Board of Directors

Our governing board of directors represents state agencies and organizations that are concerned about quality child care for Kansas children.

Vera Stroup-Rentier – President
Senior Research Associate, Westat (Topeka)

Sam Schissler – Past President
Sales Representative, Brookes Publishing and Kaplan Learning Company (Leawood)

Cathy Mong – Treasurer
Career and Technical Education, Wichita Public Schools (Wichita)

Cathy Gray – Secretary
Early Childhood Education Adjunct Professor, Butler County Community College (Andover)

Kelly Cahill
Executive Director, Daycare Connection (Lenexa)

Corrine Carr
Family Child Care Provider, Special Blessings Daycare (Emporia)

Bronwyn Fees
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Health and Human Sciences, Kansas State University (Manhattan)

David Lindeman
Senior Scientist, University of Kansas Life Span Institute (Parsons)

Aliah Mestrovich Seay
Executive Director, UFM Community Learning Center (Manhattan)

Chiquita Miller
Family and Consumer Science Agent, K-State Research and Extension (Kansas City)

Jennifer Oborny
Early Childhood Special Education Teacher, Part B & Part C, Kansas State Department of Education (Oakley)

Melissa Schoenberger
Early Childhood Systems Specialist, Kansas Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund (Topeka)

Lisa Williams
Parents as Teachers Coordinator, Kansas Department of Education (Topeka)