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Governing Board2009 **Board member bios are available below
Officers: President: Greg Stevens Co-President: Carolyn Carter VP - Leadership : Carole Williamson VP - Chapter Relations: Kate Anderson Simons Secretary: Heather Moser Treasurer: Annette Searfoss Members At-Large:     Vickie Kaneko     Barbara Garrett     Tina Diaduk     Janis Dorr	Committee Chairs: Public Policy - Flora Gee & Tracy Jost Accreditation - Vacant Membership Chair - Barbara Garrett Nominations Chair - Rivalee Gitomer Newsletter Editor - John Surr Cultural Diversity - Fanny Crawford Professional Growth Chair: Joyce Gerber
Local Affiliate Presidents:
Central Maryland AEYC, Me-Anne Sabares-Klemm & Rivalee Gitomer Maryland Community AEYC, Lindsey Allard Western Maryland AEYC, Ben Jakoby & Dr. Gail Herman Eastern Shore AEYC, Donna Satterlee Southern Maryland AEYC, Karin Kocht

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MDAEYC Board Member Profiles:

MDAEYC President
GREG STEVENS
Greg Stevens is a Program Manager for Early Childhood Services in Montgomery County’s Department of Health and Human Services. He has served as President of the MDAEYC Governing Board for the past 3 years. He has also served on Board of Maryland Community AEYC Affiliate for 7 years. Greg has worked in the Early Childhood Education field for 13 years as infant, toddler, preschool, and kindergarten teacher; program director; trainer; and consultant. He has worked with programs throughout Washington, D.C. area including World Bank (Washington, D.C.) and Lucy School (Frederick County). Greg received a BA in Psychology (West Virginia University) and a MA in Family Science (Northern Illinois University). He and his wife live in Montgomery County with their new daughter.

Co-President
CAROLYN CARTER
Carolyn Carter is the Director of the Good Shepherd Education Center in Waldorf. She taught in the Virginia Georgia, and Maryland public school systems and in the late 1980’s became involved in child care as a center director in Annapolis and later in Timonium. Carolyn was Executive Director of Anne Arundel County Resource and Referral in 1998, and has been a lifelong advocate for children and families and continues to pursue her passion to help improve and provide quality care for children.

Carolyn received a BS in Elementary Education at Radford University. She and her husband live in Waldorf.

MDAEYC Vice President – Leadership Development
CAROLE WILLIAMSON
Carole Williamson is an adjunct faculty member at Carroll Community College. She currently serves as Co-President of MDAEYC Governing Board. Carole has worked in the Early Childhood field for 25 years as preschool teacher; public school kindergarten teacher; administrator; curriculum coordinator; and home child care owner and operator. Carole has helped establish student groups to encourage future educators and served in variety of positions on the board of the Central Maryland AEYC. She became involved in NAEYC while doing her student teaching in Baltimore City in early 1980s.

Carole and her husband live in Carroll County; they are parents of three daughters. She hopes to share her passion for connecting pedagogy with real world opportunities for involvement in policy and decision making as it relates to curriculum, legislation, and community outreach. Carole has a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies (with concentrations in Education, History, and English); an Advanced Professional Teaching Certificate in Early Childhood Education; and a MEd in Early Childhood Education.

MDAEYC Vice President – Affiliate Relations
KATE ANDERSON SIMONS
Kate Anderson Simons is the current Secretary for Maryland AEYC. She has also served on the board of Maryland Community AEYC for two years. Kate is an evaluator for a national school readiness initiative called Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids (SPARK). She is also an NAEYC Regional Assessor for Accreditation. Prior to moving east three years ago, she field-tested accreditation criteria and program standards for the new NAEYC accreditation; was data collector for the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center at University of North Carolina on two large-scale studies of state-funded preschool; and gained classroom experience at St. Johns Child Development Center Therapeutic Preschool in Santa Monica, California.

Kate received a BA in Psychology (Pepperdine) and is pursuing a Masters in Public Policy at Georgetown University. She and her husband live in Southern Maryland.

Secretary
HEATHER MOSER
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself.  My name is Heather Moser and I am currently Infant/Toddler Program Director for A-Wing at the Citi Family Center.  I am originally from Clinton, MD.  I moved to Hagerstown in 1990 with my family and I have considered it be my home town ever since. 

I graduated from South Hagerstown High School in 1994 and began attending Hagerstown Jr. College.  It was during that time that I worked as a nanny for two small boys and my love for children and families developed.  After spending three years working for this family, I decided that children and families were my passion and that I wanted to be an Early Childhood Educator.  I graduated from Frostburg State University in 1999 with a BS in Early Childhood/ Elementary Education. 

Since that time, I have worked at the Washington County Health Department as a Family Support Worker in a child abuse and neglect prevention program called Healthy Families.  In 2003 I began my journey with the Citicorp Family Center as an Infant and Toddler Teacher.  After one year as a Center-Based Teacher with Citicorp Family Center I began working as a Home-Based Teacher and Family Service Worker with Head Start of Washington County, and also continued part-time with the Citicorp Family Center as a Resource Teacher.

In addition to my current position as Program Director, I am currently an adjunct faculty member at Hagerstown Community College where I teach Infant and Toddler Development as part of the 90hr. Childcare Certification.  I am also Co-Chair on the Advisory Board for Healthy Families Washington County, and hold the Executive Officer seat of Secretary for MDAEYC.

Treasurer
ANNETTE SEARFOSS
Annette Searfoss is the resource center director at APPLES for Children, Inc. (Alliance for Parent, Provider, and Local Employer Solutions, the Western Maryland child care resource and referral agency). Twenty years ago her career started as a family child care provider in New York followed by opportunities in Washington State, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Maryland (resultant from her husband’s Naval career). Annette has also worked as campus child care center teacher; program coordinator; lab school preschool teacher; state professional development manager; trainer; and university adjunct faculty member.

Annette received a BA in Elementary Education with minor in Psychology; a MA in Early Childhood Education; and is pursuing a PhD at Pennsylvania State University. Annette, her husband, and two sons live in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. She has maintained her passion for the best possible care and education for children, families, and Early Childhood Educators.

Member-at-Large
VICKIE KANEKO
Vickie Kaneko is an adjunct faculty member who has taught the 90 clock hours course at the Community College of Baltimore County –Catonsville. She taught three and four year olds as a child care teacher in a model state-run program for nearly a decade. Vickie currently serves as Treasurer of Central Maryland AEYC; she was one of the first officers when the affiliate began. She is also a Past President of MDAEYC, and Mid-Atlantic AEYC. She helped to start both of these affiliate. Vickie is a representative on the Affiliate Council of NAEYC; a past Validator for programs seeking NAEYC accreditation; and she worked on the re-affiliation process for NAEYC for local and state affiliates which included goals, objectives, and strategic planning.

Vickie received a BA and MA in Early Childhood Education from Towson University. She lives in the Baltimore area.

Member-at-Large
TINA DIADUK
Tina Diaduk, originally from Massachusetts, is the Accreditation & Technical Assistance Coordinator at the Southern Maryland Child Care Resource Center. Tina holds a BA in Psychology from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. She has been teaching in the early childhood field for twenty-four years. Tina has started one large child care center, Sunshine Center in Leonardtown, MD, as well as two small private preschools, Little Sonbeams and Rays of Light Christian Preschool, both located in Lexington Park, MD. She was director of all three entities as wellas the head teacher for the preschools. Prior to this, Tina taught in an alternative junior high school in Massachusetts. She is a certified validator for MSDE.

She wants to share her love of children and her knowledge of teaching strategies that are successful to all who deal with children. She lives in Lexington Park with her husband and one son, who is entering his senior year at Elizabethtown College.

Member-at-Large
BARBARA GARRETT
Barbara Garrett is a fulltime faculty member at Anne Arundel Community College. She has served as MDAEYC Membership Chairperson for 3 years. Barbara has more than 30 years experience in teaching children and working with families. She has been a Pre-K through Grade 1 teacher; director of a child care center; State of Maryland approved trainer for childcare courses; and has developed and taught numerous workshops to providers and parents. Barbara has presented at education conferences and seminars and was involved in the NAEYC pilot program for accreditation of Early Childhood college degrees.

Barbara received a BA in Early Childhood Education from the University of Maryland and a MA in Supervision and Human Relations from George Washington University. She and her husband live in Severn. It is her goal to promote this organization to all professionals who work with young children.