Résumé

Experience

Epiphany Early Learning Preschool - Operations Manager

  • August 2021 - present, Seattle, WA

  • Oversee administrative and operational functions, including communications and relationship management, financial processes, fundraising, events, and support of the Director, Board, and Pedagogy Team.

Hilltop Children’s Center - Education Director

  • July 2009 - January 2021, Seattle, WA

  • Oversee Professional Development for Hilltop faculty, and lead the Hilltop Educator Institute by offering tours, workshops, events, and consultation for early childhood educators around North America.

Hilltop Children’s Center - Administrator

  • July 2004 - June 2009, Seattle, WA

  • Facilitate school operations including office management, bookkeeping, enrollment, staffing, database management and compliance with licensing requirement.

Hilltop Children’s Center - Educator

  • September 1995 - June 2004, Seattle, WA

  • Provide full-day care for 3 to 5 year olds, facilitating an emergent curriculum, writing pedagogical documentation, and partnering with co-educators and family members.

Bing Nursery School - Teacher, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

  • September 1991 - June 1995, Stanford, CA

  • Provide care for 3-5 year olds in a “lab school” setting, and support onsite early childhood education courses through the Stanford University Department of Psychology.

Previous Employment - vacations and/or part-time positions from 1984 to 1991:

  • Calvin Hill Day Care Center, New Haven, CT - Assistant teacher

  • Children’s Center of the Stanford Community, Stanford, CA - Substitute teacher

  • California Children’s Community, Stanford, CA - Teacher

  • Hidden Valley Music Camp, Carmel Valley, CA - Counselor

  • Ta’Enna Daycare at Albert L. Schulz Jewish Community Center, Palo Alto, CA - Assistant teacher

  • Children’s Center of the Stanford Community, Stanford, CA - Teacher’s Aide

Education

Pacific Oaks College - M.A. in Human Development

  • July 1994 - August 1999

  • Specialization: Leadership in Education and Human Services, Administration/Supervision

Yale University - Bachelor of Arts

  • September 1987 - May 1991

  • Graduated magna cum laude, with Distinction in Psychology

Awards

Selected in 2015 by Child Care Exchange Magazine as a “Master Leader” in Early Care and Education

Awarded the John Chester Adams Cup, by Yale University, for a graduating senior displaying Scholarship, Loyalty, and Character