EXPANSION COMMITTEES

Building Committee: Project planning. Developing a Facility Plan; Conceptual Design; Building Process & creating a Project Team
Members:

• Barry Newton, MSU Professor of Architecture and Board member

• Staci Abel, educator and Secretary of the Board of Directors

• Eric Scranton, risk management expert and President of the Board of Directors

• Jamey McCormick, kindergarten teacher representing GBMS faculty

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Financial Committee: The role of the finance committee is primarily to provide financial oversight for the expansion. Includes budgeting, financial planning, and financial reporting.

Members:

• Erik Henyon, financial entrepreneur and Treasurer of the Board of Directors

• John Hemingway, financial advisor

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Development Committee: Fundraising & Communications. Expand local revenue generating and fundraising activities to support existing program operations and regional expansion while simultaneously retiring building debt.

Members:

• Barb Roggenbeck, MSU post-doctoral scientist and Vice-President of the Board of Directors

• Staci Abel, educator and Secretary of the Board of Directors

• Brandi Ellerton, sub-contractor management and Business Manager

• Jennifer Bartholomew, networking and relationship guru and Development Director

Expansion Committee: Oversight of a healthy change process. Leadership & management of other expansion committees.

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Members:

• Eric Scranton, risk management expert and President of the Board of Directors

• Travis Svensrud, realtor and Board Member

• Gennifre Hartman, education entrepreneur and Head of School

Strategic Plan: Actions

Actions:

• Develop a structured Expansion Task Force, which operates on a specific schedule and reports and recommends to the Board accordingly.

• Procure capital resources to fund physical expansion. Consider capital campaign for expansion.

• When a suitable location is found, obtain design of a financially feasible space. Then, proceed with build of space.

• Develop a plan to adequately support school operations, including marketing, enrollment and staffing.

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Strategic Plan: Expansion

Goal:

Expand Great Beginnings’ infrastructure and educational offerings, with emphasis on the natural world, to meet the needs of its families and the local community.

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Objective:

Establish an expanded campus to serve the community’s needs, including, but not limited to: elementary education, an expanded summer program and a larger campus with access to green space and the outdoors.​