Meet the Team

Casey Badger, Consultant

Oversight Council Vice-Chair

Domain: ECE and communications
Sarah Brenkert, Senior Director of Education & Evaluation, Children's Museum of Denver

Domain: Family Support and Parent Education Services
Charles Dukes, Education Policy Director, Office of Children's Affairs, City & County of Denver

Oversight Council Chair

Domain: Local government
Diana Gadison, Director, Early Success Academy

Domain: ECE
Lisa Grant, Executive Director, Early Childhood by Design

Domain: ECE Superintendent Appointee
Gerie Grimes, President & CEO, Hope Center

Domain: ECE
Malinda E. Jones, Ed.D, Associate Professor of ECE, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Domain: ECE, Higher Education
Jennifer Koch, Director of Integrated Behavioral Health for School Based Services, Denver Health

Domain: Health
Sarah McNeil, Senior Librarian, Early Literacy, Denver Public Library

Domains: Local Government, Family Support, Parent Education
Heather Ramey, PT, DPT, First Steps Pediatric Therapy

Domain: Parent of a child under 5, Health, Resource & Referral
Jane Walsh, Early Education Coordinator, Denver Public Schools

Domain: Local school district Early Education Coordinator, Denver Public Schools