Team

Our People

Angels’ Place boasts a dedicated family of caring and supportive staff and volunteers to encourage and guide both generations toward realizing their life potential.

Angels’ Place Teacher Standards

  • All teachers have a degree in Early Childhood Education.
  • Our Pre-K teachers have a Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Early Childhood Education.
  • Each teacher receives 100 hours of continuing education per year.
  • Our teachers provide an inclusive program offering best practice and developmentally appropriate education, advocacy and support for all children.
  • Angels’ Place has offered a successful school readiness program for over 40 years.
  • We follow only the most advanced early childhood education standards and curriculum to assure our children leave Angels’ Place kindergarten ready.

Board of Directors

John G. Arch, Esq., Board President, Attorney at Law

Lisa Gardner, Board Vice President, BSN, RN, CCM, Senior Director, Clinical Programs, Accolade

Nancy L. Daller, Board Secretary, Retired Child Development Center Director

Jessica Wingertsahn, CPA, Board Treasurer, Audit Manager, Schneider Downs & Co., Inc.

James R. Grab, Sweet & Sons, Inc.

Cherie Hinnebusch, Premier Technology Systems

Peter Healy, VP of Sourcing and Operations at Promocentric

Stephanie Kreseen, Human Factors Scientist, Federal Aviation Administration

Kristine Opferman, Early Childhood Educator, The Children’s School at CMU

Sapna Prasad, Ph.D., Curriculum Vitae, CCAC – Boyce Campus

Elisabeth Smallwood

Mary Winter, Director Emerita, Founder

Advisory Board

Dennis L. Astorino, DL Astorino/Horizon

James Ayers, Chairman, Ayers Foundation

Jameeta Lewis-Davis, Author and Customer Service Leader

Ralph A. Falbo, CEO, Ralph Falbo, Inc.

Peggy Finnegan, Evening Co-Anchor, WPXI-TV

Alice Hirsch, Ph.D., Retired Assistant Superintendent and Educational Consultant

Deborah Holland, President, DLJ & Associates

The Honorable Jean A. Milko, Former Jury Commissioner, Allegheny County

Joanna Mittereder, Social Work Consultant

Sandy Usher, Community Leader

Dolores Warwick, President, Folio Productions

Most Reverend David A. Zubik, Bishop, Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh