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A. Dirk Hightower, Ph.D., Executive Director

  • Nancy E. Cook, Assistant to the Executive Director

Finance, Operations & Administration

Sharon DeVita, MBA, Director

  • Larry M. Broser, MBA, Deputy Director
  • Marc Charbonneau, Systems Analyst and Developer
  • Geralyn Cone, Senior Production Coordinator
  • Sara Kreb, Receptionist
  • Beverly Miller, Information Analyst
  • Christine Ranalletta, Staff Accountant
  • Sonia N. Rivera, Administrator
  • Kathleen Slater, Data Control Clerk
  • Cyndie Walker, Information Analyst

Community Partnerships & Resource Development

Lori VanAuken, MPA, Director

  • Lauri S. Brugger, MS, Deputy Director
  • Amy Baker, MA, Clinical Associate
  • Rusti Berent, Ph.D., Director of Evaluation Services
  • Janis Cameron, Grants Administrator
  • Bert Farrell, Health Project Coordinator
  • Mary Maiolo, Senior Graphics Coordinator
  • Jane Passamonte, Senior Development Associate
  • Dawn Pozzi, MPH, Senior Project Coordinator & Director of REEP
  • Sabrina Moore, MA, Project Coordinator
  • Connie Rodriguez, M.Ed., Supervising Mentor
  • Connie Valk, M.Ed., CAS, Early Care and Education Specialist
  • Genemarie B. Van Wagner, Project Coordinator
  • Gillian M. Young-Miller, M.Ed., Project Coordinator

National Services

Deborah B. Johnson, MS, NCSP, Director

  • Mary Anne Peabody, LCSW, RPT-S, Deputy Director
  • Arlene Bobin, M.Ed., Senior Project Coordinator
  • Stephanie Fernandez, Administrative Assistant
  • Gary Lazenby, M.Ed., CAS, Educational Consultant
  • Ellen Leopold, M.Ed., Educational Consultant
  • Shelley Sanyshyn, MS, Clinical Associate
  • Lynn Smith, LMSW, Social Worker

Research & Evaluation

Bohdan S. Lotyczewski, Director
Guillermo Montes, Ph.D., Director

  • Marjorie J. Allan, Senior Project Coordinator
  • Hugh F. Crean, Ph.D., Research Associate
  • Stephen Fielding, Ph.D., Research Associate
  • Jill S. Halterman, MD, MPH, Medical Director
  • Wilbert Law, Research Associate
  • Soon-Hee Lee, Research Associate
  • Christine Lehmann, MS, Senior Information Analyst
  • Dave Long, MBA, MPA, Marketing Director
  • Leanne McAndrews, Information Analyst II 
  • Rebecca Morrissey, Research Assistant
  • Pam Onasch, Marketing Consultant
  • Shira Peterson, Ph.D., Research Associate
  • Melissa Reynolds Weber, Senior Information Analyst
  • Molly Saweikis, Information Analyst

Contact Children's Institute for further information.

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