Meet our members

The Inland Northwest Early Learning Alliance is a voluntary organization. Members are parents, caregivers, and/or agency and community leaders who have access to the needed skills and capacities to make decisions and champion action around early learning and early childhood.

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Colleen Condon

Alliance Co-Lead | ELAC Representative | Regional Child Care Voice Lead
Lilac City Early Learning Center | Owner
Katie Maisch

Alliance Co-Lead
K.Maisch Consulting | Owner
Amy Cross

Child Care Nurse Consultant
Huckleberry Nurse Consultant | Owner
Bianka DeSure

Workforce Development Lead
Spokane Workforce Council | Program Coordinator
Brian Trimble

Child Care Voice Consultant
Herzog Family Center | Owner
Jana Mueller

Early Childhood Comprehensive Services (ECCS) Cohort Lead
Newport Parent Co-Op Preschool | Teacher
Kaitlyn Johnson

Early Childhood Comprehensive Services (ECCS) Cohort Lead
Home Link Parent Partnership | Teacher
Naomi Abella

Data Justice Lead
Spokane Regional Health District | Research Scientist 2
Edie Higby

Spokane Regional Health District | HPS2, Referral Coordinator ESIT & ABCDental
Elena Mierau

WA State Dept. of Health | Universal Developmental Screening Education and Outreach Consultant
Jennifer Hansen

Spokane Regional Health District | Health Program Specialist
Julie German-Murrey

Rosalie Murrey Memorial Foundation | Co-Founder and Director
Kristena O'Hara

Vanessa Behan | Program Director
Lee Williams

Early Learning Advocate | Retired
Mary Ellen Braks

Spokane County Library District | Public Services Manager
Mindy Flett

Department of Children, Youth, and Families | Tribal Relations
Nick Flett

Children’s Home Society of Washington | Director of Organizational Inclusion and Accessibility
Mary Schauer

NEWESD101 | Center for Early Childhood Services
Ryan Oelrich

Priority Spokane | Executive Director
Sandra Szambelan

NorthEast Washington ESD 101 | Director of Early Childhood Services
Taryn Brannon

Child Care Advocate