Regional Key Leadership
The Central Regional Key Leadership Council has been established to serve as a consultative and advisory body to provide valuable input to the Central Regional Key Early Learning Keys to Quality Program on matters related to our mission, objectives and goals for the twenty county region as defined by the Department of Public Welfare, Office of Child Development and Early Learning.
The Central Regional Key Leadership Council provides the means for discussing and evaluating Central Regional Key affairs and provides the opportunity for reporting on, exchanging ideas about, and evaluating the program components as well as collaboration with other program components supporting early learning and school age child care programs and educators.
Supports were given in the following areas: Keystone STARS, Community Engagement, Technical Assistance, Early Childhood Mental Health, Professional Development and Regional Leadership.
The leadership council is made up of twenty-one different stakeholder groups with regional diverse membership.
Members:
Barbara Albert, Pennsylvania College of Technology
Karen Ashcroft, ECEI/HDFS/Pennsylvania State University
Roseann Ball, PA Key
Deana Carson, Evangelical Community Hospital
Annette Cleary, Family Care Advocate
Billie Coffman. Pennsylvania College of Technology
Denise Cressman, Family Practitioner and Keystone STARS program
Tobi Diggs, STEP, Inc. Child Care Information Services of
Lycoming-Clinton Counties
Stacie Elliftawi, Aide to Representative Rick Mirabito, 83rd
Pennsylvania Legislative District
Coleen Evert, Tioga County Partnership for Community Health
Mary Mahoney-Ferster, Union/Snyder Counties Community Engagement Group
Robin Foltz, Child Development & Family Council of Centre County
Peggy Gallagher, EITA-Early Intervention Technical Assistance
Niki Hockenbrock, Evangelical Community Hospital
Melissa Kerschner, STEP, Inc. Child Care Information Services of
Lycoming-Clinton Counties
Rebecca Leiter, Center for Schools and Communities
Diana Link, Cambria County Child Development Corporation
Roxie Nestlerode, EDEI/HDFS/ Pennsylvania State University
Kathy Scott, Scott’s Early Learning Center
Pam Stone, BLaST Intermediate Unit 17
Jeffrey Swope, James V. Brown Library
William Wehr, OCDEL, Bureau of Certification
Karen Woland-Payne, Pennsylvania College of Technology
Michele Zitch, Child Care Information Services of Blair County