Hilltop Child Development Center

Hilltop Contacts

Contact Information

1605 Irving Hill Road
Lawrence, Kansas 66045
(785) 864-4940
(785) 864-5389
hilltop@ku.edu

Tools

Hilltop Calendar

Important Information

Gina Byrd-Stadler

Gina Byrd-Stadler

Interim Executive Director
ginabyrd@ku.edu
Questions about staffing, accrediation, licensing, practicum students, field trips/car seats and services for special needs children.

Elsie Thurman

Assistant Director
elsie@ku.edu
Questions about toddler/twos wing, curriculum and classrooms.

Machaela Whelan

Assistant Director
mwhelan@ku.edu
Questions about enrollment, preschool/kindergarten wing, curriculum, classrooms and classroom volunteering.
Lori Button

Lori Button

Finance Director
lbutton@ku.edu
Questions about fees, financial issues, payroll and scholarship assistance.

Ali Wellinghoff

Administrative Assistant
aliw@ku.edu
Questions about routine activities, schedules and general operations at the center.

Hilltop Governance

Board of Directors

Hilltop is governed by a Board of Directors composed of 6 Hilltop parent members and 6 public members (usually from the KU community). Hilltop parent board members are elected each spring for the coming year. Because Hilltop is designated as a University Affiliated Corporation and receives administrative support from the Office of Student Success, a representative of that office serves as a Hilltop board member. The board functions in an advisory, policy-making capacity.

Michael Steinle

Public Member, 2009
msteinle@gmail.com
Michael is a Project Manager and Scientific Consultant for Critigen LLC and longtime Lawrence resident. He serves on the Finance Committee.

Tammara Durham

Parent Member, 2008
tdurham@ku.edu
Tammara Durham completed her graduate education at the University of Kansas and is currently employed by the University as the Vice Provost for Student Affairs. She is in her third year of a three year term as a parent board member.

Timothy Metz

Public Member, 2011
tmetz@sunflower.com

Emily Zentner

Public Member, 2011
ezentner@ku.edu

Becki Carl Stutz, President

Parent Member, 2010
becki@stutzmail.com

Bridget Dixon, Secretary

Parent Member, 2010
bridgetdixon@gmail.com

Jeremy Fite, President-Elect

Parent Member, 2011
jfhoosier@hotmail.com

Adrienne Johnson

Parent Member, 2011
ajohnson1024@gmail.com

Dena Register, Past-President

Parent Member, 2010
register@ku.edu

Dan Simon

Parent Member, 2011
dsimon@kuendowment.org


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