The Kansas Division for Early Childhood
2012-2013 Board Members and Committee Representatives
President
Carolyn Nelson
785-806-6173
E-Mail: Carolyn Nelson
Family Concerns Representative
Maria Martinez
620-789-4100
E-Mail: Maria Martinez
Past President
Deanna Berry
Russell Child Devopmental Center
620-275-0291, 620-640-7855 (c)
E-Mail: Deanna Berry
Membership Committee
Nancy Miller
USD #229
913-239-4328, 913-708-1249 (c)
E-Mail: Nancy Miller
President Elect
Cindy Schroeder
Northeast Kansas Educational Service Center
785-673-3152
E-Mail: Cindy Schroeder or Work E-mail
Student Representative
Vera Stroup-Rentier
University of Kansas
E-Mail: Vera Stroup-Rentier
Vice President
Claudia Shannon
Kansas City Kansas Public Schools
913-461-4715
E-Mail: Claudia Shannon
Historian
Sabra Shirrell
Kansas Department of Health & Environment Children's Developmental Services
E-Mail: Sabra Shirrell
Secretary
Dana Pfanenstiel
High Plains Education Cooperative
E-Mail: Dana Pfanenstiel
Kansas ICC Representative
Doug Bowman
CCECDS - State ICC
785-296-1294
E-Mail: Doug Bowman
Treasurer
Tiffany Smith
KSDE ECSE
Part B Representative
Kansas State Department of Education
Special Education Services
Early Childhood Education Program Consultant
785-296-1944
E-Mail: Tiffany Smith
Children Action Network (CAN)
Doug Bowman
CCECDS - State ICC
785-296-1294
E-Mail: Doug Bowman
KCCTO Representative
David Lindeman, Ph.D.
Director, KU Life Span Institute at Parsons
620-421-6550 ext. 1713
E-Mail: David Lindeman
Conference Committee Member
Vacant
Kansas CEC Representative
Gayle Stuber
Kansas State Department of Education
E-Mail: Gayle Stuber
KDEC Partner Liaison
Peggy Miksch
KU Life Span Institute
785-456-8881
785-383-4188 (c)
E-Mail: Peggy Miksch
KAEYC Representative
Gayle Stuber, Ph.D.
Kansas State Department of Education
785-296-5352
785-766-4068 (c)
E-Mail: Gayle Stuber
Ex-Officio Members
David Lindeman, Ph.D.
Director, KU Life Span Institute at Parsons
620-421-6550 ext. 1713
E-Mail: David Lindeman
Ex-Officio Members
Dale Walker, Ph.D.
Division for Early Childhood Research Representative
Juniper Gardens Children’s Project
913-321-3143
785-393-0493 (c)
E-Mail: Dale Walker
Ex-Officio Members
Tiffany Smith
KSDE ECSE Part B Representative
Kansas State Department of Education
Special Education Services
Early Childhood Education Program Consultant
785-296-1944
E-Mail: Tiffany Smith
Ex-Officio Members
Sarah Walters
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Part C Coordinator
E-Mail: Sarah Walters
Ex-Officio Members
Sabra Shirrell
KDHE Children's Developmental Services
E-Mail: Sabra Shirrell