How to Contact Us
Mailing Address:
Smart Start of Davidson County
235 East Center Street
Lexington, NC 27292
Phone: (336) 249-6688
Fax: (336) 249-6687
General Email:megane@partnershipforchildren.org
Staff
Executive Director
Linda Leonard - Ext. 221
Accountable to the local partnership Board of Directors, the Executive Director provides professional leadership necessary to ensure the development and expansion of the human and financial resources necessary to carry out the organization’s mission of improving the quality of life for children and families in Davidson County. In addition, this position oversees the scholarship program, parent specialists, child care referral services, and parent resources in the resource room and library.
Administrative Coordinator
Kristie Davis - Ext. 214
Develops and maintains an administrative system to ensure an overall smooth functioning office environment. This position maintains necessary organizational records and is the primary contact for information regarding meetings.
Finance
Kent Graham - Ext. 219 Finance Director
Hilda Sink - Ext. 222 Assistant Finance Director
Performs and/or manages the functions of accounting, benefits administration, budgeting, financial liaison to outside agencies, fiscal contract compliance, fiscal monitoring, grant fiscal management, human resources, and payroll for the agency.
Program Compliance Director
Don Stewart - Ext. 213
Provides oversight and technical assistance to Smart Start of Davidson County (SSDC), to help ensure effectiveness in program delivery, in addition to compliance with the expectations of SSDC and state requirements. Administers the Education for the Stars program. Provides outreach to other programs within the community to build more programming coalitions within the county.
Program Managers
Ann Brudenell - Ext. 208
Provides leadership, strategic planning, and vision to improve the quality of early childhood experiences and programs for children birth to age five in Davidson County. In addition, this position oversees classroom technical assistance, purchasing of early education materials, and training for early childhood professionals.
Mary Draughn - Ext. 209
Administers the Quality Maintenance (QMP) and Journey to the Stars (JTS) programs by providing leadership and vision to maintain and improve the quality of early childhood experiences for children birth to age five in Davidson County. Serves as Team Leader for quality support services for child care programs.
Stephanie Nelson - Ext. 211
Serves as the Ready Schools Coordinator by developing a county plan that involves collaboration with the public school systems, early care and education providers, business leaders, and families in advancing the objective of preparing all children for successful transition into kindergarten. In addition, this position oversees the More at Four program.
Mandy Campbell - Ext. 205
Provides program support and record keeping services to the Journey to the Stars and the Quality Maintenance programs. Serves as the Child Care Scholarship Program Manager by developing and implementing programmatic guidelines for our program that helps families pay for high quality child care.
Classroom Specialists
Gina Collins- Ext. 224
Donna Danzy - Ext. 216 (primarily More at Four Classrooms)
Stephanie McGovern - Ext. 216 (primarily More @ 4 Classrooms)
Improves the quality of child care and early education by providing child care classroom professionals with tools to create, improve and maintain quality environments and by developing and implementing technical assistance plans to outline and monitor goals in each classroom/center. Improves the quality of child care programs by supporting Family Child Care Home Providers with technical assistance/consultation in the operation of their child care programs. More at Four Specialists also process applications for the More at Four classrooms.
Parent/Provider Services Specialist
Megan Ewing - Ext. 225
Welcomes and assists consumers to the partnership office either in person or on the telephone. Provides technical support and program information to child care providers and parents based on developmentally appropriate activities by utilizing our resource room, library, and production room. Creates a resource and referral system to ensure that parents and families in Davidson County receive appropriate information on child care services and understand what constitutes quality care. This position also provides trainings throughout the community.
Child Care Scholarship Specialist
Lauren Groce - Ext. 223
Serves families who are/will be participating in the Child Care Scholarship Program.
Management Specialists
Sherry Brannon - Ext. 217
Chunda Teal - Ext. 212
Improves the quality of child care programs by supporting Center Directors with technical assistance/consultation in the operation of child care programs. These positions focus on building the business side of child care.
Preschool Services Specialist
Maria Juarez - Ext. 215
Serves as a "one stop" resource for all publicly funded preschool services in Davidson County. Available to answer questions and help families connect with the best resource to meet their preschooler's needs. Specializes in the More at Four program by processing applications, monitoring attrition, and making placements year-round. Able to provide assistance to families who need Spanish interpretation and sites who need Spanish translation
Program Assistant, QMP
Mandy Campbell- Ext. 205
Provides program support and record keeping services to the Journey to the Stars and the Quality Assistance Bonus programs. Identifies strategies for getting early care and education staff and/or high school students to go to/return to college in the early childhood field. Provides help and guidance to early care and education students.
Community Outreach/Parent Services Coordinator
Erin Beck - Ext. 218
Cultivates broad based collaborative efforts among diverse services, individuals, families, child care providers and community groups to maximize the positive child outcomes and to ensure that funds and resources benefit all of Davidson County's young children and their families.
Evaluation Consultant
Sarah Heinemeier
Smart Start of Davidson County is governed by a Board of Directors.
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