Family Links - Meet the Staff

    • Lise Black, Administrator and Great Start Collaboration (GSC) Director
    • Teresa Klan, Program Supervisor
    • Gwen Doneruse, Program Secretary

    Family Educators and their locations: 
    Family Educators are certified in Parents as Teachers™ curriculum. Parents of children prenatal to school entry are encouraged to contact their local family educator to learn more about the full opportunity to give their child a GREAT START and meet their full potential.

    Main Number Gwen Doneruse 269-539-5214
    Bangor Kevin Merrell  
    Bloomingdale/Pullman/Gobles Mary Potts 269-521-3956
    Covert    Ada Darling 269-764-3729
    Decatur/ Lawrence Sofia Acevedo 269-423-6912
    Lawton Mary Rivas 269-624-7536
    Mattawan/Paw Paw Susan Gendron 269-668-3361 ext.1635
    South Haven Sonya DeVary
    		 269-637-0545
    Program Supervisor Teresa Klan 269-539-5222
    Program Director Lise Black 269-539-5207
     
    Services are available in all school districts. Family educators may not have an office in the home district.