Staff

Early Care and Education coach: Quality Child Care Aware Phone: (270) 824-8630 Email: brittany.west@uky.edu Responsibilities: I cover child care centers in Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, and Todd counties. Experiences: Lead Teacher with CAPE Head Start in Evansville, IN Reason: Research: Interests:

Training Coach Child Care Aware Phone: Email: april.brown2@uky.edu Responsibilities: Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests:

Regional Child Care Administrator Child Care Aware Phone: Email: bethany.davis2@uky.edu Responsibilities: Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests:

Regional Child Care Administrator – Jefferson Region Child Care Aware Phone: (502) 213-4038 Email: hans.petersen@uky.edu Responsibilities: Provide regional oversight and leadership to Child Care Aware Health and Safety, Quality, Professional Development, and Training Coaches serving Jefferson County. Experiences: I have worked in the field of early childhood education since 1996 as an assistant teacher, lead…

CWTP Training Specialist Community Work Transition Program Phone: (304) 523-7900 Email: jill.griffiths@uky.edu Responsibilities: CWTP: assist with training and consultation for member districts. Job duties are targeted toward development and technical assistance of electronic forms, program and compliance review, and CWTP policies and procedures. Experiences: Special Education Teachers-provided instruction to students with Mild Mental Disabilities (4…

Early Care and Education Coach: Health and Safety Child Care Aware Phone: (859) 442-4125 Email: stephanie.ganson@uky.edu Responsibilities: Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests:

Early Childhood Quality Coach Child Care Aware Phone: (859) 246-6205 Email: cyndi.willmarth@uky.edu Responsibilities: I support, through coaching and consulting, early childhood programs as they work to increase quality. This in turn supports Kentucky families as they search for the best child care, preschools, and after school care for their young children. Experiences: I have previously…

Principal Investigator / Project Director Kentucky Post School Outcomes Center Phone: (859) 218-5958 Email: tflobi1@uky.edu Responsibilities: Overseeing development of data collection system, reporting to state and federal government, developing methods to improve post-school outcomes. I also assist with general research activities for HDI, serve on the Underserved Populations Engagement Committee and collaborate with many state…

Disability Program Administrator Community Quality (NCI), Quality of Life survey, My Choice Kentucky Phone: (859) 218-5959 Email: laura.smith2@uky.edu Responsibilities: Data collection and reporting Experiences: I have worked with people with disabilities in various roles for over 25 years Reason: Research: National Core Indicators, Quality of Life Interests: Advocacy, systems change, data driven policy