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
Parent, Teacher, and Advocate
Kaitlyn Johnson

Early Childhood Comprehensive Services (ECCS) Cohort Lead
Parent, Teacher, and Advocate
Naomi Abella

Data Justice Lead
Spokane Regional Health District | Research Scientist 2
Danyll Vanlierop

Community-Minded Enterprises | Early Learning Regional Manager, Child Care Aware of Eastern Washington
Edie Higby

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

WA State Dept. of Health | Child Health Services Consultant, Office of Family and Community Health Improvement
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
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
Samantha Masters

Akin | Early Learning Program Manager
Taryn Brannon

Child Care Advocate