KIDS COUNT in Delaware Staff

Kim Lowman, M.A., Policy Analyst

Caroline Palmer, Graduate Research Assistant

Hannah Beesley, Graduate Research Assistant

Chrystiane Spencer, Undergraduate Policy Fellow

Karen Kaler (RSVP Design), Graphic Designer

KIDS COUNT Board

Donna Curtis, M.P.A., Chair
Consultant

Kristin A. Bennett, R.N., M.S.N.
Public Health Nursing Director
Division of Public Health
Delaware Health and Social Services

Tim Brandau
Executive Director
Child Inc

Jana Lane-Brown
Department of Parks and Recreation
City of Wilmington

Bill Carl
Executive Director
Newark Day

Steven A. Dowshen, M.D.
Alfred I. Dupont Hospital for Children

Benjamin Fay

Ann R. Gorrin
READ-ALOUD Delaware

Joyce D. Hawkins, MEd, MS
Family Service Program Support Manager
The K-5 Early Intervention Program
Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services
Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families

Theodore W. Jarrell, Ph.D.
Department of Education

Steven Martin
Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
University of Delaware

Patricia Tanner Nelson, Ed.D.
Cooperative Extension
University of Delaware

Leslie Newman
Executive Director
Children & Families First

Doris Rizek
Director, Early Childhood Programs
Telamon Organization

Robert A. Ruggiero
Department of Education

John Taylor
Senior Vice President
Delaware State Chamber of Commerce,
Executive Director
Delaware Public Policy Institute

Kelli Thompson, JD
Director of Policy Evaluation & Research
Nemours Health and Prevention Services

Joyce Waring, R.N., B.S.N.

Randy Williams
Executive Director
Children’s Advocacy Center of Delaware

KIDS COUNT Board Members Emeritus

Prue Albright, RN, MSN

Gwendoline B. Angalet, Ph.D.
Nemours Health and Prevention Services

Tyrone Jones
Astra Zeneca

Sam Lathem
AFL-CIO

Marc Richman, PhD
Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families

Helen C. Riley
Executive Director
St. Michael's Day Nursery

Sandra M. Peck, LCSW

Social Work Supervisor, Christiana Care

Nancy Wilson, PhD

Data Committee

Theodore W. Jarrell, Ph.D., Chair
Department of Education

Laurie Cowan
Division of Management Support Services
Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families

Maridelle A. Dizon
Delaware Health Statistics Center
Delaware Health and Social Services

Steven A. Dowshen, M.D.
Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Barbara Gladders
Delaware Health Statistics Center
Delaware Health and Social Services

Roberta E. Gealt
Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
University of Delaware

Tammy J. Hyland
Delaware State Police

Steven S. Martin
Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
University of Delaware

Carl W. Nelson, Ph.D.
Division of Management Support Services
Department of Services for Children Youth & Their Families

Edward C. Ratledge
Center for Applied Demography & Survey Research
University of Delaware

Robert A. Ruggiero
Nemours Health and Prevention Services

Richard S. Sacher, Ph.D.
Information Technologies- User Services
University of Delaware

Friends of KIDS COUNT

Timothy K. Barnekov, Ph.D.
Former Dean, College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy
University of Delaware

Don Berry, Ph.D.
Delaware Department of Education

Thomas Eichler

The Honorable Jane Maroney
Former Member of the Delaware House of Representatives

Anthony M. Policastro, M.D.
Nanticoke Hospital

The Honorable Terry Schooley
Delaware House of Representatives