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Meet our staff and board of directors!

Our Staff

Caitlin Smith

Chief Operating Officer

519-743-9578 x107
csmith@strongstart.ca

Mary Tuumanen

Operations Co-ordinator

519-743-9578 x 102
mtuumanen@strongstart.ca

Brooke Eby

Director of Development and Communications

519-743-9578 x111
beby@strongstart.ca

Julie Hause

Development and Communications Officer

519-743-9578 x104
jhause@strongstart.ca

Iwona Dmitrienko

Program Operations Specialist
Program Co-ordinator Baby Connections

519-743-9578 x110
idmitrienko@strongstart.ca

Lisa Williams

Director of Program

519-743-9578 x118
lwilliams@strongstart.ca

Kirsten Carr

Program Co-ordinator
Get Ready for School

519-743-9578 x114
kcarr@strongstart.ca

Caroline Stamp

Assistant Program Co-ordinator
Get Ready for School

519-743-9578 x105
cstamp@strongstart.ca

Helen Kelch

Regional Program Co-ordinator
Ontario West

519-743-9578 x115
hkelch@strongstart.ca

Iwona Dmitrienko

Program Operations Specialist
Support for Letters, Sounds and Words, Waterloo Region

519-743-9578 x100
support@strongstart.ca

Lisa Williams

Interim Program Co-ordinator Letters
Sounds and Words, Hastings, Prince Edward, Lennox, Addington, Frontenac, Wellington, Simcoe Muskoka and Halton

519-743-9578 x118
lwilliams@strongstart.ca

Board of Directors

Dr. Kristiina Montero

Renison University College (University of Waterloo), Vice President Academic and Dean Professor, Social Development Studies, and Culture and Language Studies

Teresa Norris-Lue

Cowan Insurance Group, National Vice-President, Pension & Retirement Consulting