Our teachers and staff are at the core of the magic that happens each day here at Peacock. Please come visit us and meet our lead and co-lead teachers: Cyndi, Helen, Heather and Sherri for the Blue and Green Preschool rooms, Allison and Betsy for the Toddler room and Jan in our Infant care. If you're lucky to come around lunch you may sample some of the wholesome meals prepared by Christine or pop in on one of the specialists giving a workshop in art, music, creative movement, language and more!
Justine Smith, Executive Director and Parent Justine has been a Peacock parent since our start, and has recently offered to serve as our interim Executive Director. She has a strong background in nonprofit management and marketing including roles as the Los Angeles Program Director for the International House of Blues Foundation providing arts and education programs to elementary age students, Communications and Information Director at The American Indian Community House, NYC, and The Executive Director for The Music Video Production Association, the trade association of the music video production industry. As a graduate of Vassar College with a degree in Women's Studies and Political Science and a current WSU, College of Business MBA participant, Justine has also had a 15 year career as a multi-media producer working on a huge range of creative projects. With 3 kids, a great hubby, FT business school and her busy role at Peacock, Justine doesn't have any free time... but if she did, she'd spend it reading Science Fiction. Allison Eagleston, Childcare Director Allison graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma with a B.S. in General Studies, focusing on Early Childhood Education and Political Science. She received a Masters in Early Childhood Education from Oklahoma City University and holds a certificate for age 3-6 in Montessori education from the American Montessori Society. She has worked with preschool age children, but found a love for toddlers and the limitless possibilities they possess when she developed a summer toddler feeder program at Westminster School in Oklahoma City. She spends her free time reading, hiking, and cooking. Our Board and Advisory Committee members represent a broad coalition of community leaders and service providers dedicated to supporting children and their caregivers in Kitsap County and the surrounding area. Our Board is comprised of parents and grandparents, birth professionals, early childhood educators, psychotherapists, pediatricians and financial consultants. Peacock Family Center will offer on-going and flexible child care, open play, enrichment and family support. Established with the core belief that children and their caregivers are interdependent, our center will offer programming to nurture both children and the adults who care for them. Screening for financial aid and sliding scale fees can be obtained through Helpline House www.helplinehouse.org Board Of Directors Sue Anderson, Psychotherapist Roger Coulter, CFO, General Biodiesel Sheila Kent, Co-Founder, original Peacock Playtime (on leave) Molly Linhardt, MD, Pediatrician, Virginia Mason Medical Center Ellie Linen Low, Former Executive Director, Salish Sea Expeditions Thomas Monk, MD, Pediatrician, The Doctors Clinic Tana Materi, Attorney Katy Mathias, Associate Director, Salish Sea Expeditions Jessica Perkins Miller, Owner, Local Harvest Restaurant Kelly Sparks, Co-Founder, Peacock Family Center; Associate Dean of Finance and Operations, University of Oregon School of Law Robin Supplee, Midwife and Nurse Practitioner Advisory Committee Julie Bennett, Labor & Delivery Nurse, Childbirth Educator
Sue is a psychotherapist in private practice on Bainbridge Island. Although she counsels on many issues, she especially loves helping parents translate their hopes, ideas, and values into the everyday moments of raising their children. Sue received a BSN from the University of Michigan and an MA in Counseling Psychology from Antioch Seattle. She has been working with families and children throughout her career, first as a public health nurse in Anchorage, Alaska and a Head Start Nurse in Seattle. She taught at The Island School on Bainbridge, counseled children and families at Seattle Mental Health, and was a "Healthy Steps Practitioner" in a national research project at Group Health Cooperative. Sue has led several PEPS (Program for Early Parent Support) groups on Bainbridge, and worked at Helpline House's former Parent Child Center. She loves to ride her bike, has two grown children and looks forward to being a grandma.
Roger is currently the CFO of General Biodiesel, the region's largest producer of biodiesel from waste cooking oil. Roger uses his expertise in strategy, finance, and operations to provide insight into our organization's and make us more effective in executing our mission. He has experience with large international companies, including Goldman Sachs, and Amazon.com, medium organizations, and early-stage startups and mission-driven organizations. Roger excels at analyzing and diagnosing the root causes of operational inefficiencies and developing solutions to align business processes with the overall mission and strategy of the organization. Roger earned his B.A. from Brown University and his Masters of Public and Private Management from Yale University. In the summer months, if Roger’s not in our offices, he’s out sailing with his family on the boat he built for his honeymoon.
Sheila devoted countless hours in recent years to co-founding Peacock Playtime on Bainbridge Island, an open play space for parents and children that morphed in 2009 into a core component of the new Peacock Family Center. Sheila is also the landscape designer and owner of Frog Rock Lavender Farm on Bainbridge Island. She enjoys sharing the farm's ideal growing conditions with members of the community who wish to raise vegetables for their own consumption and share them with others. Her many years of employment in the Seattle area include sales, training, product installation and technical assistance responsibilities with Apollo Systems, a division of United Airlines, as well as management of incentive travel and event planning for Metropolitan Travel Group. Sheila grew up in Denver and attended Colorado State University and the University of Colorado. She and her husband Greg have lived in France and, accompanied by their three grown children, have traveled throughout the world. Her time and resources are now focused on family, her young grandsons, and community members of all ages.
Dr. Molly is a pediatrician for Virginia Mason Medical Center at their Bainbridge Island Clinic, which she joined in 2007. Prior to that, Molly practiced pediatrics at Group Health Cooperative in Seattle. Her medical career started by attending medical school in Dublin, Ireland at the Royal College of Surgeons. She then trained in pediatrics at Mary-Hitchcock Medical Center adjacent to Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the Washington State Medical Association. Dr. Molly is committed to the physical and emotional well-being of all children and she believes that supporting families is a key component to that end. The recent birth of her first daughter has heightened Molly’s understanding of the help that families with young children need, and reinforced her dedication to assisting them. She is passionate about improving the community in which she works and lives through partnerships and advocacy.
Ellie acquired expertise in nonprofit development and administration while serving for seven years as Executive Director of Salish Sea Expeditions, an organization she helped to build that inspires in youth a passion for exploring, understanding, and respecting the marine environment through hands-on scientific inquiry on Puget Sound. In 2005, Ellie left Salish in a strong and sustainable position to focus energy inward on herself and her growing family, and enjoys navigating complexities of life as a biological and an adoptive mother of two young girls. Ellie holds a B.A. in Biology from Williams College and a Masters of Marine Affairs from the University of Washington. She has lived, worked or traveled on all seven continents, and spent years at sea teaching and conducting oceanographic research. Ellie is passionate about exploring everything from cultures to landscapes to books, relishes time with her large extended family, and is newly addicted to knitting.
Tom has been a pediatrician on Bainbridge Island for the past 23 years and is one of the founding physicians of the new Doctors Clinic on Bainbridge Island. A graduate of Harvard College, he attended the University of Washington School of Medicine and completed his pediatric internship and residency at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to his medical service to the North Kitsap community, Tom has volunteered in Guatemala, Thailand, Alaska and Nicaragua, and spent countless hours at the Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic in Seattle’s Central District. In his spare time, Tom is a musician and the long-time concert master of the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra. He enjoys time with his wife, an attorney, and pre-teen daughter who dances flamenco and plays both soccer and cello.
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Katy serves as the Associate Director of Salish Sea Expeditions, a Bainbridge-based science education nonprofit. Katy joined the Salish staff in January, 2008, having previously served on the Salish Board for four years, most recently as Board President. As Associate Director, Katy oversees all administrative functions for Salish, including finance, HR, systems, marketing and communications. Katy has over 15 years of experience in management and finance, most recently as the Business Manager at the Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle. Katy’s B.A. in Political Science is from Tufts University; she also earned a Masters in Public and Private Management from the Yale University School of Management. Katy is an avid baker and enjoys thinking up new ways to cook with chocolate. She also enjoys sailing and hopes some day to master docking. Katy lives on Bainbridge with her husband and two children (a Peacock preschooler and a Peacock alumnus)..
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Currently the Associate Dean of Finance and Operations at the University of Oregon School of Law, Kelly had previously stepped down from her role as Vice President of Finance at Nordstrom to become the Founding Executive Director of Peacock Family Center. At Nordstrom, she managed multiple functions in the areas of financial strategy, planning and analysis, including Nordstrom's product development strategy, merchandising strategy, and the re-design of Nordstrom's corporate budget models. Prior to joining Nordstrom, Kelly was a strategy consultant for the retail sector and worked in business development at Coach Leatherware. She has an MBA and an MA in East Asian Studies from Washington University in St. Louis. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Marketing and French Literature from the University of Oregon. When not working, Kelly enjoys skiing, gardening, cooking, and playing with her four children and husband.
Robin is a Certified Nurse-Midwife and Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner. She received a BA from The University of Vermont and a BSN from Seattle University. She earned a Master's degree from The University of Washington. She currently provides reproductive and women's health care at Planned Parenthood in East Bremerton, Washington. Her midwifery interests lie in out-of -hospital birth and her last work experience in that realm was at Holy Family Services Birth Center in Weslaco, Texas. When not working, she most enjoys dancing in the kitchen with her school aged sons Graham and Cory and her husband Mike.
Jerilyn Brusseau, Community Advocate
Elizabeth Chambers, Attorney
John Du Wors, Attorney
Amber Du Wors, Landscape Designer
Julie Hall, Co-founder, progressivekid.com
Lydia Harrison, Founder, Parent Child Center, Educational Consultant
Sarah Lane, Co-founder, progressivekid.com
Kaye Lubach, Early Childhood & Music Specialist
Tana Materi, Attorney
Jeannie Payne, Attorney
Francie Powell, Psychotherapist
Carmine Rau, Children’s Librarian
Angie Sharp, Founder, Write Way to Learn
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