Denise Vandyken Email and Phone Number

Experience in various leadership positions including department head, associate director, and program coordinator.Responsible for the operation and management of early childhood and youth development programs to enrich the social and academic competencies of young children and empower families. Programs include Head Start, Early Head Start, the Great Start School Readiness Program (GSRP), Parents as Teachers, Even Start, AmeriCorps, and 21st Century Learning Centers. Maintained responsible fiscal oversight for multi-million dollar budgets. Developed and provided direction to a dynamic team of qualified, dedicated staff to run all aspects of exemplary early childhood and youth development programs. •Designed a strong administrative structure with clear lines of authority to assure capacity to oversee compliance with all performance standards and meet program objectives.