Board Advisors

State Presidents

 

 

Sara Wilhite, Acting President

Arkansas Head Start Association

C/O Little Bitty City Enrichment Services

154 Cornerstone Blvd
Hot Springs, AR 71913-6560
(501) 520-0660

 

 

Dr. Michelle Joubert, Director
Louisiana HS Association
1618 Mill Street
Lake Charles, LA 70601
(337) 217-4210 ext. 2801/ 2804/ 2805
Fax: 337-217-4212
Email

Crystal Pena, President
New Mexico HS Association
505 S. Main Street; Suite 141
Las Cruces, NM 88001
(575) 545-3346 -cell
Email

  

 

 

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Suzie Powers, President
Oklahoma HS Association
P.O. Box 603
Jay, Oklahoma 74346
(539) 345-4384 –Work
(918) 253-5993 ext. 106--Office
Email

 

Weldon Beard

Texas HS Association

PO Box 631938

Nacogdoches, TX 75963

(936) 564-1142 

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State Collaboration Directors

 
Jacqualine Govan
Arkansas HSSCO
1400 W Markham St,
Ste 406
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
(501) 371-0740
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Kahree Wahid 
Louisiana HSSCO
1201 North 3rd Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
(225) 219-1691
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Casey L. Lafferty MS. ECEd.  (she/her)   

Deputy Division Director

of Policy, Research, and Quality Initiatives

New Mexico HSSCO Director

Email 

Mobile: 505-629-9483

1120 Paseo de Peralta/PO Drawer 5619

Santa Fe, NM 87501

http://nmececd.org 

  
 
 
 
 
Paula Brown
Oklahoma HSSCO
605 Centennial Blvd
Edmond, OK 73013
(405) 949-1495
Email

Alferma Giles, Ph.D. Director,
Texas HSSCO
Assistant Director, Texas School Ready -
(MS/PEDIATRICS-CLI)
 Children’s Learning Institute at UTHealth
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
The Univ of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
7000 Fannin | Suite 2300 | Houston, Texas 77030
(713) 500-3835 
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 As of January 2024