Do you want to find out more or do you have a specific question concerning one of our initiatives? We'd like to put you in touch with the right person. You'll find the contact information below for all our project leads. If you're not sure who to contact, you can refer to the document below for brief project information or you can fill in the form at the bottom of the page and we'll send you information.
Project Leads
Project Management: Josh Cramer jcramer@nebraskachildren.org and Shannon Mitchell-Boekstal--sboekstal@nebraskachildren.org
Needs Assessment: Kathleen Gallagher--kgallagher@nebraska.edu , Alexandra Daro--adaro@nebraska.edu, and Traci Roberts--troberts12@nebraska.edu
Strategic Plan: Susan Sarver--ssarver@nebraska.edu
Learning Begins at Birth: Amanda Felton--afelton@firstfivenebraska
Childcare Essentials/The Right Place: Holly Hatton-Bowers--hattonb@unl.edu and Jaci Foged-- jaci.foged@unl.edu
Nebraska Childcare Referral Network (CCRN) Development: Nikki Roseberry--nroseberry@nebraskachildren.org
Getting Ready: Lisa Knoche--lknoche2@unl.edu
Ready Rosie: Marti Beard--mbeard@nebraskachildren.org
Workforce Commission Implementation: Susan Sarver--ssarver@nebraska.edu
Nebraska Early Childhood Campaign: Renee Wessels--rwessels@nebraska.edu and Erica Sesay emnett@nebraska.edu
Coordinated Enrollment Pilot Expansion: Brandee Lengel blengel@nebraskaearly.org
Help Me Grow: Rick Helweg--rhelweg@childrensomaha.org and Holly Dingman--hdingman@childrensomaha.org
Ready Rosie -NDE Expansion: Jessica Boren--jboren@familieslearning.org and Monica Huber mhuber@familieslearning.org
Coaching Collaboration: Melody Hobson--melody.hobson@nebraska.gov and Lynne Brehm lbrehm@nebraskachildren.org
Step Up to Quality (SUTQ): Lauri Cimino--Lauri.Cimino@nebraska.gov
Nebraska Center on Reflective Practice: Kelli Hauptman--khauptman2@unl.edu
Communities for Kids Bilingual Consultants: Marti Beard--mbeard@nebraskachildren.org
Social Emotional Support Infrastructure: Stacy Scholten--sscholten@nebraskachildren.org and Lynne Brehm--lbrehm@nebraskachildren.org
Expanded Access to Circle of Security Parenting Classroom: Tracy Gordon--tgordon@nebraskaaeyc.org
Accreditation with the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health: Sami Bradley--sbradley@nebraskachildren.org
Cultivating Healthy Intentional Mindful Educators (CHIME): Holly Hatton-Bowers--hattonb@unl.edu
NECC/AOK Business Training Series: Brandee Lengel--blengel@nebraskaearly.org
Wonderschool Launch: Brandee Lengel--blengel@nebraskaearly.org
Community Subgrants: Communities for Kids Plus (C4K+): Marti Beard--mbeard@nebraskachildren.org
ECIDS Buildout: Ben Baumfalk--ben.baumfalk@nebraska.gov
Shared Leadership and Financing Task Force: Amy Bornemeier--abornemeier@firstfivenebraska.org
Performance Evaluation: Kathleen Gallagher--kgallagher@nebraska.edu
Transition Committee: Lisa Roy--lroy@nebraska.edu
NAESP Leadership Academy: Melody Hobson--melody.hobson@nebraska.gov and Kristine Luebbe--Kristine.Luebbe@nebraska.gov
Communication and Dissemination: Brenda Weyers--bweyers@nebraskachildren.org and Ivan Young--iyoung@nebraskachildren.org
