Professional Development Advisory Council Members

Jeanne Anderson

Infant Toddler Credential Coordinator/INCCRRA

Brenda Arksey

Child Education & Dev. Services Dir. - Chinese American Service League

Martha Arntson

Executive Director - Child Care Network of Evanston

Nya Berry

President & CEO - Lutheran Family Mission

Barbara Biles

Professor Child Development - Joliet Junior College

JoAnn Burnside

Program Director, Early Childhood Administration - Erikson Institute

Peg Callaghan

Early Childhood Care & Education Consultant - Independent Consultant

Mary Jane Chainski

Child & Family Support Division Director - Ounce of Prevention Fund

Lynette Chandler

Department of Teaching & Learning - Northern Illinois University

Rhonda Clark

Owner/Director - Kid's Kingdom Preschool, Inc.

Ellen Collins-Bush

Program Officer - McCormick Tribune Foundation

Julia DeLapp

Senior Policy Associate - Ounce Of Prevention Fund

Eileen DeRoze

Training/Credentialing Coordinator - IDHS-Bureau of Early Intervention

Marie Donovan

Early Childhood Education Chair - DePaul University

Lisa Downey

Early Childhood Education Consultant - Early Childhood Education Consulting

Rosalind Frye

Assistant Professor/Child Development - Richard J. Daley College

Brent Harriman

Director of Provider Services - Action for Children

Marsha Hawley

Faculty - Kendall College

Kay Henderson

Early Childhood Education - Illinois State Board of Education

Raydeane James

Principal Educational Consultant - Illinois State Board of Education

Portia Kennel

Vice President of Program Development & Training - The Ounce of Prevention Fund

Beth Knight

Professional Development Data Coord. - INCCRRA

Carol Lanning

Senior Director for Program Planning and Accountability - Illinois Community College Board

Sue Logan

Professional Development - PSO/Illinois Child Care Association

Jeanette McCollum

Professor - University of Illinois

Debbie Meisner-Bertauski

Illinois Board of Higher Education

Wendy Mertes

Coordinator, Early Childhood Education - William Rainey Harper College - J249g

Janice Moenster

Professional Development Advisor - CHASI CCR&R

Mary Ellen Monroe-White

Professor Child Dev. & E.C.E. - Lincoln Land Community College

Sue Moustakas

Executive Director - Sandbox Schools of Early Care & Education

Rosita Nardi

Director - El Valor

David Newville

Policy Associate - Action for Children

Sureshrani Paintal

Professor - Chicago State University

Peggy Patten

Illinois Early Learning Project - University of Illinois

Martha Power

Professor & Child Life Program Director - Illinois State University

Leticia Ramirez

Director of Policy - El Valor

Sandy Schaefer

Director of Child Care - Erie Neighborhood House

Lori Schneider

Associate Director, Public Policy & Advocacy Program - Action for Children

Luz Maria Solis

Executive Director - Chicago Public Schools

Sara Starbuck

Margaret Stillwell

Illinois Head Start Association

Teri Talan

Public Policy Liaison - Center for Early Childhood Leadership

Christi Turner

Academic Affairs, Planning & Research (Child Development) - City College of Chicago District Office

Mark Valentine

Healthy Families Illinois State Coordinator - Illinois Department of Human Services

Margie Wallen

Early Childhood Program and Policy Consultant

Anne Wharff

Supv. Provider & Community Training & Tech. Assistance - IDHS Bureau of Child Care & Development

Joellyn Whitehead

Director of Data & Research - INCCRRA

Jean Wolf

Professor, Early Childhood Education - Western Illinois University, Dept. of Curr. & Inst.

Cass Wolfe

Director, Curriculum & Staff Development - Carole Robertson Center for Learning