Child Development Council Staff

 

Administration

Melissa Perry
Chief Executive Officer
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Diane Feldman
Chief Financial Officer
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Dara Gray
Bookkeeper
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Michael Hoit
Outreach Coordinator
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Margaret Tinker
Administrative Coordinator
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Child Care Resource and Referral (CCRR)

Barb Mechalke
Child Care Development Director
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Ann Turcsik
CCRR Director, Ithaca Office
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Anne Withers
CCRR Director, Cortland Office
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Jessica Mazur
Child Care Specialist
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Vickie Mundy- Hebert
Child Care Specialist
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Lisa Potter
Professional Development Coordinator
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Sara Sandritter
Registrar
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Joanie Slatoff
Child Care Specialist-Equity and Inclusion
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Susan Sopp
CACFP Specialist
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Alexxis Strauf
Registrar
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Ruth Williams
CACFP Specialist
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Family Services (TP3/FSS)

Malinda Rees
Family  Services Director
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Lisa Bowman
Family Support Specialist 
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Lisa Drake
Family Support Specialist 
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Sarah Kunz
Family Support Specialist 
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Amy Riotto
Family Support Specialist 
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Jessi Soto-Moyer
Family Support Specialist
   
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Elizabeth Wolff
Family Support Specialist
   
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Caleb Wright
Family Support Specialist
   
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Child Development Council Board of Directors

  • John Bauda (Treasurer), Vice President, Commercial Banking Tompkins Trust Company

    Jessica Custer-Bindel, Elementary School Teacher, Ithaca City School District

    Stephanie Fritz (Chair), Director, SUNY Cortland Child Care Center

    Penny Givin, Assistant to Associate VP Community Relations, Cornell University

    Lucinda Noble, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Policy Analysis & Management, Cornell University

  • Chau Pham (Vice Chair), Architect, Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services

    Nancy Potter, Retired Issue Leader, Family and Community Development, Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County

    Brian Rozewski (Secretary), Director of Preschool Programs, Racker

    David Rutherford, Executive Director, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cortland County

    Patricia Williams, Retired Human Resources Management State Department, National Institute of Health and Interior Department