1998-99 Head Start Fellows

     Following is a brief description of the 1998-99 Fellows and their placement in various federal agencies promoting the health and well-being of children across the country.

Gina Barclay-McLaughlin - Gina is from the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, where she works as a Senior Research Associate. She is spending her fellowship year with the Office of the Commissioner in the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, where she is focusing on research and evaluation.

Amanda Bryans - Amanda is from East Nassau, New York, where she works with Albany County Opportunity, Inc. and is responsible for a program that serves nearly 400 children. She is now working in the Program Management and Operations Branch of the Head Start Bureau, focusing on monitoring and national training for new directors.

Alisa Burton - Alisa, a family advocate from Oakland Head Start in Albany, California, has a split placement. She spends time in the Bureau on Maternal and Child Health focusing on health and safety issues in child care, in addition to working with the Heath and Disabilities branch of the Head Start Bureau on disabilities training and technical assistance.

Joyce Brown McCorvey - Joyce works as the director of federal and pre-kindergarten programs for the Santa Rosa County Public Schools in her home town of Milton, Florida. During her fellowship, she is working with the Department of Education focusing on the America Reads Campaign and collaboration with other agencies.

Lynn Mitchell - Lynn, from the Governor's Office in Bethesda, Maryland, also has a split placement. Part of her Fellowship year is being spent in the Administration for Children and Families' Office of Family Assistance, helping support TANF implementation. She is also working with the Child Care Bureau.

Kelly Packer - Kelly is president and chief executive officer of Packer & Associates in Albuquerque, New Mexico. While in Washington she is sharing her time between the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administr-ation, supporting the Starting Early, Starting Smart project, and the Head Start Bureau.

Lucia Palacios - Lucia, the area director of an Early Head Start program in Bonita, California, is in the Program Support Division of the Head Start Bureau where she is focusing on Early Head Start.

Barbara Saunders - Barbara works as a parent involvement coordinator with the Lee County District Early Intervention Program in Ft. Myers, Florida. While in Washington, she is working with the Child Care Bureau on supporting the Regional Offices, in addition to other special initiatives.

Dolores Terrazas - Dolores has traveled across the country from San Francisco, California, where she works for the California Child Care Initiative, to spend her fellowship year working with the Migrant Programs Branch and the State Collaboration Offices in the Head Start Bureau.

Ida Tewa - Ida is from the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council in San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico. She is working with the American Indian Programs Branch of the Head Start Bureau focusing on child care partnerships and facilities.