Child Development Division Staff Contacts

Administrative Offices

Licensing Unit

Workforce Development and Quality Enhancement Unit

Child Care Financial Assistance (subsidy) Unit

Operations Unit

Children's Integrated Services

Systems Development

 

 

 

Administrative Offices

Reeva Murphy
Deputy Commissioner
241-4690
reeva.murphy@ahs.state.vt.us

Laurie Smith
Administrative Support Coordinator
241-4690
laurie.smith@ahs.state.vt.us

Joanne Mattsson
Interim Assistant Director
241-4466
joanne.mattsson@ahs.state.vt.us

Kathleen Paterson
Assistant Director
kathleen.paterson@ahs.state.vt.us

 

Licensing

Amy Darley
Licensing Unit Director
241-1224
amy.darley@ahs.state.vt.us

Rachel Carriveau
Administrative Assistant
241-4471
rachel.carriveau@ahs.state.vt.us

Kathi Apgar
Senior Regulatory Compliance Officer
241-3944
kathi.apgar@ahs.state.vt.us

Child Care Consumer Line
241-2367 or 800-649-2642
ccccl@ahs.state.vt.us

Jeanette Fisher
Senior Regulatory Compliance Officer
241-2204
jeanette.fisher@ahs.state.vt.us

Kelly Lyford
Senior Regulatory Compliance Officer
241-2168
kelly.lyford@ahs.state.vt.us

Elaine Crawford
Licenser
241-4470
elaine.crawford@ahs.state.vt.us

Judy D'Este
Licenser
241-4474
judy.deste@ahs.state.vt.us

Nancy Robinson
Licenser
241-1223
nancy.robinson@ahs.state.vt.us

Donna Monroe Loppicola
Licenser
241-1214
donna.monroe@ahs.state.vt.us

Sherrie Ober
Licenser
241-1213
sherrie.ober@ahs.state.vt.us

Nicole Thomas
Licenser
241-1595
nicole.thomas@ahs.state.vt.us

Lynne Robbins
Licenser
241-1596
lynne.robbins@ahs.state.vt.us

Dragica Gagulic
Licensing Technician Supervisor
241-1212
dragicia.gagulic@ahs.state.vt.us

Bonnie Morse
Licensing Technician
241-1222
bonnie.morse@ahs.state.vt.us

Heidi Lucas
Licensing Technician
241-1211
heidi.lucas@ahs.state.vt.us

Rachel Hickory
Licensing Technician
241-1217
rachel.hickory@ahs.state.vt.us

 

Workforce Development and Quality Enhancement

Jan Walker
Dirctor Workforce Development and Quality Enhancement
241-2198
jan.walker@ahs.state.vt.us

Linda Clark
Administrative Assistant
241-1215
linda.clark@ahs.state.vt.us

Heather Mattison
Consumer Education & Referral Consultant
241-4551
hmattison@vac-rutland.com

 

Child Care Financial Assistance (subsidy)

Carmen Mentasti
Child Care Financial Assistance Unit Director
241-3108
carmen.mentasti@ahs.state.vt.us

Jane Lolax

Program Technician
241-4590
jane.lolax@ahs.state.vt.us

Anne Rada
Grant Monitor, Eastern VT
241-4255
anne.rada@ahs.state.vt.us

Peg Kenny
Grant Monitor, Western VT
241-2164
peg.kenny@ahs.state.vt.us

 

Operations Unit

Carole Pomeroy
Operations Manager
241-2102
carole.pomeroy@ahs.state.vt.us

Gwen Hoadley
Executive Office Manager
241-2277
gwen.hoadley@ahs.state.vt.us

Lauren Fisk
Administrative Assistant
241-3110
lauren.fisk@ahs.state.vt.us

Bob Butts
Contracts/Policy Analyst
241-4552
bob.butts@ahs.state.vt.us

Chris Mack
BFIS Help Desk Technician
241-4472
chris.mack@ahs.state.vt.us

Holly Peake
Commodities Specialist
241-2582
holly.peake@ahs.state.vt.us

 

Childrens Integrated Services

Karen Garbarino
CIS Unit Director
802-241-1255
karen.garbarino@ahs.state.vt.us

Kathy Boulanger
Administrative Assistant
241-3602
kboulanger@vdh.state.vt.us

Terri Edgerton
Family Infant Toddler Program/Part C Administrator
241-1069
terri.edgerton@ahs.state.vt.us

Jane Ross-Allen
Family Infant Toddler Program/Part C Assistant Director
656-1150
jane.ross-allen@uvm.edu

Lianne Petrocelli
Family Infant Toddler Program/Part C Consultant
241-1072
lpetrocelli@vtfn.org

Sue Markley
Family Infant Toddler Program/Part C Consultant
241-1078
sue.markley@ahs.state.vt.us

Susan Shepard
Maternal Child and Family Health and Family Support Administrator
241-3592
susan.shepard@ahs.state.vt.us

Danielle Howes
Early Childhood & Family Mental Health
241-1071
danielle.howes@ahs.state.vt.us

 

System's Development

K.C. Whiteley
Community Development Coordinator / Head Start Collaboration
241-2705
kc.whiteley@ahs.state.vt.us

Bob Costantino
Health & Early Childhood Systems Coordinator
241-3942
bob.costantino@ahs.state.vt.us

David Baker
Grants Administrator
241-2928
david.baker@ahs.state.vt.us

Jill Spiro 
Head Start Collaboration Consultant
257-8015
spimo@sover.net

Ruth Matthews
Afterschool Systems Director
241-3107
ruth.matthews@ahs.state.vt.us

Kerrie Workman
Afterschool Consultant for Professional Development
241-4673 or 426-2067
kwork23@yahoo.com