Policy and Evaluation Advisory Committee
The Policy and Evaluation Advisory Committee (PEAC) works under the guidance of Partners in Quality. PEAC meets every other month.
The committees current focus is to design a research project, working with the National Institute of Early Education Research, that will measure the impact of Greater Kansas City's support for early learning quality improvements.
Committee members:
- Karen Bartz, Hallmark Cards, Inc.
- Patricia Brown, US Dept. of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families
- Jim Caccamo, Mid-America Regional Council
- Alinda Dennis, Heart of America United Way
- Leadell Ediger, Kansas Association for Child Care Resource and Referral Agency
- Janice Ellis, Partnership for Children
- Doris Hallford, Missouri Department of Social Services Children's Division
- Jerry Kitzi, Francis Family Foundation
- Lyn Knox, Francis Family Foundation
- Kyle Matchell, Mid-America Regional Council
- Marlene Nagel, Mid-America Regional Council
- Adriana Pecina, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
- Gina Pulliam, Heart of America United Way
- Katherine Rivard, Civic Council of Greater Kansas City
- Shirley Stubbs-Gillette, Gillette Consulting
- Abby Thorman, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
- Kathy Thornburg, Center for Family Policy and Research-University of Missouri-Columbia
- David Warm, Mid-America Regional Council
- Alice Womack, Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
For more information, please contact Jim Caccamo.