Heidi Beck
Interm Co-Director
New Directions Early Head Start
Rena Hallam
Dean of the College of Education and Human Development
Jason Hustedt
Chair of Human Development and Family Sciences
Research Director
Kristy Sheffler
Interim Co-Director
Senior Data Scientist
Deputy Director
Associate Directors
Jennifer Potts
Leadership and Administration
Kristy Smith
Family Child Care
Stephanie Thompson
Communications
Jessica Witkowski
Children’s Learning Environments
Program Managers
Dan Reagan
Quality Improvement Specialists
Meg McClary
Outreach
Michelle Richards
Operations
Ziad Akir
Online Learning
Professional Development Coordinators
Irene Ashe
Jessica DeWese
Linda Farmer
Holly Griest
Todd Hopkins
Rebecca Joella
Niki Kiess
Susan Lewis
Valerie Renshaw
Joy Rowe
Melissa Schulte
Quality Improvement Specialists
Alison Keough
Senior Quality Improvement Specialist
Tonya Acker
Kimmy Bray
Lauren Cataldi-May
Jennifer Fry
Laura Messick
Dena Nacci
Meghan Pallante
Erika Vidal
Ayanna Williams-Olaniyan
Observers
Jessica Cheyney-Morgan
Senior Observer
Shannon Kelly
Ari Rivera
Alyssa Whaley
Tanis Oakley
Family Child Care Network Coordinators
Kim Cruz
Tina Mays
Research & Evaluation
Chris Joe
Research Associate
Deborah Fuller
Assistant Director
Ekaterina Novikova
Graduate Research Assistant
Annette Pic
Limited Term Researcher
Communications Specialists
Christian Ferrell
Courtney Foster
Operations
Theresa Barbato
Kelly Cox
Betsi Gerber
Grants Analyst
