine. Prior to joining our staff, Dr. Locklear was a volunteer with our medical program for many years. He was previously in practice with Wilmington Health.  

Dr. Buxton, a North Carolina native, received her Doctorate of Pharmacy from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed a Primary Care Residency with Coastal AHEC and New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

She is the winner of the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) Distinguished Service Award, the 2008 North Carolina Association of Pharmacists (NCAP) Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award, and the 2008 UNC School of Pharmacy Hospital Preceptor of the Year Award.  

She has been awarded the 2014 Preceptor of the Year from Wingate University,  the 2014 WILMA Magazine Woman to Watch Award in Healthcare, and the Healthcare Heroes Healthcare Professional Award for 2014.

Dr. Buxton has held both local and national leadership positions with ASHP, NCAP, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), and American Pharmacists Association (APhA). She currently serves as a Director-Elect for the ASHP Section of Ambulatory Care Practitioners and a member of the Education Steering Committee. She has also served several terms on the NCAP Board of Directors, and has participated in both the ASHP and APhA Houses of Delegates.

A volunteer with Cape Fear Clinic since 2003, and having served on the Board of Directors from 2006-2011, Dr. Buxton became our first staff Director of Pharmacy in 2011.  She also maintains a clinical practice in mental health and is Co-Director of our nationally recognized Mental Health Services program.

She is the author of From Student to Pharmacist: Making the Transition, published in 2010.