Monday, November 20, 2006
Katy Chase, currently the Special Projects Coordinator for the Child Care Resource and Referral Network, has just accepted the position of Executive Director at the Minnesota Licensed Family Child Care Association (MLFCCA). She will begin her new position after Thanksgiving and though this is a loss for the CCR&R Network, it will be a gain for family child care in Minnesota.
Katy has done amazing work in her many jobs with the Network over the years - from her outreach work with T.E.A.C.H./REETAIN, to her tackling of the ever-expanding Not By Chance school readiness work, her organization and advocacy for a trainers credential, and most recently her jump into taking on some pieces of the PITC (ITTI) training coordination work (along with many other misc. duties). Whatever Katy has been handed, she has succeeded and has done it with grace and respect.
I have known Katy for quite a while and have worked with her on several things like the Not By Chance trainings. Katy will do an excellent job strengthening the partnership between the CCR&R Network and MLFCCA and will provide great leadership and vision for MLFCCA.
I would like wish Katy well in her new endeavor and I look forward to continuing to work with her in the future on the MECSATA board and with MLFCCA.