Our Team
Board
Kirsty Sklar
Board Chair
Kirsty is a partner with Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP where she practices corporate and securities law with a focus on corporate financings and mergers and acquisitions. She also regularly assists clients with corporate governance matters. Kirsty and her family are forever grateful to Churchill Park and their incredible caregivers for the tremendous quality of care and education her daughter and son received at Baby Works. She is thrilled to be able to give back to Churchill Park to ensure they continue to ignite children’s potential and raise curious kids across Calgary.
Herman Lee
Parveen Sidhu
Treasurer
Thuy Nguyen
CPA, CA, Treasurer
Thuy is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) of Canada and currently employed as a Senior Manager of the Risk Consulting practice at KPMG LLP, with specialized focus in Governance, Risk, and Compliance. Thuy has more than 10 years of professional experience and successfully led and managed a variety of projects that include governance management, risk assessment, internal and external audit compliance, and strategy and project managements to help the clients improve their business strategies and controls environment. Thuy has been a member of Board of Directors at Kids@ Churchill Park since February 2020 and is motivated to utilize her experience and knowledge to help establish the vision, mission, and values for the organization as well as many other roles and responsibilities expected of the Board members. With her expertise, Thuy is also a Treasurer and a member of the Governance Committee at Kids@ Churchill Park to bring additional values to the organization.
Vera Blower
Vera is a retired professional with over 40 years of experience in the field of Early Childhood Development and Child Care. Throughout her career, Vera held a broad spectrum of positions from direct child care, working within the education system, family resource programs, community development and positions in licensing and child care with the Governments of Ontario and Alberta. These experiences focused on the ability to work within the parameters of government while bringing front-line perspectives and initiative in in using a solution focused approach to issues and policy development.
One example that highlights her leadership, collaboration, initiative and creativity was her work on Baffin Island as an Early Child Hood Education Instructor for Nunavut. Managing a project of this nature provided experience in addressing cultural, community and individual needs and issues. The result was the delivery of a program that was culturally relevant, skilled individuals and a community that respected the work accomplished. Vera’s passion and commitment to the field continues in her retirement.
Kids@ CP Central Kitchen Team
Program Management Team
BRIGHT LIGHTS CHILD CARE CENTRE
Parminder Kaur, Program Coordinator
CONNAUGHT OUT OF SCHOOL CARE
Jeremy Albright, Program Director
Merlita Valeza , Program Coordinator
FAMILY DAY HOME AGENCY
Ange Maisano, Program Director
Maritza Pino, Administration Specialist
Jackie DeLauw, Consultant
PLAYPENN CHILD CARE CENTRE
Twen Tesfalidet, Program Director
Josephine Iskander, Program Coordinator
PUMP-KIN PATCH CHILD CARE CENTRE
Tabassom Aslani, Program Director
Jean Guo, Program Coordinator
PARKSIDE CHILD CARE CENTRE
Binna You, Program Director
Gina Hahm, Program Coordinator
SUNRIDGE CHILD CARE CENTRE
Nancy Batuhan, Program Director
Anna Ampoloquo/Pratibha Arora, Program Coordinator
KAHANOFF CHILD CARE CENTRE
Kuljinder Virk, Program Directors
Daryl Avila, Program Coordinator
Caroline Tremblay
Kalpana Kadel
Kitchen Assistant
Valeriia Melnyk
Kitchen Assistant
Support Team
Karina Balala
Kitchen Assistant
Steve Ljubotina
Neelum Shehzadi
Michael Oosterhof
Rachel MacGillvary
Vivian Wong
Executive Administrator
Aimee Baragar
Finance Administrator
Korrie-Mae Wiszniak - Chief Executive Officer
Viktoriya Rimdap
Business Administrator
Departments
Administration
admin@churchillpark.ca
Family Day Homes
cpfirst@churchillpark.ca
Finance
finance@churchillpark.ca
Programs
Infant – 6 yrs Care Centres
At Churchill Park, we believe children are naturally curious and want to learn.
Out of School
Our role is to give kids educational experiences and independence so they can be creative in a fun learning environment.
Family Day Homes
Family Day Home programs offer quality child care for infants to twelve-year-olds in approved and monitored family day homes.
Corporate Child Care
We work with employers of all sizes to help them provide a variety of Calgary child care solutions for their employees.
About Churchill
Kids@ Churchill Park is a non-profit Calgary child care and family support agency providing quality child care and early learning opportunities to children of Calgary families. We have been both pioneers and leaders in this field for 50 years.
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Address: 3311 Centre Street NW
Phone: 403-266-4656
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