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Joy Lyon -Executive Director
Joy can help you with:
- Public policy information
- KTOO family night events
- Statewide issues
- Statistics and demographics
- Grant informationCommunity collaborations
Joy is celebrating her 10th anniversary as Director at
AEYC. After being inspired by the professional development goals of so many
early childhood folks all around her, she just completed her Masters degree in
Organizational Management. Joy and her husband of 25 years are getting ready
for “empty nesting” with their two teenagers and a young adult in Juneau, and
meanwhile are raising a flock of nine nesting chickens.
Ever
since she was little, Joy’s favorite thing to do was to put on “play clothes,”
grab a book, and head outside to the nearest pond, creek, lake, or stream.
These days she has been known to read while floating along with the tide in her
kayak.
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June Briggs -Business Manager
June can help with questions about:
- Training reimbursements
- Travel grants
- Lost checks
Born and raised in Northwest Alaska
1992 graduate of Northern Arizona University
15 years professional experience with non-profit organizations
Business Manager for AEYC since March 2005
Favorite childhood activity -ice skating
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Genevieve McLaughlin -Child Care Food Program Manager
Genevieve can help providers with questions regarding:
- USDA Childcare Food Program
-Guidelines
-Regulations
-Provider Responsibilities
-Nutritional Information
- Fun Nutritional/ Physical Activity home visits
- On site mentoring
- September through May Physical activity program at UAS Gym
I grew up in the mountains of upstate New York. I moved to Juneau after high school to help my cousin with rent and childcare for her son. I met my husband Sean a year after and we married two years later. We continue the two year trend and have two beautiful girls Anya and Sophia (they are two years apart). My dream of growing up was to be a domestic goddess. However reality set in and after a 7 year stint with Costco I started my childcare business. Through caring for children I went the path of approval, and then licensing, which lead me to AEYC. Through many training events and conferences I obtained my CDA credential. I ran Happy Hearts Childcare for 6 years until my youngest daughter went to school full days and then had the opportunity to take the torch from Suey and became the next Childcare Food Program Manager!
I am very proud to be a part of this very resourceful organization, and am eager to continue on with my growth in the field of early childhood development. |
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Nikki Morris -Family Services Coordinator
Nikki helps providers and parents with questions about:
Nikki has worked at AEYC for 8 years. She has a Bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts with an emphasis in Visual Arts. Her background and work experiences have always found her working with people and art, and her present job blends both nicely. Nikki splits her time at AEYC between Childcare Referrals and Publications projects. Each year Nikki assists over 600 families throughout SE Alaska to find quality childcare. Her publications projects keep her busy with this web site, and working on special art-related projects including art activity visits, and art workshops.
When not busy helping families and children, Nikki spends time with her daughter, works in her ceramic studio, and redecorates her house. Since childhood, Nikki has admired Harold and his purple crayon. |
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Sheila Wray
-Early Learning Services Coordinator
Sheila can help providers with questions regarding:
- Policies and contracts
- Behavior and development
- Activities and programming
- CDA credentialing
- Activity home visits
- On site mentoring
In her role as Trainer, she is available to assist Providers in all aspects of their programs, from environment to curriculum planning. Sheila has been an AEYC staff member for 7 years. Prior to her employment, she served on AEYC’s board of directors.
Sheila has been a resident of Juneau for 22 years. She has been married to John Wray for 24 years and together they have one son, Eli, who is 19 years old.
Sheila holds a BS in Vocational Rehabilitation with Extended Major in Special Education from Montana State University-Billings.
She has worked in the field of Early Care and Education for 25 years. During those years, Sheila has been a Family Child Care Provider, a RALLY Site Manager, a Children’s Advocate at AWARE, and a Preschool Teacher.
A little known fact about Sheila is that she loves playing dress-up, as evidenced in this picture of her at age 2! In her spare time, Sheila creates original pieces of exquisite jewelry. They come in handy when she plays dress-up! |
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Robin Bergey -Program Associate
Robin can help with requests for:
- Copies of forms, resources, lending library
- Whenever you are not sure who to ask
- Dolly Parton Imagination Library
- Signing up for workshops
- SEED Registry
- AEYC membership status
- General information about what is going on with anything at AEYC!
- Alaska AEYC Board of Directors Administrative Assistant -main contact for all board communications
Born and raised in Sitka Alaska Robin now makes her home in Juneau with her husband and daughter. Robin also has two grown sons.
Working in varied professional environments including being a licensed provider, the school district, state audiology program, and construction management has prepared her for the role she plays at AEYC.
In her spare time she enjoys gardening, fishing, and is a closet interior decorator. She would love to be a mermaid when she grows up. |
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Emily Coate -Special Projects Coordinator
Emily handles:
- Conference Concerns, Questions and Comments
- All things E Learning
- The “Steps to a Healthier SE Alaska” Grant
- And all other “Special Projects” that might come up.
Emily joined the AEYC team in November of 2007 and handles "Special Projects" which include, but are not limited to the annual conference, E Learning and various other exciting projects. She has a BS in Early Childhood Education from Southern IL University of Carbondale and has worked with children in many capacities, including running her own in home childcare, working within a Montessori program and leading an infant room. Emily's family includes a wonderful 3 year old black lab named Marmaduke which she is raising single handedly since her husband's death in 2006. Due to being a young widow, she strives to enjoy every day fully and believes that there is something to laugh about each and every day.
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