Staff

(This is a partial list)

Minalee Saks, MS is a founder and Executive Director of Birth To Three. She helped develop many of Birth To Three’s programs and is the primary author of the Make Parenting A Pleasure and Parenting Now! curricula. Minalee has been an advocate for parenting programs and child abuse prevention, helping to create the Children’s Trust Fund in Oregon. Minalee has partnered in a collaboration between Birth To Three and Holt International Children's Programs in Romania to adapt Make Parenting A Pleasure curriculum into Romanian to help prevent child abandonment. She also traveled to Romania to consult on the implementation of the curriculum. In 2011, she was named an "Oregon Woman of Achievement."

Minalee received her MS degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Wisconsin at Madison where she was a Teacher Corps Intern working with Native American children and their families in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. After moving to Oregon she taught elementary school. Minalee is married to Richard Levy. She has two sons who continually remind her of the pleasures and challenges of parenting, and her experiences as a grandmother add depth, perspective and delight to her understanding of child rearing. Send an e-mail

Mika Singer, MS, is Managing Director. She received her MS degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Oregon with a focus on early childhood development and special education. She has dedicated her professional life to young children and their families through various advocacy activities and her work. She was the Executive Director of Child Care Inc., the coordinator for the Lane County WIC Program, and a Regional Manager for Head Start of Lane County, all in Oregon. Mika has a daughter and three grandchildren who bring her continual joy. Send an e-mail

Pamela Evanston, Program Manager, First 3 Years - Send an e-mail

Dennis Dolan, Director of Foundation Relations - Send an e-mail

Jill Higuera, Bookkeeper

Anita Quincy-Huffman, Program Manager, Make Parenting A Pleasure - Send an e-mail

Linda Weaver & Terry Kirby, Development Directors - Send an e-mail to Linda; send an e-mail to Terry