Meet Our KAEYC Board Members
Kasey Kile
Board Position: President/Conference Chair
Years of Service: 8
Professional Position: Training and Curriculum Specialist KCCTO/Instructor-Kansas State University
Fun Fact: I know how to juggle three objects
Michelle Gilbert
Board Position: Vice President
Years of Service:4
Professional Position: Early Care and Education Specialist- Child Care Aware of Eastern KS
Fun Fact: popcorn cures anything!
LeAnn Kruckenberg
Board Position: Past-President
Years of Service:8
Professional Position: Early Childhood Special Education Teacher
Fun Fact: I have been involved with caring for young children for 43 years
Berni Kappel
Board Position: Treasurer
Years of Service:4
Professional Position: Online Trainer at KCCTO/Preschool Teacher
Fun Fact: I have a great love for coffee
Kari Cronister
Board Position: Secretary
Years of Service: 4
Professional Position: Supervising Lead Preschool Teacher Pittsburg State University Early Childhood Lab
Mary Murphy
Board Position: Non-voting Member Representing the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
Years of Service: 20+
Professional Position: Administration & Policy Director, Bureau of Family Health KDHE
Deb Crowl
Board Position: Public Policy Chair
Years of Service: 20
Professional Position: Administrator for Emporia Child Care
Fun Fact: Girls just want to have fun!
Sam Schissler
Board Position:Mid America AEYC Affiliate Representative
Years of Service: 4
Professional Position: President, Educational Consulting Group Representing: Brookes Publishing Co, John R. Green Co, KODO Kids
Fun Fact: Member Board of Directors of Mid America AEYC since 1990, Member of AEYC-MO Board of Directors since 2007
Brent Martin
Board Position: Member-at-large
Years of Service: 2
Professional Position: Lead Pre-K Teacher
Fun Fact: This is my 6th year of working with children in a professional setting
Board Position: Member-at-Large
Years of Service: 2
Sherron French
Board Position: Affiliate Representative - Salina
Years of Service: 5
Lorna Ford
Board Position: Member-at-Large
Years of Service: Returning to fill a vacant position
Professional Position: Professor-Early Childhood Education-Dodge City Community College
Fun Fact: I used to live in an old high school
Gayle Stuber
Board Position: Non-voting Member Representing the Kansas Department of Education (KSDE)
Years of Service: 15
Doris Vigil
Board Position: Member-at-large
Years of Service: 1
Professional Position: Director at TOP Early Learning Center Northwest in Wichita
Fun Fact: I have 7 children and 14 grandchildren (to date)
Tara Glanton
Board Position:Affiliate Representative- DCCDA
Years of Service: First Year
Professional Position: Director at Children's Learning Center (Lawrence)
Fun Fact: I love baking and pastry arts degree yummm-o!
Chelsea Mitchell
Board Position:Heartland AEYC Affiliate Rep/Student Involvement Committee Chair/Affiliates and Chapter Committee/Finance Committee
Years of Service: first year
Professional Position: Preschool Teacher/Graduate Assistant-Kansas State University
Fun Fact: I love Chipotle
Beka Meitler
Board Position:Member-At-Large/Communications & Public Relations Committee Chair/Student Involvement Committee
Years of Service: First Year
Professional Position: Instructor- Early Childhood Education- Kansas State University
Fun Fact: I live in a house full of boys!
Emilee Morris
Board Position:Member-At- Large
Years of Service: First Year
Professional Position: Early Childhood Special Education Teacher
Fun Fact: I love music and attend as many concerts as I can!
Kelly Livingston
Board Position: Student Representative
Years of Service: First Year
Professional Position: Assistant teacher/Undergraduate student-Kansas State University
Fun Fact: I love to create bulletin boards
Theresa Ochs
Board Position: Member-at-Large
Years of Service: First Year
Professional Position: Director, Dodge city Community College Child Development Center
Fun Fact: I am the oldest of three girls and I have three boys
Amanda Gress
Board Position: KAC Public Policy Advisor
Years of Service: First Year
Professional Position:
Fun Fact:
Mark Stair
Board Position: Finance Committee
Years of Service: First Year
Professional Position: CPA
Fun Fact:I selected my college major by blindly flipping through a course catalog and randomly placing my finger on a page and ended up getting an undergraduate degree, a graduate degree, and working in the field for 8+ years and continue to work in that field.
We celebrate the life of Pam with her family and friends. She dedicated her life to serving young children and their families for over 30 years!
Pam SmithProfessional Position: Early Childhood Educator- Nana Care
Fun Fact: I love spending time with my family, and I have been involved in early childhood education for over 30 years
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