Staff Members
ANN MARIE WHITE, Ed.D.
Executive Director
MARJORIE J. ALLAN, MPH
Director, Center for Continuous Improvement
KIM AVERY, MS
Early Care and Education Specialist
ANDREA BERTUCCI, M.Ed.
Training Manager, Whole Child Connection
ARLENE BOBIN, M.Ed.
Senior Project Coordinator
SARAH BOORSMA
Grants Coordinator
DAWN BREITUNG
Assistant Director, Whole Child Connection
GERALYN CONE
Senior Production Coordinator
ELIZABETH DEVANEY, MM
Director, Whole Child Connection
KATHLEEN M. EMBT
Information Analyst II / COMET Support
SIERRA FISHER
Project Coordinator, Whole Child Connection
EARL GREENE, MA, CAMS-1/Fellow, ACT Certified Trainer
Director of Family Engagement and Equity
TERRY E. HARTMANN, MBA, CMA
Director, Finance and Operations
A. DIRK HIGHTOWER, Ph.D.
Senior Associate
ELLEN LEOPOLD, M.Ed.
Social, Emotional and Behavioral Consultant
LYNN M. LUBECKI, Ed.D.
Research Associate
KRISTIN LYNCH, MS, CCC-SLP
Master Observer / GROW Navigator
MARY MAIOLO
Senior Graphics Coordinator
CRAIG MAURER
Systems Administrator
YVONNE MOSS
Secretary IV
LINDA MURRAY
Project Coordinator
DAVID PEELLE, MBA
Information Analyst
CHRISTINE RANALLETTA
Senior Accountant
SHELLEY M. SANYSHYN, MS
Co-Director, Primary Project
TRACEY SHEEHAN
Financial Analyst
LYNN SMITH, LMSW
Co-Director, Primary Project
LAURI STRANO, MS
Director, Programs and Services
DIANE M. TRENTINI
Manager of Organizational Transformation
GENEMARIE VAN WAGNER
Senior Project Coordinator
MARSHALL WALKER
Receptionist / Clerk II
EDY ZORDAN, MS, CAS
School Psychologist, BCBA
Advisors
Leonard Brock, Ed.D., Executive Director of Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative, United Way of Greater Rochester
Stephen R. Cook, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center
Dennis M. DeLeo, Esq., President, Venture Jobs Foundation; Partner, Trillium Group, LLC
Jill S. Halterman, MD, M.P.H., Professor of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center
Jeff Kaczorowski, MD, Senior Advisor, Children’s Agenda; Professor of Pediatrics and Vice Chair for Government and Community Relations, Golisano Children’s Hospital, University of Rochester Medical Center
Marsha Dumka, Interim Executive Director, Rochester Childfirst Network
Mary Louise Musler, Coordinator, Early Childhood Education Quality Council (ECEQC)
Barbara J. Purvis, President and Director, Essex Hotel Management, LLC
Thomas J. Rogers, MBA, Senior VP, Chief Financial Officer, and Director of Finance, ESL Federal Credit Union
Leonard Gingello, CEO, COMET Informatics LLC
Master Observers
Master observers contribute to the success of RECAP and QUALITYstars NY. Contact us with questions for master observers.
Shannon Amsler
Tami Beaumont
Tamara Calhoun
Molly Cupello
Rachelle de Los Reyes
Stephanie Dockweiler
Jennifer Edwards-Saul
Nagwa Elsamra
Julie Engard
Patti Fose
Patricia Graff
Jannie Hill
Linda Jackson Robinson
Joyce Kostyk
Carol Lanterman
Michelle Livingston
Olga Lopez-Peralta
Kristin Lynch
Joi McMurtry
Cristina Medellin
Wendy Mendola
Dawn Pozzi
Michelle Prince
Mary Ann Schifitto
Kim Smith
Nancy Smith
Charmane Sparkman
Wayne Spitz
Vanessa Stewart
Betsy Wing-Schroeder