Advisory Board  ·  Curriculum Development Team  ·  Staff and Trainer Profile

Members of the Advisory Board provided assistance in the development of the curriculum and provision of local emergency preparedness information. Members also provided trainers and training sites for this project.

Jean Austin, Family & Consumer Service Educator University of Maryland, Cooperative Extension Stacie Burch, Assistant Director Anne Arundel Community College Nancy Curtis, Child Care Health Consultant Montgomery County Health & Human Services Marilyn Estes, Unit Manager Kristin Navarro, Child Care Specialist Howard Community College Barbara Fay, Emergency Management Planner Queen Anne’s County Emergency Services Karen Goldman, Executive Director Lower Shore Child Care Resource Center Donna Kegley-Hacker, Executive Director Talbot Family Network – Local Management Board Shaundra Holt, Course Manager College of Southern Maryland

Dr. Betty McLeod, Program Director Montgomery College Kristin McMenamin, Emergency Planner Kent County Office of Emergency Services Charlene Perry, RN, Public Health Emergency Planner, Kent County Health Department Garth C. Phoebus, Emergency Management Planner, Frederick County Office of Emergency Management Jackie Potter, Executive Director Chesapeake College Mary Anne Ryan, Program Coordinator Prince George’s Community College Adam Stolz, Emergency Planner City of Baltimore Office of Emergency Management Debbie Yare, Program Manager Howard County Child Care Resource Center

Peg Anawalt, Executive Director CCCRC – Chesapeake College Carol Weisel, Training Coordinator Project Security Blanket CCCRC – Chesapeake College

Kathy Edler, Assistant Director CCCRC – Chesapeake College

Peg Anawalt is the Executive Director of CCCRC – Chesapeake College, and oversees Project Security Blanket. She has a M.S. in non-profit management from the University of Maryland University College and 35 years experience in educational management of both adult and children’s programs. Ms. Anawalt’s experience includes multi-site management of corporate child care sites and provision of training and technical assistance for Head Start programs in Region III.

Donna Berger is currently employed by CCCRC – Chesapeake College as Program Coordinator. She has a BS in Elementary Education with a minor in Early Childhood. She has taught as a continuing education instructor for Chesapeake College for the past seven years. (Child Care I & II, Infant and Toddler 45 hour course, Care to Read literacy, MMSR, Ounce, and Family Environmental Rating Scale accreditation classes). She has a directed federal, corporate, non-profit, centers and owned her own daycare facilities.

Stacie Burch is the president and lead consultant for Stacie’s Early Childhood Education and Development Services (S.E.E.D.S) She has a M.A. in Human Development and Education from The George Washington University and a B.A. in Early Childhood Education from Trinity College. She serves as an adjunct faculty member at Anne Arundel Community College and The College of Southern Maryland. Mrs. Burch has worked with learners of all ages, birth through adult, in the field of education and childcare for over twenty years.

Kathy Edler has over 20 years experience in early education working as a trainer, director, senior staff, special needs professional and family child care provider. Kathy has a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Salisbury State University and is pursing her Masters Degree in Nonprofit Management from University of Maryland University College. She is currently employed as an Assistant Director for Chesapeake Child Care Resource Center/ Chesapeake College. Kathy is an adjunct instructor for Chesapeake College and has presented at several professional conferences.

Lorraine Harley is a Family and Consumer Sciences Educator/Assistant Professor, with the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension. Ms. Harley holds a BS degree in Family and Community Development and a MS degree in Family Studies-focusing on Human Service Management. Ms. Harley has worked in the child care field for twenty years in the areas of-- child care management, research, program analysis, development of child care performance standards and policy, family services management and child care management consultancy. Currently Ms. Harley provides training and technical assistance in Southern Maryland; developing, implementing and evaluating child care, parenting, nutrition, food safety and quality of life programming.

Joan M. Johnson is currently working as the Technical Assistant with the Howard County Office of Children's Services. She has her B.S. in Elementary Education, 12 years experience as a Family Child Care Provider, and 22 years of experience as the Director/Owner of Child Care Centers.

Jennifer Lentz has experience working for the military child development programs worldwide as a classroom teacher with children birth through school-age. She also has experience as a family childcare provider. In Alaska, She was a Head Start Education Coordinator. Currently, she is the training coordinator with Baltimore City Child Care Resource Center and is enrolled in the master's degree program at Pacific Oaks.

Kristin Navarro, MA Ed. Child Care Specialist and grants coordinator with Howard Community College Division of Continuing Education, holds a BS in Early Childhood and Elementary Education from the University of Wisconsin and a MA in Curriculum Design from Catholic University, and has 30 years experience as an educator of adults and children, administrator of early childhood and community programs, and entrepreneur in the entertainment industry.

Carol Weisel started out in education as a music teacher who quickly saw that the future was with our youngest children. Being in child care as a teacher, director, NAEYC validator, consultant and trainer gave Carol a wonderfully well-rounded perspective on the needs facing the staff, families and children in child care. Carol has been training in child care settings for fourteen years and hopes that her experiences will assist staff to understand the urgency of Emergency Preparedness. Carol is currently the training coordinator for Project Security Blanket.

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