Leadership Team
Jody Bartnick
At 4-C since 2006
Executive Director
Jody enjoys working with different communities and collaborations to support quality early care and education. In her spare time Jody loves to spend time outdoors with her family.
Brianne Heidke
At 4-C since 2001
Health & Safety Services Manager (Certification, Food Program, Latino Child Care Project, and Pre-Licensing programs)
Brianne enjoys being able to see child care providers succeed in their child care business and thus benefit all the children they care for. In her spare time Brianne enjoys spending time with her family.
Marlo Mielke
At 4-C since 2019
TQIS Manager
Marlo enjoys the opportunity to work with committed early childhood professionals that support, care for and educate the children in our community. In her spare time, Marlo loves spending time with family and friends cooking, playing games, watching movies and sharing lots of laughs.
Joyce Schneider
At 4-C since 2001
Marketing and Community Resource Manager
Joyce enjoys the variety her job offers while supporting the early childhood profession and ultimately providing what is best for children. In her spare time Joyce enjoys hiking, reading, camping, and spending time with family.
Rebecca Strome
At 4-C since 2006
Business Manager
Rebecca enjoys supporting 4-C’s amazing staff so they can focus on our mission.
Front Desk Staff
Myra Hernandez
At 4-C since 2016
Front Desk Specialist
In her role as the first point of contact at 4-C, Myra loves to help people! In her spare time she enjoys being outdoors with her family and dog.
Certification Staff
Amy Fewel
At 4-C since 2014
Certification Specialist/Pre-Licensing Technical Consultant
Amy enjoys being able to support providers so they can do life’s most important work–providing high quality care for young children. In her free time Amy enjoys hiking, kayaking, hanging out by a campfire and spending time in nature whenever possible. She also enjoys photography, reading, volunteering and hanging out with her pugs Tyson and Izzy. She likes to play board and card games with family and friends.
Michelle Garcia
At 4-C since 2016
Bilingual Certification Specialist/Trainer
Michelle helps people open there own family child care business as well as conducts regulatory visits to ensure compliance with state laws. As a trainer Michelle focuses on pre-service trainings such AHT, SIDS, CPR, Introduction to the Child Care Profession etc. She enjoys providing resources for people in the child care field to be successful. In her spare time, Michelle enjoys spending time with her kids, dancing, painting and going for nature walks.
Becca Hrovat
At 4-C since 2016
Certification Administrative Assistant/Certification Specialist
Becca enjoys helping others accomplish their goals by providing support and solutions along the way. In her spare time, Becca loves being outdoors, hiking and spending time with family and friends.
Wanda Rodriguez
At 4-C since 2006
Bilingual Nutrition Specialist/Certification Specialist/Pre-Licensing Technical Consultant
Wanda enjoys helping providers succeed. She loves seeing them grow their business into a safe and healthy place for children that also brings in an income for their own families. In her spare time, Wanda loves reading, bike riding and taking long hikes or walks with a friend.
Food Program Staff
Bette Miller
At 4-C since 2001
Food Program Administrative Assistant
Bette enjoys working with child care providers participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program. In her spare time Bette loves to read and watch movies.
Jan Howe
At 4-C since 1991
Nutrition Specialist
Jan visits child care providers participating in the Food Program and makes sure children are getting healthy food and quality care. Jan enjoys working one on one with providers, seeing the children eat healthy food, sharing ideas with providers, and helping children learn about healthy food. In her spare time Jan helps care for her grandchildren, reads, sings for Threshold Choir to patients in Hospice, and likes to dance, and crochet.
Robin Hunter
At 4-C since 1988
Nutrition Specialist
Robin enjoys hearing how providers have encouraged a child to try a new food and like it. She loves to observe children eating, especially infants. In her spare time, Robin likes to read, garden and take nature walks.
Mary Schott
At 4-C since 1996
Nutrition Specialist
Mary enjoys working with family child care providers and enjoys helping them serve healthy meals and snacks to the children in their care. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with family especially her grandchildren. She also loves walking, exercising, reading and cooking for friends and family.
Training & Quality Improvement Staff (TQIS)
Jessica Bowden
At 4-C since 2010
Training Coordinator
Jessica enjoys providing encouragement and support to early childhood educators and helping them find ways to make their job easier. In her spare time, she enjoys playing and going on “field trips” with her little guy, baking, playing sports, being outside, hosting get togethers and whipping out some karaoke!!
Amanda Ehlert
At 4-C since 2014
Early Childhood Specialist/YoungStar Coordinator
Amanda provides program consultation services and educator training as well as provides support within the 4-C team of YoungStar consultants. She loves working with colleagues who share the passion for quality early care and education. Most of all she enjoys getting to partner with child care programs in the community to address their individual needs. In her spare time, Amanda loves to be outside and appreciates sunny days. Hiking, camping, and water activities are her favorites. She’s also pretty crafty and often finds herself in the middle of some project or another.
Emily Ewoldt
At 4-C since 2016
Early Childhood Specialist/YoungStar Consultant
Emily works within Youngstar and helps with quality improvement for school age programs, family programs and group centers. She also does trainings and completes ECERS-3 observations for school districts. Emily enjoys meeting new people and working with programs to meet their needs and make improvements to their programs. In her spare time, Emily enjoys spending time with her family and being outside in nature.
Sharon Holtz
At 4-C since 2010
Early Childhood Specialist/YoungStar Consultant
Sharon enjoys having the opportunity to share with child care programs what they are doing well and encouraging them, as they continue to make positive changes. In her spare time, Sharon loves to sing, dance, read and spend time outdoors and with family.
Lisa Jones
At 4-C since 2014
Early Childhood Trainer
Lisa most enjoys connecting with child care providers who are working with children and families on a daily basis. They have the best stories and she learns so much from them each time she facilitates a training event. In her spare time Lisa enjoys motorcycle rides and loves to travel. She is an avid reader and enjoys bingeing shows on Netflix and Hulu.
Elisa Martinez
At 4-C since 2017
Bilingual Early Childhood Specialist/YoungStar Consultant
Elisa likes to meet new people, help them achieve their goals and find connections that are able to support them as well. She enjoys the personal connection with child care providers and the staff at 4-C. In her spare time, she enjoys time spent with her family, cooking, cleaning and listening to music. She also enjoys watching Netflix series.
Cassie Mattie
At 4-C since 2019
Early Childhood Specialist/YoungStar Consultant
Cassie loves interacting with the early childhood field and being able to provide resources to continue quality improvement in programs that serve our children. In her spare time, Cassie enjoys being with my family, traveling and taking road trips. She spends much time exploring Wisconsin and its beautiful scenery.
Gretchen Miller
At 4-C since 2020
Bilingual Early Childhood Specialist/YoungStar Consultant
Gretchen enjoys cultivating relationships with the 4-C team and with the providers and directors of the child care programs we support, knowing that this enables quality improvement of programming and the betterment of the lives of children and families. In her spare time she likes to bake, photograph and write about delectable treats for the family, such as breads, pies, tarts, and scones, go hiking and camping, and work with her hands, painting and drawing, repairing things around the house, and making jewelry and pretty little things out of wool felt.
Sara O'Brien
At 4-C since 2019
Early Childhood Specialist/YoungStar Consultant
What Sara enjoys most about her job is working with a group of professionals who are dedicated to children, families and providers. In her spare time she can be found reading, watching/attending sporting events or playing games with her son.
Andrea Riley
At 4-C since 2015
Early Intervention Specialist
Andrea administers Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) developmental screening to ensure young children are reaching age-expected milestones and provides training to service providers working with families to implement the 5 evidence based Protective Factors strategies to prevent child abuse and neglect. Andrea most enjoys connecting with families in various community agencies to talk about child development and help connect families with resources and services within our community. She loves taking long bike rides and walks, knitting, traveling, seeing live music and spending time with her two children.
Caroline Smith
At 4-C since 2011
TQIS Administrative Assistant
Caroline enjoys the variety in her work. She collaborat with YoungStar technical consultants and early childhood trainers to help make their work run smoother. In her spare time Caroline writes fiction, chills with her chickens, takes her greyhound for a walk, or reads with her cats.
Jenny Sweeney
At 4-C since 2016
Early Childhood Specialist/YoungStar Consultant
Jenny enjoys building relationships with providers and programs and becoming a strong support for them, especially in this crazy time. In her spare time, Jenny enjoys gardening, crafting, cooking, baking and reading (for work and pleasure).
Bonnie Winkofsky
At 4-C since 2011
Early Childhood Specialist/YoungStar Consultant
Bonnie works within YoungStar and conducts trainings. She enjoys meeting new people and watching child care programs improve. In her spare time, Bonnie likes to read, bake and watch HGTV.
Community Resource Staff
Christie Voigt
At 4-C since 1996
Data/Referral Specialist
Christie enjoys utlizing the child care data we collect to tell the stories of what is happening in the child care industry. In her spare time, when WI weather allows, she enjoys getting outside biking, hiking or going for a run. She also enjoy trying new restaurants, traveling, and spending time with her family.
Luann Wissman
At 4-C since 2000
Referral Specialist
Luann helps parents locate child care options and facilitates Parent Cafés. She enjoys sorking with parents to help them with their child care needs. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family.
Nicole Wyss
At 4-C since 2011
Community Resource Specialist
Nicole loves working with the community, going out with the Resource Van and connecting with child care providers. In her spare time, she enjoys hanging out with her family and friends and attending her sons sporting events.
Board of Directors
The role of the 4-C Board of Directors is to set general goals and policies for 4-C. If you are interested in further information on the 4-C Board of Directors please email [email protected].
| Chair: | Ashley Matthys |
| Vice Chair: | Christine Wittleder |
| Treasurer: | Jacob Peters |
| Secretary: | Elizabeth Stinebaugh |
| Bob Davis |
| Paul Lang |
| Kim Mullvain |