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