Child Development Division Staff Contacts

Administrative Offices

State Head Start Collaboration Office

Child Care Licensing & Financial Assistance

        Licensing Unit

        Child Care Financial Assistance (subsidy) Unit

Workforce Development and Quality Enhancement Unit

Operations Unit

Children's Integrated Services

Administrative Offices

Reeva Murphy
Deputy Commissioner
802-769-6139
reeva.murphy@state.vt.us

 

State Head Start Collaboration Office

Ben Allen
Head Start State Collaboration Office Director
802-769-6174 or 802-585-5777
ben.allen@state.vt.us

Sheri Lynn
Project Consultant for Vermont Head Start State Collaboration
Office
802-769-6175
sheri.lynn@usa.com

 

Child Care Licensing & Financial Assistance

Sheila Duranleau
Director of Child Care Licensing & Financial Assistance
802-769-6179
sheila.duranleau@state.vt.us

Joan Stasulis
Licensing Admin Asst A
802-769-6499
joan.stasulis@state.vt.us

 

Licensing

Licensing staff are assigned to geographic regions in an effort to improve accessibility to our field staff. Click here for a chart of Vermont towns and licensing staff assigned to those towns. When you have a question regarding:

  • General information about child care programs call the Child Care Consumer Line at 1-800-649-2642.
  • Child care provider question about:
  1. Processing of a registration, license or criminal record check, please contact the Licensing Technician assigned to the town in which you provide child care
  2. Child care regulations or practices, please contact the Licensing Field Specialist assigned to the town in which you provide care
  3. Issues requiring a Supervisor's input, please contact the Senior Regulatory Compliance Officer assigned to the town in which you provide child care.
     

Child Care Consumer Line
800-649-2642
ccccl@state.vt.us

Jeanette Fisher
Child Care Licensing Supervisor
802-769-6146
jeanette.fisher@state.vt.us

Kelly Lyford
Child Care Licensing Supervisor
802-769-6146
kelly.lyford@state.vt.us

Paula Despault
Child Care Licensing Supervisor
802-769-6120
paula.despault@state.vt.us

Elaine Crawford
Licensing Field Specialist
802-793-6350
elaine.crawford@state.vt.us

Judy D'Este
Licensing Field Specialist
judy.deste@state.vt.us

Donna Monroe Lopiccolo
Licensing Field Specialist
donna.lopiccolo@state.vt.us

Danielle Palmer
Licensing Field Specialist
danielle.palmer@state.vt.us

Lynne Robbins
Licensing Field Specialist
lynne.robbins@state.vt.us

Christel Michaud
Licensing Field Specialist
224-6940
christel.michaud@state.vt.us

Jenn Taylor
Licensing Field Specialist
jennifer.taylor@state.vt.us

Bonnie Morse
Licensing Technician
802-769-6134
bonnie.morse@state.vt.us

Rachel Hickory
Licensing Technician
802-769-6133
rachel.hickory@state.vt.us

Katherine Evans
Licensing Technician
802-769-6122
katherine.evans@state.vt.us

Nya Magee
Licensing Technician
802-769-6123
nya.magee@state.vt.us

 

Child Care Financial Assistance (subsidy)

Carmen Mentasti
Child Care Financial Assistance Program Manager
802-769-6023
carmen.mentasti@state.vt.us

Jane Lolax
Program Technician
802-769-6024
jane.lolax@state.vt.us

 

Sherrie Ober
Program Integrity (Fraud) Investigator
802-281-5264
sherrie.ober@state.vt.us

Beth Tofel-Grehl
Child Care Grant Monitor
beth.tofel-grehl@state.vt.us

Anne Rada
Child Care Grant Monitor
241-4255
anne.rada@state.vt.us

Quality Enhancement, Workforce and Systems Development

Jan Walker
Director Workforce Development and Quality Enhancement
802-769-6162
jan.walker@state.vt.us

Linda Clark
Administrative Assistant
802-769-6138
linda.clark@state.vt.us

Heather Mattison
Consumer Education & Referral Consultant
802-769-6176
heather.mattison@state.vt.us

Bob Costantino
Health & Early Childhood Systems Coordinator
802-769-6160
bob.costantino@state.vt.us

Vacant
Afterschool Systems Director

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

Operations Unit

Carole Pomeroy
Operations Manager
802-769-6001
carole.pomeroy@state.vt.us

Laurie Smith
CDD Policy Administrator
802-769-6009
laurie.smith@state.vt.us

Dragica Gagulic
Provider Management Supervisor
802-769-6386
dragicia.gagulic@state.vt.us

Gwen Hoadley
Administrative Support Coordinator
802-769-6033
gwen.hoadley@state.vt.us

Lauren Fisk
Administrative Assistant
802-769-6028
lauren.shields@state.vt.us

Chris Mack
Help Desk Specialist
802-769-6008
chris.mack@state.vt.us

 

Childrens Integrated Services

Karen Garbarino
CIS Unit Director
802-769-6421
karen.garbarino@state.vt.us

Kathy Boulanger
Early Intervention Coordinator
802-769-6152
kathy.boulanger@state.vt.us

Terri Edgerton
Children's Integrated Services, Early Intervention/Part C Administrator
802-769-6153
terri.edgerton@state.vt.us

Jane Ross-Allen
Children's Integrated Services, Early Intervention/Part C Assistant Director
656-1150
jane.ross-allen@uvm.edu

Lianne Petrocelli
Children's Integrated Services, Early Intervention/Part C Consultant
802-769-6163
lpetrocelli@vtfn.org

Sue Markley
Children's Integrated Services, Early Intervention/Part C Consultant
802-769-6163
sue.markley@state.vt.us

Susan Shepard
DCF Nursing & Family Support Administrator
802-769-6158
susan.shepard@state.vt.us

Danielle Howes
Children's Services Administrator
802-769-6159
danielle.howes@state.vt.us

Rebecca Macijeski
Part C Early Intervention/Part C
802-769-6163
rebecca.macijeski@state.vt.us

Leslie Mitrano
Part C Early Intervention/Part C
802-769-6175
leslie.mitrano@state.vt.us

 

Updated 1/9/2012