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.

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 andadolescents 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

Christina Mann, A clinical social worker, Christina has been involved in systems change work in Douglas County over the past decade, helping to bring in more than $15 million to area school districts, mental health center, juvenile justice and early childhood collaborations through grant writing. She served as a clinical social worker and team leader for the Safe Schools Healthy Students (SSHS) Initiative in the Lawrence School District, and now is the Project Director for the SSHS Initiative in the Eudora School District.  She was past director of the Schools & Mental Health Systems Integration Initiative for Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center and the Baldwin and Eudora school districts.

christinamann@eudoraschools.org

Dan Partidge, has spent more than 17 years in public health. He began work as Director of the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department in January 2007 and previously served as Director of Administrative Services for the Reno County Health Department in Hutchinson, Kan., where he also served as Director of Environmental Health and as an Environmental Health Sanitarian.

He has bachelor’s degrees in Fisheries Biology and Chemical Science (dual degree) and Milling Science and Management from Kansas State University. He obtained a master’s degree in public health from the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita in 2007, where he was recognized as outstanding graduate for the 2006-2007 school year.
Partridge is also a 2004 graduate of the Kansas Public Health Leadership Institute and a 2002 graduate of the Kansas Public Management Center Public Health Certification program.

He is married to Rhonda Partridge and they have two children, Matthew and Kurt, and one grandchild, Eliza.

dpartridge@ldchealth.org

David Ambler was Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of Kansas from 1977 until his retirement in 2002. He currently serves as past-president of the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center Board, and was a 2006 Douglas County Delegate to the Kansas Health Foundation's Conference on Early Childhood Education.

daalawrence@sunflower.com

Barb Schwering, Occupational Therapist, USD 348 Baldwin. Barb has worked with young children, their families and teams of other service providers during her entire career as an Occupational Therapist. She has been a member of the Early Childhood Team in the Baldwin School District for the past 15 years and a recent past member of the Board of Directors for Douglas County tiny-k Early Intervention. Before working in Baldwin she was a Parent Educator and Infant-Toddler Playgroup Facilitator with the Women’s Center at Stormont Vail Regional Health Care. Her experience also includes working in the NICU and with the Kansas Early Childhood Reseach Institute to develop resources for assisting families make the hospital-to- home transition a positive one. She served as the Director of the Sunnyside Infant Toddler Program at KU while completing her graduate degree in Human Development. Work at the Lakemary Center, Kansas Neurological Institute and the Capper Foundation have also deepened her knowledge of child development and commitment to involvement in activities that help strengthen a family’s skills to nurture and enjoy their child.

Robyn Elder, Parent Educator, U.S.D. #348. Robyn has a Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction and is in her 16th year with the Baldwin Parents as Teachers Program. Prior to this position she was an elementary classroom teacher. Her family-three children, a husband, and lots of animals-live outside of Baldwin City. She has recently become certified as a Child Passenger Safety Technician and am active in the Douglas County SafeKids coalition.

relder@usd348.com

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

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, Human Resources Director at The World Company. Prior to that she was employed in various human resources positions at Security Benefit, United Business Media, CMP Media, Miller Freeman and Payless ShoeSource. As a student at both the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Kansas from which she received her B.A., Kelly studied psychology and French. She was selected to be a member of Mortarboard and Phi Beta Kappa.

Kelly is the mother of three children and is actively involved in organizations and activities at their schools. She has been a Brownie and Girl Scout leader, Sunday school leader, a mentor to student interns, the United Way internal corporate campaign chair, and a volunteer at various company and community-wide events. Kelly is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management as well as the local Jayhawk Chapter of the same organization, the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, and Inland Press Association.