Our Board & Staff
Kalamazoo County Ready 4s’ Staff
Kristyn Buhl-Lepisto
Executive Director
Therese Armstead
Assistant Director
Ali Schwartz
Director of Community Development
Erika Hamlet
Family & Community Liaison
Donna Neevel
Administrative Assistant
Kalamazoo County Ready 4s’ Board of Directors
President
Lynne Cowart
Community Volunteer
Vice President
Tim Bartik, PhD
Senior Economist, W.E. Upjohn Institute
Treasurer
Scott MacCallum
CPA, Senior Manager, Jansen Valk Thompson Reahm PC
Secretary
Namita Sharma, JD
Attorney at Law, Brueggemann & Sharma, P.C.
Board Member
Denise R. Crawford
President & CEO, Family Health Center
Board Member
Joanna Dales
Vice-President, Donor Relations, Kalamazoo Community Foundation
Board Member
Roberto Flachier, PhD
Community Volunteer
Board Member
Elizabeth Jackson-Spaner
Coordinator for Early Childhood, Kalamazoo Public Schools
Board Member
Dan Jaqua
Jaqua Realtors
Board Member
Shirley Johnson
Community Volunteer
Board Member
Wendy Maynard-Somers
Superintendent, Galesburg-Augusta Community Schools
Board Member
Mindy Miller
Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Programs & Services, Kalamazoo RESA
Board Member
Regena Nelson, PhD
Professor & Chair, Teaching, Learning & Educational Studies, Western Michigan University
Board Member
Dallas Oberlee
Program Director, W.E. Upjohn Institute/Michigan Works!
Board Member
Sheri Welsh
President & CEO, Welsh & Associates, Inc.
259 E. Michigan Ave., Suite 409 Kalamazoo, MI 49007
(269) 366-9140
Kalamazoo County Ready 4s is an Affiliate Agency with the United Way of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region.
