Brandi Crawford-Lavoie

Brandi has been working in the field of Early Childhood Education for more than 25 years. She has taught in classrooms for children, birth to school age, and for the last 17 years has served as a director at multiple preschools in the Central Florida area. Brandi also mentors new directors, conducts personalized training, and has a passion for implementing Developmentally Appropriate Practice into early childhood programs, as well as, supporting teachers and leadership in their careers. Brandi's call to Early Childhood Education continues to cultivate her love of the field as she endeavors to share her knowledge and skills with others.   

Susan Cyr
Susan Martin Cyr is a business professional with thirty years of experience in providing
business management and operational leadership. Her current professional philanthropy
projects include training at the regional level in Northeastern North Carolina for Head Start and
Early Head Start Programs at The Economic Improvement Council. Mrs Cyr’s passion is to train
directors and teachers utilizing Creative Curriculum best practices. She specializes in the CDA
and implementing the process into the teacher’s daily routine for best outcomes.

She is a principal and President of Grow Right, a consulting and marketing firm specializing in
Early Childhood Education. Mrs. Cyr provides overall leadership of Grow Right in fiscal and
strategic planning, human resources including the management of the benefit packages, and
technology initiatives associated with early education applications. Mrs. Cyr was co-founder and
owner of Open Roads Consulting, Inc. In her role at Open Roads, she provided overall
management of the communication and human resource departments. Mrs. Cyr was the
founder and President of Apple Tree Learning Center, a 21 year old, non-profit company that
provides early learning solutions in conjunction with local church facilities.

Susan is a mother to four sons and a new grandmother.  She makes her home in the coastal region of North Carolina known as the "Inner Banks' with her husband, Matt.  She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with a minor in Early Childhood Education from Old Dominion University.

Hannahlee Goedelman 
Hannahlee is the Early Childhood Minister at Anastasia Baptist Church and is celebrating her 15^th year as the Director of Anastasia Baptist Academy.  She has over 23 years of experience in teaching and leadership.  Hannahlee holds an Associate's Degree in Early Childhood Education, a Bachelor's in Business with a minor in Education Administration, and a Master's in Business Administration.  She has led workshops in the areas of Classroom Management and Positive Discipline, Play Based Learning, Parenting, Parent Engagement, Communication, Leadership Development, and Children's Ministry at several conferences.  

Hannahlee celebrated her 20^th wedding anniversary this August to her husband Matthew, and they have three children ages 19, 17, and 10.  She is passionate about the vital role of Christian Early Childhood Educators in our ever changing and challenging world.  She feels that it is important that we, as educators, build strong partnerships with parents to lay a solid foundation in the next generation of leaders for Christ.  

Sharilyn Price
Sharilyn Price has 20 years in the Early Childhood field.  Sharilyn has done everything from running cooperate, Head Start, and faith based centers. She currently owns Cypress Preschool Academy.  Sharilyn is also the Executive Director of Credentials for the Association of Christian Educators.  In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family at Disney. She and her husband, Shawn, reside in Winter Haven, FL with their eight children.

Mary Pruitt

Mary is the Assistant Director at Anastasia Baptist Academy. She thrives on bringing joy to each day. Mary has over 14 years of experience in the Early Childhood Education environment. She has spent over a decade in the Toddler Classroom and taught for many years in the VPK Classroom. She greatly enjoys spending Sundays in the Toddler Room teaching our youngest children the Love of Christ. Mary’s passion for song and dance creates a wonderful and warm learning environment. Her greatest joy is touching the lives of children who as young adults, still remember their classroom family with Ms. Mary. Mary holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative Writing. She earned her Teaching Certification in K-6 in the State of Florida and continues her early childhood education through online classes, conferences and trainings.

Mary loves her Island life and can always be found surrounded by seashells and coastal creatures. She enjoys paddle boarding and boating with her husband and teenage children. She is an avid animal lover, crafter, tap dancer and appreciates live music. Mary has a strong love for early childhood manipulatives, felt stories, hand ryhmes and free art. Her husband and teenagers humor her and her love of all things toddler as they are often her practice audience. Mary loves hugs, a good laugh and is a curious learner.

Kelly Thigpen

Kelly Thigpen graduated from Flagler College with a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education and Saint Leo University with a Masters in Educational Leadership. Kelly taught in a public school setting for 7 years in varying grade levels: 1^st, 3^rd and 5^th. Currently she works for the St. Johns County School District as the Coordinator of Character Education and Community Partnerships. Through her experience in this position, she has been tasked to write curriculum on student leadership and character development for Pre-K- college-aged students. She also oversees all CHARACTER COUNTS!, Link Crew, WEB, B6, and Sources of Strength Mental Wellness for 43 schools in the district. Kelly is continually training teachers and administrators on how to integrate character education into the FLDOE standards across the district and loves to be challenged to create engagement for all ages. Kelly also oversees all of the Faith-Based initiatives within the school district and really sees that as an open door that the Lord has placed in the public school setting for relationships to be built between pastors and school leaders.