Kittitas County Early Learning Coalition 

      Board of Directors

              2026 - 2027

                              

President 

   Michele Cawley, MN, PhD 

                              Retired Registered Nurse, Program Manager Maternity                                                      Support Services & Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs,

School Nurse, College Faculty

Executive Committee Member Investing in Children regional early learning coalition

Grandparent of early learners

 

​Vice-President 

Claudette Lindquist

Retired Chair, Early Childhood Studies/Director 

Heritage University

Executive Committee Member

Investing in Children regional early learning coalition

Grandparent of early learner

 

At-Large Executive Committee Member

Mike Nollan 

Retired Superintendent

Ellensburg School District #401

Kittitas School District #403 

Grandparent of early learners and foster children 

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Secretary

Liz Whitaker, BSN, MN, RN 

Retired Community Health Supervisor 

Kittitas County Public Health Department 

Grandparent of early learners

 

Treasurer

Anna Charlton 

Treasurer 2017-2023, 2024- 

Retired Fiscal Assistant 

Ellensburg School District #401

 

At-Large Executive Committee Member

Lauren Gorham, CPNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

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Carol Grimes

Retired Teacher

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Daisy Galvan

Parent of Early Learner

Former WIC staff

Bilingual​

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Trevor May

Columbia Bank

Bilingual

Parent of early learner

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Whitney May

Teacher

Parent of early learner

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Rev. Lowell Murphree 

Retired

Clergy 

Grant writer ​

Grandparent of early learners