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Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors champions equitable access to quality early education for all children and advocates for the respect, support, skill development, and fair compensation of early childhood educators.

Michael Maxwell
Board President

Michael Maxwell, Ed.D. has dedicated over 30 years to a career in education and social services. He is the Principal of Maximized Education Consultants which offers services that run the […]

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Kim Cullen
Secretary

Kim Cullen is currently a Program Manager at The Children’s Cabinet supporting capacity building projects in the business sector and also overseeing early brain development programs. Kim has been in […]

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Danielle Holmes
Treasurer

Danielle Holmes is originally from Long Beach, California where she worked as a teacher, lead teacher, director and adjunct professor in the field of Early Childhood Education for over 15 […]

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Jennifer Butler
Board Development Chair

Jennifer Butler is the Quality Assurance Manager for the Las Vegas Urban League, Early Childhood Connection. Jennifer has worked with the Child Care Subsidy and Child Care Resource & Referral […]

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Lyra Bach
Northwest Committee Representative

Lyra Bach has over 17 years of experience in early childhood education, beginning her career in the classroom and advancing into leadership roles supporting educators and programs across Nevada. She […]

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Sarah Carone
Northeast Committee Representative

Sarah is a QRIS Program Coordinator/Coach for The Children’s Cabinet in Elko. Her focus is to be a voice for childcare providers in rural Nevada counties to ensure they get […]

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Amanda Mowry
VP of Communications

Amanda Mowry currently works at Nellis Air Force Youth Programs as the Youth Director. She has worked in the Childcare field for over 20 years as a Child Care Provider, […]

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Jencie Davies
TEACH Advisory Chair

Jencie Davies is academic faculty and the program coordinator for the ECE and HDFS degree programs at TMCC. She previously served as the VP of Public Policy and got her […]

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Carrie Paldi
Nevada Early Childhood Advisory Council Liaison

Carrie Paldi is a Regulatory Compliance Manager for Leaning Care Group, which has 20 locations in Southern Nevada under the following brands: Creative Kids Learning Center, La Petite Academy, and […]

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Mary Regan
Board Conference Chair

Mary Regan is the Director of the Early Childhood Education Lab Program at the College of Southern Nevada, overseeing their NAEYC-accredited campus child care centers that serve student-parents and provide practicum […]

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Patrice Gardner
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DEIB) Chair

Patrice currently works as an Education Programs Supervisor for the Nevada Department of Education, in the Office of Early Learning and Development. In this role, she manages the Child Care […]

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Tiffany Alston
VP of Membership

Tiffany Alston brings over 20 years of training and leadership experience to her role as Director for Sunrise Children’s Foundations Early Childhood Education Programs. She oversees key initiatives such as […]

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Julie Houchins
VP of Public Policy

Julie Houchins, Senior Director of Early Education for United Way of Southern Nevada has been in the Early Childhood field for over 30 years supporting non-profit, for-profit and local school […]

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Denise Sidney
VP of Educational Development

Denise has been in ECE for almost 40 years. She has AA, BA, and M.Ed. all in Early Childhood Development and Leadership.  Denise earned her Doctorate in Organizational Leadership in Higher […]

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