2017 Board of Directors

• Paul Fisher, President, Rotary South, Retired Dow Chemical Exec.
• Tom Sharp, Vice President, SI Kiwanis, Retired IBM Exec.
• Morgan McAlpin, Secretary, Rotary South, Morgan Stanley
• Don Mayer, Treasurer, Retired Gulf Stream Exec.
• Dr. Anthony Cook, Rotary, South Retired Dentist
• Cornelia Hall, SCCPSS Board
• Linda Herdina, Rotary Sunrise, Active Rotarian
• Susan Kleine, SI Rotary, Retired Am. Tradition Competition
• Rick Monroe, Rotary Club of Sav, Monroe Marketing
• Jack Reese , Kiwanis DT, Reese & Co., Inc
• Ron Weber, SI Kiwanis, Retired IT Exec

Advisory Board

• Michael O’Neal, Executive Director Parent University
• Tammy Mixon, Executive Director Wesley Community Center and Lady Bamford Center
• Gena Taylor, Executive Director Greenbriar Children’s Center
• Kimberley Stevens, Principal East Broad K-8 School
• LaWanda Ransom, Retired SCPSS Pre-K Director
• Lisa Ruffo, SCPSS Research expert
• Tom Clark, Retired Pediatrician
• Johnnye Rogers, Early Start Child Care Resource and Referral – Parents
• Katrina Chance, Early Start Child Care Resource and Referral – Child Care
• Ned Williams, Retired businessman
• Stephania Whitehurst, Director Head Start
• Audrey Cooling, The Glover Park Group
• David Connell, Landon Pediatric Foundation
• Dr. Jim Repella, retired dean Armstrong State University College of Health Professions

Parent University Board of Directors

• Jody McIntyre, Pres (Dir. of Marketing, Savannah Marriott)
• Tamara Waterman, Sec (Sav. State University)
• Kawanza Rushing, Treas (Owner, KRS Tax Services)
• Ivan Cohen (Retired)
• Paul Fisher (Pres., Sav. Early Childhood Foundation)
• Tom Kohler (Exec. Dir., Sav. Citizen Advocacy)
• Buddy Metzger (Attorney)
• Tammy Mixon-Calderon (Exec Dir., Wesley and Lady Bamford Centers)
• Johnnye Rogers (Child Care Resource and Referral)
• Star Sinclair (Southern University)

Past SECF Board Members

• The Honorable Louisa Abbot*, Chatham County Superior Court
• The Honorable Lisa Colbert*, Chatham County Juvenile Court
• Steve Lewis*, Founding Partner, Beckmann & Lewis, LLC
• Kathryn Martin*, Assistant Dean of Medical College of Georgia’s Southeast Georgia Campus
• Malik Watkins*, University of Georgia Carl Vinson Institute of Government

*Indicates member of the 2011 SECF Founding Board of Directors

Community Partners

• Parent University
• Early Start Child Care Resource and Referral
• Wesley Community Center
• Lady Bamford Center
• Many individual Early Learning College Trainers
• Savannah Chatham County Public School System
• Armstrong State University (Internships for Data Base, ELC classes and ELC child care)

• International Paper
• University of Georgia Chatham County Extension
• Live Oak Public Libraries
• Imagination Library
• Head Start
• Economic Opportunity Authority
• Housing Authority of Savannah
• Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority
• Step Up Savannah
• Chatham County Sheriff’s Office
• Savannah-Chatham County Police Department
• Savannah Technical College
• Moses Jackson Advancement Center
• Bluknowledge
• The Equipoise Project
• West Broad Street YMCA
• Bright from the Start
• Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce
• Greenbriar Children’s Center
• City of Savannah
• Georgia Southern University
• Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors York Children’s Foundation