DIEEC Leadership
Rena Hallam
Dean, College of Education and Human Development
Anamarie Whitaker
Faculty Director
Kristy Sheffler
Deputy Director
Senior Data Scientist
Heidi Beck
New Directions Early Head Start
Director, Partnership and Collaboration
Jason Hustedt
Chair, Human Development and Family Sciences
Research 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, Center-Based Programs
Jessica DeWese
Outreach
Michelle Richards
Operations
Susan Lewis
Quality Improvement Specialists, Home-based Child Care
Professional Development Coordinators
Irene Ashe
Celeste Enzor
Linda Farmer
Tamera Grater
Holly Griest
Rebecca Joella
Niki Kiess
Nicole Muñoz
Joy Rowe
Quality Improvement Specialists
Alison Keough
Senior Quality Improvement Specialist
Tonya Acker
Kimmy Bray
Lauren Cataldi-May
Jennifer Fry
Todd Hopkins
Laura Messick
Dena Nacci
Meghan Pallante
Erika Vidal
Ayanna Williams-Olaniyan
Observers
Jessica Cheyney-Morgan
Senior Observer
Alison Campbell
Shannon Kelly
Tanis Oakley
Ari Rivera
Alyssa Whaley
Family Child Care Network Coordinators
Kim Cruz
Tina Mays
Research & Evaluation
Deborah Fuller
Assistant Director
Chris Joe
Research Associate
Graduate Students – Research Assistants
Jana Shelley
Lily Heffron
Madison Wolfinger
Rosa Mykyta-Chomsky
Communications Specialists
Christian Ferrell
Courtney Foster
Operations
Theresa Barbato
Kelly Cox
Betsi Gerber
Grants Analyst
