We are a group of community leaders, educators, families and volunteers investing in early childhood as the foundation of a thriving community.

Tom Poland, Chair

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J.H. Atkins, Retired Educator

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Ginny Birney, Retired Occupational Therapist, M.Ed.

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Jenna Blair, Preschool Director, Boyle County Schools

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Boyle County Public Library

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Jane & JP Brantley, Community Members

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Andrea Craft, Preschool Coordinator, Danville Independent Schools

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Danville Schools Education Foundation

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Develop Danville (Economic Development Partnership)

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Kay Drake, Centre College

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Suzanne Farmer, Assistant Principal, Hogsett Primary

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Zoe Fieberg, Retired Teacher

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Margaret Gardiner, Chair, Boyle Co. Women's Network

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Heart of Kentucky United Way

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Mort Hoagland, Boyle County Education Foundation and Hudson Ellis Community Foundation

 

Sinceré Holmes, Child Care Aware of KY (Southern Bluegrass Region) and Regional Administrator (University of Kentucky)

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Mike Lafavers, Superintendent, Boyle County Schools

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Erin Lindon, M.S., CCC-SLP, CIMI-2, Team Leader at Kids Can Do Pediatric Therapy Center

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Amy W. Longwill, Community Member

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Alethea Price, Chair of the Boyle County Community Early Childhood Council

 

Patten Priestley Mahler, PhD, Assistant Professor of Economics, Centre College

 

Susan Matherly, System Director, Ephraim McDowell Health

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Tammy McDonald, Superintendent, Danville Independent Schools

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Dan McKay, Ephraim McDowell Health

 

The Reverend Amy Dafler Meaux

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Kathy Miles, Community Member

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Truly B. Mount, Community Member 

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Mary Beth Ballard Murray, Toddler Parent and Yoga Teacher, Life in Balance

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Joseph R. Myers, Community Member

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Ben Nelson, EDP Chair

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Lisa Nesmith, Early Childhood Teacher

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Charlotta Bright Norby, Community Member

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Phil Osborne, Community Member

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Julie and Dave Pease, Community Members

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Jane Preston, Retired Boyle Co. Teacher

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Ellen L. Prusinski, Assistant Professor of Education, Centre College

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Dr. Tara Strauch, Parent and Community Member

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Libby Suttles, Wilderness Trace Childhood Development Center

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Trinity Episcopal Church

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David Underwood-Sweet, Retired Teacher

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Jane Woellner, Retired Educator

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