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

Pat Pisani

Pat Pisani

Executive Director
ppisani@ku.edu
General questions about our center, as well as questions about the program, full-time staff, accreditation, licensing and facilities.
Gina Byrd-Stadler

Gina Byrd-Stadler

Program Director
ginabyrd@ku.edu
Questions about curriculum, part-time staffing, 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.

Alee Phillips

Public Member, 2005
aphillips@ku.edu
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 Steinle, Past-President

Parent 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.

Melissa Tanking

Public Member, 2009
meltanking@yahoo.com
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

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 director of the University Advising Center. She is in her second 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 Elect

Parent Member, 2010
becki@stutzmail.com

Bridget Dixon, Secretary

Parent Member, 2010
bridgetdixon@gmail.com

Jeremy Fite

Parent Member, 2011
jfhoosier@hotmail.com

Adrienne Johnson

Parent Member, 2011
ajohnson1024@gmail.com

Jessica Luth

Parent Member, 2011
jluth@kidstlc.org

Dena Register, President

Parent Member, 2010
register@ku.edu

Dan Simon

Parent Member, 2011
dsimon@kuendowment.org

Heather Grant

Teacher Representative, 2011
ladyhez25@yahoo.com

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