Meet Our Team
Our Staff
Executive Director
ECEA advocates on a systems level with the Office of Early Childhood, the Governor's office and the state legislature as well as other systems advocates statewide. We participate in numerous statewide committees in order to provide a consistent voice for child care businesses. ECEA maintains a bold stance in support of issues that directly impact the child care industry. ECEA of Colorado represents child care businesses in over 15 ongoing collaborative stakeholder meetings statewide on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.
ECEA is assigned to the following for you:
- CCCAP Rate Setting Task Force
- Mandated Reporter Task Force
- Workforce Subcommittee (ECLC)
- ECE Compensation & Benefits Task Force
- Colorado Shines Brighter Strategic Plan Working Group
- Rules Advisory Council (RAC) - Scott Bright
Business Consulting and Credentialed Coaching Support
Peggy comes to ECEA with an extensive background as an Early Childhood Teacher who promoted to become the Director of a child care center at Fort Lewis College. She has a passion for serving people and works proactively to help program Owners and Directors with any issues that they are working on in their programs.
Peggy also hosts the ECEA Directors Roundtable and makes it a welcome space for Directors to discuss their concerns. She is an amazing part of ECEA and we can't wait for you to meet her!
Governmental Affairs
Xiphos Strategies is ECEA's governmental affairs partner. We work with Xiphos to provide extensive support in advocating ECEA and effecting change in state government to benefit the childcare industry.