Child Care Millage Endorsements

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  • Sean McCann

    State Senator (MI SD-19)

  • Matt Longjohn

    State Representative, 40th House District

  • Jen Strebs

    Commissioner, Kalamazoo County

  • David Anderson

    Mayor, City of Kalamazoo

  • John Taylor

    Commissioner, Kalamazoo County

  • Jeanne Hess

    Commissioner, City of Kalamazoo

  • Thomas Whitener

    Treasurer, Kalamazoo County

  • Diop Harris

    MI 4th District US, House Candidate

  • Jessica Swartz

    Candidate for Michigan House District 41

  • Bill Korb

    Candidate for State Representative, 42nd House District

  • Andy Richards

    Vice President & COO, Duncan Aviation

  • Martha Todd

    Owner / Board Chairman, Kalsec

  • Leigh Ann Sayan

    President & CEO, The Peterson Co.

  • Derek Miller

    Director of Operations, Fatherhood Network

  • Marissa Harrington

    Owner/Broker Blue Horizon Real Estate

  • Dr. Kenlana Ferguson

    Executive Director, Michigan Transformation Collective

  • Beth Berglin

    Director of Policy & Strategy, Michigan Transformation Collective

  • April Goodwin

    Executive Director, Southwest Child Care Resource and Referral of Kalamazoo

  • Dr. Karen Garcia

    Pediatrician

  • Dr. Laura Dinehart

    Developmental Psychologist

  • Susan Rosas

    CEO, YWCA Kalamazoo

  • Adrian Vazquez

    Chief Executive Officer, El Concilio

  • Pastor Ervin Armstrong

    Associate Pastor, Stones Church

  • Dr. Regina Nelson

    Retired Professor, Early Childhood Education

  • Bobby Ludwick

    Vice President of Youth Development and Grants, YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo

  • Madison Ring

    Executive Director, Kalamazoo Drop-In Child Care Center

  • Michael Evans

    Executive Director, Kalamazoo Literacy Council

  • Kelly Doyle

    CEO, CARES of Southwest Michigan

  • Sarah Koestler

    Executive Director, Care Collective of Southwest Michigan

  • Lucy Dilley

    Executive Director, Can-Do Kalamazoo

  • Michelle Miller-Adams

    Senior Researcher

  • Dan Kastner

    Owner, Factory Coffee

  • Jonathan Current

    IBEW Local 131

  • Shona Espinoza

    Captain for the ESP Bill of Rights, MEA

  • Jamie Kavanaugh

    Owner, O’duffy’s / Cosmos Cucina

  • Rev. Mary Austin

    Senior Pastor, First Congregational Church,

  • Rev. Sarah Schmidt-Lee

    Associate Pastor, First Congregational Church

  • Vicky Kettner

    Assoc. Director of Marketing, Community Relations, and Member Engagement, YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo

  • Christopher Schram

    2026 Church Moderator, First Congregational Church

  • Jermaine Jackson

  • Jacob Beach

    Executive Director, Stara Collective

  • Anquanette Wilbon

    Executive Director, New Genesis, Inc.

  • Ken Roubal

    CEO & Founder, Data-Driven Decisions, L3C

  • Chelsea Hubbarth

    Realtor

  • Don Jones

  • Bob Van Dis

    Retired Educator & Past Moderator, First Congregational Church

  • Aedin Clements

  • Toby Ward

  • Cee Maul

  • Heidi Albertson

  • Kara Applegate, LLMSW

    Child & family therapist

  • Samantha Farris

    Clinical Social Worker

  • Allie VanHeest

    Director of Fiscal Sponsorship, Stara Collaborative

  • Ashley Burgeon

  • Rachel Bair

  • Rachel Hufnagel

  • Remenyi Williams

    Licensed Family Childcare Provider

  • Lori Wingate

  • Rev. Jill Terwillinger

  • Kathy Gilbert

    Founder, KMG Research LLC

  • Wendy Flora

  • Angela Moon

  • Sarah Pratt

  • Cherie Seitz

  • Mary Lou Boughton

    Youth United Way Director, retired

  • Hether Jonna

    Owner, Fresh Food is Fun

  • Kelsey McKague

  • Katie Boertman

    Founder & Managing Director, Signal + Story Brand Messaging

  • Bailey Mead

  • Carianne Zomonski

    Montessori Teaching Assistant

  • Topher Barrett

    Teacher, Kalamazoo Public Schools

  • Allison Downey

  • Bethany Oudekerk

  • Kathy Gilbert

    Founder, KMG Research LLC

  • Jen Rice

  • Beth Pappalardo

  • Evangelina Sypris

  • Vicki Konzen

  • Holly Wingard

  • Gloria Foster-Wimbley

  • Sonny Kennedy

Organizational Endorsements

100+ for $100+ Donor Wall

Rachel Hufnagel

Jamie Kavanaugh

Elizabeth Lindau

Janet Hildebrandt

Andrew Richards

Madison Ring

Amanda Hall

Bill Korb

Thank you to all of our supporters who make this movement for a stronger child care future possible!

Mary Lou Boughton

Sarah Koestler

Jen Stroven

Jon Hoadley

Kelly Doyle

Beth Berglin

Heather Ricketts

Jennifer Headley-Nordman

Madeleine Thakur

Jacqueline Taylor

Amanda Halberg

Katie Boertman

Joel Murr

Bobby Ludwick

Sue Kovats-Bell

Joel Murr

more to come!