Members

Council Co-Chair:

  • Melinda Smith, Thompson Superintendent

  • Steve Rioux, Putnam Superintendent

Staff:
Kristine, Regional Director 
Christine, Regional Outreach Coordinator

Northeast Early Childhood Council Members:

Northeast Early Childhood Council (NECC) Members 2020-2021

LT = Leadership Team
MHTF = Mental Health Task Force
SRC = School Readiness Committee
Bold= Voting Members

Katie Adams – Harrington (MHTF)
Dr. Susan Nash-Ditzel– Killingly Superintendent
Candace Anderson – Brooklyn Phycologist (MHTF)
Lisa Audette – Linda’s House Daycare & Preschool
Ken Beausoleil – Thompson First Selectman
Lori Bergstrom – United Services
Rebecca Breen – EASTCONN B-3
Kevin Cunningham – Plainfield First Selectman
Paul Brenton – Plainfield Superintendent
Patty Bryant, Director – Putnam Family Resource Center (LT, SRC & Superintendents Designee)
Jill Bourbeau – TEEG (MHTF)
Patricia Buell – Brooklyn Superintendent (LT), McKinney Vento Liaison  
Mary Calorio – Killingly Town Manager
Bob Chenail – Brooklyn Public Schools
Kristine Cicchetti – Parent, NECC
Linda Colangelo – Northeast District Department of Health
Christine Collins – Day Kimball Healthcare
Link Cooper, Sterling Town Selectman
Roberta Davis – Generations
Sarah DeLuca – Child First UCFS (MHTF)
Lisa DeWitt – United Services, Mental Health Services (MHTF)
Dawn Goodwin – Thompson Social Worker (MHTF Co-chair)
Kris Drew – Putnam McKinney Vento Liaison
Ashlyn Ellsworth – Thompson Public Schools, McKinney Vento Liaison (MHTF Co-chair)
Mae Flexer – State Senator
Jessica Fitch – McKinney Vento Liaison and School Counselor
Ashley Fournier – TEEG (MHTF)
Lisa Girard – Parent / FAVOR Supervisor Region 3
Laurel Garry – CHR (MHTF)
Christina Gladden – Regional Director YMCA
Diane Gozemba – EASTCONN, Director of Early Childhood (LT)
Christine Gosselin – Plainfield Public Schools FRC
Paula Graef – Brooklyn Public Schools (Superintendents Designee)
Shannon Haney – Putnam FRC Parent Educator
Ian Harrington – Access Agency, Community Outreach and Resource Coordinator
Kristin Hempel – EASTCONN – Associate Director of Adult and Community Programs
Rick Ives, Brooklyn First Selectman
Tracey Johnson – Department of Children & Families
Maryellen Jones – Thompson SR Liaison (SRC)
Jennie Kapszukiewicz – Parent (MHTF)
Amanda Kelley – Executive Director YMCA
Kathleen Krider – Access Agency
Lindsay Kyle – CHR Health
Courtney Langlois – Supervisor of Special Education & Early Childhood Education – Plainfield (LT, SRC & Superintendent Designee)
Cathy Lane – Plainfield Family Resource Center Coordinator
Heather Nickerson – Sterling Public School (LT)
Erin Lavallee – Linda’s House Daycare & Preschool
Christie Lowell – Department of Children & Families
Meghan Lusk – Killingly (MHTF)
Amy Maloney – Thompson (MHTF)
Jeff Martel – EASTCONN
Rhiannon McCabe – Access Agency
Vickey Meyer – SERAC
Susanne Michaud – EASTCONN (MHTF)
Anne Miller – TEEG
Christine Millette – Day Kimball Healthcare
Tammy Miner – Parent, Plainfield (LT)
Emily Morrison – United Services
Haylee Olsen – TEEG (MHTF)
Brianna Patriarca – EASTCONN Adult Ed.
Lydia Rivera-Abrams – Killingly BOE member
Christine Rosati – Randall, Killingly Parent / NECC (LT)
Emily Ross – Killingly School Readiness Liaison, McKinney Vento Liaison (SRC)
Barney Seney – Putnam Mayor
Sally Sherman – Director, Goodyear EEC Killingly (LT, MHTF, SRC & Superintendent Designee)
Marina Silvia – Child First – Willimantic (MHTF)
Miranda Skaradowski – Thompson Recreation Department
Judith Smith – UCFS-CNP (MHTF)
Laura Smith – Sterling Public Schools, McKinney Vento Liaison (Superintendents Designee)
Melanie Smith-Cervera – EASTCONN – School Readiness Liaison (SRC)
Melinda Smith – Thompson Superintendent, (LT, & NECC Co-Chair)
Monica Smith – DCF (MHTF)
Tracey Smith – CHR-ECCP
Steve Rioux, Superintendent Putnam Public Schools`
Scott Sugarman – Assistant Superintendent – Talent & Instruction – Plainfield
Diane Talbot – EASTCONN
Barbara Tetreault – Plainfield School Readiness (SRC)
Rene Toper – Plainfield Parent
Mark Weaver – Brooklyn Public Schools
Alison Whitson – Killingly Public Library
Kim Wood – Brooklyn Public Schools

Updated April 2021