Community Focus Group

We wish to acknowledge the following colleagues for their willingness to serve as a member of the STAR NET Region II Early Childhood Community Focus Group.

Cook County
Rosalind Banks, Proviso Area for Exceptional Children
Julie Clasen, NorthWest Special Recreation Association
Elizabeth Cochiaro, Leyden Area Special Education Cooperative
Laverne Davis, Child and Family Connections #7
Chris Dennison, Elgin School District U-46
Brenda DeVito, Child and Family Connections #6
Pat Kaiser, Sunny Days Learning Center
Shannon Kersemeier, Parent Representative
Kacey Lazzarotto, LaGrange Area Department of Special Education
Jac McBride, Skokie School District #68
Karen McCarthy, Illinois State Board of Education
Dana McDermott, DePaul University
Brian Michalski, Illinois Resource Center: Early Childhood Professional Development
Jennifer Mursu, Schaumburg School District #54
Patricia Seifer, Evanston School District #65
Nancy Snyder, South Berwyn School District #100
Kathy Villano, Early Childhood Development Enrichment Center
Kelly Voliva, Pleasantville School District #107
Martha Weisman, Wheeling School District #21
Rachel Wood, Oak Leyden Developmental Services
Mina Wright, Parent Representative

DuPage County
Nancy Brown, Butterflies for Change
Jeanna Capito, Positive Parenting DuPage
Janice Dell, School Association for Special Education in DuPage County
Nicole Feleciano, Positive Parenting DuPage
Diane Johnson, Lisle School District #202
Lori Orr, Child and Family Connections #5
Sally Osborne, Indian Prairie School District #204
Loreene Pawski, DuPage County Head Start
Cheryl Ryder, A Generation Ahead Child Care
Cindy Rynning, Bloomingdale School District #13
Michelle Scharinger, Carol Stream School District #93
Ruth Ann Sikora, Parent Representative
Judy Thalmann, Naperville School District #203

Kane County
Greg Allen, Two Rivers Head Start
Karen Bogdan, Northwestern Illinois Association
Therese Cronin, Carpentersville School Distict #300
Jan Hem, West Aurora School District #129
Mary McCarty, Two Rivers Head Start
Aimee Pfister, Child and Family Connections #4
Karen Romano, Summit School of Elgin
Amanda Schmidt, Burlington School District #300

Lake/McHenry Counties
Jon Ashworth, Child and Family Connections #2
Kim Bertrand, Woodstock School District #200
Nancy Kind, Northern Suburban Special Education District
Nancy McGuire, Crystal Lake School District #47
Jodie Moss, Zion School District #6
Laura Starck, Community Unit School District #95
Kiera Parpart, Child and Family Connections #25
Katherine Urbanus-Bernero, Community Coordinated Child Care, McHenry County Department of Health
Becky Walkington, McHenry County Head Start
Barbara Walti, Special Education District of Lake County
Katie Zeman, McHenry County Head Start

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