Meet the New UAEYC Governing Board!

July marks the beginning of the new term for the UAEYC governing board.

As we start the new board term, we heartily thank Rhonda Dossett (Vice President), Mills Snowden (Treasurer), Rebecca Mikkelsen (Student Liaison Co-Chair), Mary Matthews (Student Liaison Co-Chair), Trevor Hicks (Northern Utah Member Rep), and Sally Schramm (T.E.A.C.H. Advisory Chair) for their service to UAEYC and to the early childhood education community over the past year.

We welcome Ilse Wilson (Treasurer), Debi Evans (Secretary), Kim Rice (Accreditation Co-chair), Leah Stanton (Northern Utah Member Rep), and Connie Wang (Public Policy Chair) to the board as they begin their terms of service.

Here are the UAEYC Governing Board members for the 2018-2019 year:

UAEYC Executive Board
Jared Lisonbee, President	Jared is the Research Analyst at Utah Community Action Head Start in Salt Lake.
Kathie MacKay, Vice President	Kathie is a faculty member in the College of Education at Brigham Young University where she teaches early childhood education courses.
Sheila Anderson, Past President	Sheila is a faculty member in the Department of Child and Family Studies at Weber State University.
Ilse Wilson, Treasurer	Ilse is the Owner of Fairyland Childcare Inc.in Sandy, the Alta Children's Center and Preschool in Millcreek. Ilse was featured in NAEYC’s Teaching Young Children she was also honored as the Provider of the Month by Childcare Aware of America for August of 2015, and was awarded that TLLCCF National teacher award in 2017
Debi Evans, Secretary	Debi recently retired as the director of the Murray School District Early Childhood Education Center after years of service in the Murray School District.
UAEYC Governing Board
Connie Wang, Public Policy Chair	Connie is an Early Childhood Specialist for Care About Childcare at Utah Valley University.
Crystal Knippers, Membership Chair	Crystal Knippers is the Program Director at Care About Childcare at Weber State University.
JamieLynn Galloway, Accreditation Co-chair	JamieLynn is the Center Director at Bright Horizons at Overstock.com.
Kim Rice, Accreditation Co-Chair	Kim is the South Region Manager for child care licensing for the state of Utah.
Lynn Curtis, Development	Lynn is the owner of the Children’s Academy Preschool in Salt Lake.
Tiffany Parker, Historian	Tiffany is the Youth Program Coordinator and director of the Kids Camp and Childcare at South Jordan Fitness and Aquatics Center
Ana Cuenca, Hospitality	Ana operates Cuenca’s Learn and Grow Preschool in West Jordan.
Teri Henke, NAEYC Liaison	Teri is a faculty member in the Department of Child and Family Studies at Weber State.
Carolyn Christensen,  T.E.A.C.H. Advisory Committee Chair	Carolyn stepped into the role of T.E.A.C.H. Program Advisor earlier this year and will continue as Program Advisor. She is the Adult Education Program Coordinator at Utah Community Action in Salt Lake.
Membership Representatives
Christina Pay, Eastern Utah Member Rep	Christina is the Education Coordinator at Care About Childcare USU-Eastern in Price.
Brittney Nelson, Southern Utah Member Rep	Brittney is a Preschool Coordinator for the Washington County School District in St. George.
Leah Stanton, Northern Utah Member Rep	Leah is a lead  Preschool Teacher at the Jewish Community Center in Salt Lake City.

As a board, we look forward to serving you this year and, as always, please feel free to reach out to us with any questions, concerns, suggestions, or ideas that you would like to communicate to us.

--Jared Lisonbee

2018-19 UAEYC Governing Board President