State Policy Work

Pyramid Plus State Policy Team

The Pyramid Plus Center works with a State Policy Team to plan for sustainability and scale-up of the Pyramid and SpecialQuest models and other evidenced-based practices to:

• Develop policies and resources needed to sustain current accomplishments and scale-up statewide
• Establish Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) to advise the state team and Center
• Collect and translate data for policy and program improvement
• Engage in public relations and awareness
• Collaborate with and build on other initiatives

Read about Pyramid Plus: A Colorado Collaborative Initiative

Members of the team include:

• Rosemarie Allen
  
  Division of Child Care
  
  CO Department of Human Services
  
  rosemarie.allen@state.co.us
• Sarah Billerbeck
  
  PEAK Parent Center
  
  billerbeck@comcast.net
• Penny Dell
  
  Colorado Department of Education
  
  Dell_P@cde.state.co.us
• Linda Forrest
  
  Early Childhood Education
  
  Arapahoe Community College
  
  linda.forrest@arapahoe.edu
• Sarah Hoover
  
  JFK Partners, University of Colorado Denver
  
  Sarah.Hoover@ucdenver.edu
• Joyce Johnson
  
  Colorado Department of Education
  
  Johnson_Joyce@cde.state.co.us
• Phyllis Lucas
  
  Qualistar Colorado
  
  plucas@qualistar.og
• Laura Merrill
  
  Division for Developmental Disabilities, CDHS
  
  laura.merrill@state.co.us
• Sudy Opsahl
  
  Colorado Office of Professional Development
  
  Sudy.Opsahl@state.co.us
• Heather Tritten
  
  Head Start State Collaboration Director
  
  Office of Lt. Governor Joseph A. Garcia
  
  Heather.Tritten@state.co.us
• Claudia Zundel
  
  Division of Behavioral Health, CDHS
  
  claudia.zundel@state.co.us
• Kathi Wagoner
  
  Division of Child Care
  
  Kathi.wagoner@state.co.us