Participating Partners

CACS Head Start
Lucy McClintic; Director
Phone: (517) 482-1504

Capital Area District Library
Marisela Garza; Youth Services Specialist
Phone: (517) 367-6300

Capital Area United Way
Patricia Hemingway; Vice President of Community Investment
Phone: (517) 203-5022

Capital Region Community Foundation
Pauline Pasch; Senior Program Officer
Phone: (517) 664-9852

CEI Community Mental Health
Melissa Threadgould; Supervisor Early Intervention
Phone: (517) 887-5263

Child and Family Charities

• J. Munley; Coordinator Mid-Michigan Trauma Collaborative & ACE Master Trainer
  Phone: (517) 882-4000 x159
• Kathy Kelly; Director Child Abuse Prevention Services (CAPS)
  Phone: (517) 484-8444

Christo Rey Community Center
Theresa Pittington; Office Manager
Phone (517) 372-4700 x135

Department of Health and Human Services, Ingham County
Rebecca Mesaros

Eaton RESA: Stepping Up Together
Andrea Ryan; Prevention Specialist
Phone: (517) 541-8785

Great Start to Quality Central Resource Center
Barb Monroe; Program Director
Phone: (517) 336-3767

GSC Family Coalition
Jessica Baker; Parent Liaison

GSC Parent Partners 

• Sondos Al-Hachim
• Kae Dubay
• Jasmine Tucker
• Jamie Yeomans

Ingham County Health Department

• Tracie Bolton; WIC
  Phone: (517) 887-4460
• Lisa Chambers; Family Outreach Services and Vision and Hearing
  Phone: (517) 272-4122
• Tianna Leon; Strong Start | Healthy Start
  Phone: (517) 272-4106
• Holly Smego; Children’s Special Health Care Services
  Phone: (517) 887-4322
• Dana Watson; Strong Start | Healthy Start
  Phone: (517) 887-4322

Ingham Intermediate School District

• Jason Mellema, Superintendent
  Phone: (517) 676-1051
• Corrie Mervyn, Director of Preschool Instruction
  Phone: (517) 244-1297

Ingham Local Leadership Group (LLG)
Effie Alofoje-Carr; Coordinator
Phone: (517) 918-4729

Islamic Center of Greater Lansing
Sondos Al-Hachim
Phone: (517) 402-4065

Kinship Care Support Group
Francine Watts

Lansing Community College
Tricia McKay; Child Development Program
Phone: (517) 483-1972

Lansing Parks and Recreation
Emily Stevens; Manager of Leisure Services
Phone: (517) 483-6074

Lansing School District
Angie Barry; Great Start Readiness Program
Phone: (517) 755-3391

MSU Child Development Labs
Laurie Linscott, Director
Phone: (517) 355-1900

Macaroni Kid East Lansing-Okemos-Haslett
Macaroni Kid Lansing
Amy Romback; Publisher

Michigan State University

• Laurie Linscott; Director MSU Child Development Labs
  Phone: (517) 355-1900
• Alicia Guevara Warren; Director Kinship Care Resource Center
  Phone: (517) 432-3727

PNC Bank
Jennifer Ries; Branch Manager
Phone: (517) 334-1659

Refugee Development Center
Erika Brown-Binion; Executive Director
Phone: (517) 999-5090

South Lansing Ministries
Rev. Dr. Vaughn Thurston-Cox

Spartan Child Development Center
Gloria Sabourin; Assistant Director
Phone: (517) 353-5154

Willow Tree Family Center
Nicole Greiter, President
Phone: (586) 806-WTFC

WKAR: Ready to Learn
Robin Pizzo, Director of Education
Phone: (517) 884-4758