Sharon Moore, Vice President of Transitional Housing & Family Services and Director of Family Bridges, has been named a recipient of the Top 50 Over 50® recognition presented by Positive Maturity.
Top 50 Over 50® celebrates outstanding individuals over the age of 50 who continue making meaningful contributions to their communities through leadership, service, and civic engagement.
She was honored in a ceremony on July 23 at The Club in Birmingham.
For more than 40 years, Moore has dedicated her life and career to serving vulnerable children, young adults, and families across Alabama through her work at PHFC. Beginning her career as a young social worker, she has grown alongside the organization and helped guide it through significant transformation over four decades of service.
Under Moore’s leadership, PHFC evolved from traditional residential group care into a place of support focused on helping families remain together and build long-term stability. Today, she oversees programs including Secure Dwellings, Transition to Adult Living, Family Bridges, and the recently launched Family Unity Center.
These programs provide safe housing, case management, life skills support, and trauma-informed services for mothers, children, and young adults facing crisis situations from across the Southeast.
“Sharon is one of the most genuine and caring individuals I have ever worked with in my career,” said Doug Marshall, President and CEO of Presbyterian Home for Children. “Her heart, wisdom, and dedication have shaped this ministry and the lives of countless children and families. This recognition reflects not only her years of service, but the lasting impact she continues to make every single day.”
Moore’s expertise has been instrumental in working to expand support for homeless mothers and children seeking stability and reunification. Moore has also played a key role in strengthening PHFC’s Family Bridges program, which provides intensive in-home support services designed to preserve and reunify families and prevent unnecessary separation whenever possible.
Moore has mentored and supervised generations of emerging social workers as a licensed clinical social worker and respected leader within the field.
Many individuals and families served through PHFC continue to return years later to share how Moore’s guidance helped shape their lives and futures.
“Sharon’s legacy is written in the lives of the children and families she has served,” Marshall said. “She represents the very best of what compassionate leadership looks like.”
The Presbyterian Home for Children has a treasured history with the Top 50 over 50 recognition by Positive Maturity with its President and CEO, Doug Marshall honored in 2017 and its former and deceased Senior Vice President of Program Operations and Services, Felicia Ayers Storey honored in 2021.
