General questions about our center, as well as questions about the program, full-time staff, accreditation, licensing and facilities.

Questions about curriculum, part-time staffing, practicum students, field trips/car seats, and services for special needs children.

Questions about enrollment, toddler/twos wing, fund raising, special event volunteering, and parent information/education.

Questions about preschool/kindergarten wing, curriculum, classrooms, and classroom volunteering.

Questions about fees, financial issues, payroll and scholarship assistance.

Questions about routine activities, schedules and general operations at the center.

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.

Gina Cregg is the Associate Director of KU Continuing Education. Gina has been a member of the Hilltop Childcare Center board since fall 2004. She lives in Lawrence with her two children: Caylus, who started Hilltop fall 2002, and Cason, who started at Hilltop fall 2006.

Alee Phillips is a full-time lecturer for the Accounting and Information Systems department at the University of Kansas, School of Business. She also serves as the faculty advisor for the school’s Lambda Alpha chapter of Beta Alpha Psi, the international honorary organization for financial information students and professionals. Alee earned her graduate and undergraduate degrees from the University of Kansas and is a Certified Public Accountant. Alee and her husband, Tim, live in Lawrence with their two sons, Sam and Ike.

Michael is a Project Manager and Scientific Consultant for Critigen LLC and longtime Lawrence resident. He serves on the Finance Committee.

K. C. Atchinson is a graduate of the University of Kansas and a 2011 J.D. candidate at the KU School of Law. She has been a Hilltop parent for the past 6 years and hopes to be involved for many more! She and her daughter Marea live in Lawrence, Kansas.

Matt Godinez, is the National Sales Manager at Trinity Transport, Inc. He and his wife, Casey, live in Lawrence with his son Brock, and his daughter Isabella.

Steve Rottinghaus, a graduate of the University of Kansas, is the public relations director at Baker University. He and his wife, Dawn, live in Wellsville with their two daughters, Ashtyn and Kelsey.

Melissa Tanking is an early childhood special education teacher within the Kansas City Kansas Public Schools. She graduated from the University of Kansas, School of Education, and received degrees in unified early childhood and functional special education. Melissa and her husband, Jason, enjoy living in Lawrence.

Tammara Durham completed her graduate education at the University of Kansas and is currently employed by the University as the director of the University Advising Center. She is in her second year of a three year term as a parent board member.