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Penny Schau, Economic and Employment Support Supervisor, Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services. In addition to serving as Coalition Co-Chair, Penny serves on the Early Childhood Education Implementation Group. In her position at the Lawrence Office of the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, Penny brings expertise in the areas of childcare subsidies including special rates for children with special needs and programs and policies supporting families transitioning to economic self sufficiency.

Chris Petr, PhD. Professor, Kansas University School of Social Welfare. Chris serves on the Oversight Committee for Success By 6's interagency Family Resource Team. Chris specializes in analyzing mental health and other family support systems.

Elaine McCullough, Family Resource Specialist, Douglas County Infant Toddler Coordinating Council. Elaine is a past Co-Chair of the Coalition. Elaine is a certified early childhood special education teacher, has over 12 years of experience managing center based early intervention programs, has operated her own family childcare home and currently supervises the Early Childhood Special Education Consultant project at the ICC.

Nancy Jorn, Director of Maternal Child Health Field Services, Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department. In addition to Convening the Coalition's Family Support Systems Implementation Group, Nancy also chairs the Oversight Committee for Success By 6's interagency Family Resource Team. Nancy specializes in maternal and child health with an emphasis on early intervention with overburdened families.

Joyce Steiner, Youth Services Director, Lawrence Public Library. Joyce convenes the Coalition's Public Awareness Implementation Group. Joyce brings the experience of early childhood and family literacy programs administered at Lawrence Public Library including story times for infants, toddlers, and preschool aged children. Joyce also works with childcare centers and family childcare homes to bring books and reading into the activities of these programs.

Ann Gabel, Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Ann Gabel is the Director of Education at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where she provides education to hospital employees and leaders, and works with Human Resources professionals to address professional development needs. Ann brings experience in nursing, healthcare, and adult education to the Board. ann.gabel@lmh.org

Julianne M. Boydston Ph. D. , Licensed Psychologist, Bert Nash Center. Dr. Boydston received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 1999 from the University of north Carolina at greensboro after completing a clinical internship the University of Chicago Medical Center. Her concentration areas include children and adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and other disruptive behavior disorders, including CONDUCT disorder. She currently works at Bert Nash Center as the staff development and research psychologist and Child and Family team leader. in addition, she is an adjunct professor with the Department of Clinical Child Psychology at the University of Kansas and supervises practicum students. She has authored and co-authored several professional book chapters, including one in preparation for the Handbook of Evidence-Based Therapies for Children and Adolescents entitled "Adoption of evidence-based treatment in community settings:
Obstacles and Opportunities." Dr. Boydston has extensive experience training a range of students and professionals, including mental health, school and juvenile justice staff on a range of topics such as assessment and treatment of juvenile offenders, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and Bipolar Disorder. She has also presented research at regional and national conferences on children's conflict strategies, child and adult AD/HD, and Multi-systemic treatment of Juvenile offenders (MST). jboydston@bertnash.org

Bruce Passman, Bruce is currently the Deputy Superintendent for the Lawrence Public Schools (LPS).  In that capacity he teams with the superintendent to provide overall leadership to the district’s administrators in its two major divisions (Teaching and Learning, and Administrative Operations), and to the district’s twenty three building principals. 

Bruce began his educational career in Lawrence in 1974 as a special educator and after leaving Lawrence in 1984 served as Executive Director of Student Services for the Blue Valley School District in Overland Park, Kansas, for sixteen years.  Before returning to LPS, Bruce was employed in the University of Excellence for the Sprint Corporation where he was responsible for managing Sprint’s Leadership Assessment Center.  He has also served as the State Director of Special Education for the Kansas State Department of Education in Topeka, Kansas.

Bruce has been a frequent presenter at state and national conferences and has assisted numerous school districts and not for profit organizations with strategic planning.  His current projects in Lawrence include the Career Technical Education Task Force which has forged a partnership with Johnson County Community College and the district’s wellness initiative which has been developed in conjunction with the district’s Coordinated School Health Council.   In addition to serving on the SB6 Board, he is also a member of the Douglas County Leadership Team for the Community Health Improvement Project (CHIP) and a Board member for the Strategic Learning Center.


   


Carolyn Kelly, Executive Director, Community Children's Center Head Start. Along with expertise in early childhood education program management, Carolyn brings Head Start's community wide collaborative approach to building early childhood systems to the work of Success By 6.

Anna Jenny, Executive Director, Douglas County Child Development Association. Anna directs the work of DCCDA which is charged with child care referral services, Dept. of Agriculture Food Program, the United Way Childcare Tuition Scholarship Program and other child care quality improvement initiates funded through the Kansas Association of Childcare Resource and Referral Agencies. Anna has a Masters Degree in Social Work and is a CPA bringing understanding of the business needs of the childcare industry and its workforce and can place these needs into a larger early childhood systems perspective that integrates family home and workplace supports.

Terri S. Dann, CFPTM Financial Advisor, Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. Terri S. Dann has specialized in financial planning since 1984. She is a Financial Advisor with Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., a Certified Financial Planner designee, and an associate of David M. King and Associates, Ltd. here in Lawrence. She is a member of the Financial Planning Association and also a member of the Douglas County Estate Planning Council. Terri and her husband, Michael, have two children and four grandchildren. Terri.Dann@Raymondjames.com

Linda Troutfetter, Social Worker, Eudora Public Schools. Linda has been a district Social Worker for Eudora Public Schools since 1992. She works with children and families from preschool through high school. Linda provides support fro parents. She functions as a liaison between home, school and community. ltroutfetter@hotmail.com

Chris Squier, Safe Schools Healthy Students Project Director, Lawrence Public Schools. Chris serves at Coalition Co- Chair. She brings experience in the field of Early Childhood and Early Childhood Special Education as a teacher and administrator. Chris believes a strong communitywide early childhood collaboration insures that the needs of our youngest learners and their families are met.

Angie Lewis, Parent Educator, Baldwin Parents as Teachers program. Angie is a certified elementary teacher, and also a certified parent educator with 17 years of experience with the Kansas Parents as Teachers program. In addition, she serves as a Kansas State Consultant of other state-supported Parents as Teachers programs. Before working with Parents as Teachers, she taught kindergarten in the public schools, was a Preschool teacher, and owned a home day care when her children were young. She is a strong advocate for family, and collaborates with other committees and agencies to encourage positive family support.

Rusty Schnur-Shelton, serves as the Early Childhood Special Services Facilitator for Lawrence Public Schools. She has classroom experience as an Early Childhood Special Educator. Her focus is coordinating services for children with disabilities in community settings as well as serving as the district representative at transition meetings for children with special needs turning three. Rusty also works closely with the staff at the East Heights Early Childhood and Family Center. She is currently on the Douglas County Coordinating Council's executive board and is acting chairperson. She has been involved with the Success By Six coalition for several years.

Kelly Calvert