Author: HDI Staff

  • Kate Dean

    Kate Dean

    Regional Child Care Administrator Child Care Aware Phone: (502) 316-4814 Email: Kate.Dean@uky.edu Responsibilities: Provide regional oversight and leadership to Child Care Aware of Kentucky Health and Safety, Quality, Professional Development, and Training Coaches in the Northern Bluegrass Region (Bourbon, Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Harrison, Kenton, Nicholas, Owen, Pendleton, and Scott Counties). Serve as the…

  • Hallie Barth

    Hallie Barth

    Early Care and Education Coach: Professional Development Child Care Aware Phone: Email: Hallie.Barth@uky.edu Responsibilities: Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests:

  • Shirley Conley

    Shirley Conley

    Quality Coach Child Care Aware Child Care Aware Phone: 606-422-5347 Email: shirley.conley@uky.edu Responsibilities: Assist and provide technical assistance to a variety of Child Care Centers, Head Starts, and Preschools in numerous counties. Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests:

  • Brandon Cannada

    Brandon Cannada

    Online Learning Manager Child Care Aware, Project SCOPE, MHDD, FIT, RETAIN Phone: 859-257-4918 Email: brandon.cannada@uky.edu Responsibilities: Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests:

  • Jeff White

    Jeff White

    Project Director KentuckyWorks Phone: 502-782-6228 Email: jeff.white@ky.gov Responsibilities: Manage the operations of the Partnership in Employment Grant. Also primary contact for employment programming in the SCL and Michelle P waivers. Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests: music

  • Janel Melby

    Janel Melby

    Early Care and Education coach: Quality Child Care Aware Phone: 606-878-4812 Email: janel.melby@uky.edu Responsibilities: Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests:

  • Elizabeth Markle

    Elizabeth Markle

    Waiver Manager Supports for Community Living Waiver Phone: (270) 782-8268 Email: elizabeth.markle@uky.edu Responsibilities: Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests:

  • Debbie Sisco

    Debbie Sisco

    Professional Development Coach Child Care Aware Phone: 270-534-3459 Email: debbie.sisco@uky.edu Responsibilities: ECDS Scholarship CDA Mini-Grants Related Ed Expense Reimbursement Milestone Achievement Awards Textbook Reimbursement Non-College Applications Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests:

  • Aaron Piercefield

    Aaron Piercefield

    Lead Applications Developer Kentucky Alternate Assessment Project (KAAP); Kentucky Partnership; Child Care Aware; PDTRAC; KEDS; KYPSO Phone: (859) 257-2085 Email: ajpi222@uky.edu Responsibilities: Design develop and maintain data collection and reporting systems for multiple projects. Experiences: ASP.NET, .NETCore Web Applications Developer. Microsoft SSRS, PBI & Azure Services. 18+ years building web application in various development languages.…

  • Jacqueline Norman

    Jacqueline Norman

    Disability Program Administrator II – Principal Investigator Kentucky Alternate Assessment Project (KAAP) Phone: (859) 218-0254 Email: jacqueline.norman@uky.edu Responsibilities: In addition to PI responsibilities of budget and scope of work, I work in research and development of statewide alternate assessment. This includes facilitation of stakeholder meetings such as item development, bias and sensitivity review, content and…