PIC Hires New Director of Head Start/Early Head Start and Announces Fatherhood Supervisor

President Tim Yurcisin of the Private Industry Council of Westmoreland/Fayette, Inc., is pleased to announce that Jacquelyn Hoppe has been hired as the Director of Head Start/Early Head Start of Fayette County. Jacquelyn will be responsible for overseeing the Head Start/Early Head Start program of Fayette County, as well as overseeing operations of the PA Pre-K Counts Partnership.

As a graduate of Marshall University, Jacquelyn studied speech-language pathology and minored in psychology and history. Prior to her employment with the Private Industry Council, she has held various positions within upper level management.

Jacquelyn’s Head Start and early education experience includes providing speech-language pathology services for the Head Start of Cabell County and the Cerebral Palsy Council of Cabell County. Jacquelyn also designed the speech-language pathology service for St. Mary’s Hospital, working with adults and pre-school aged clients.

In announcing Jacquelyn’s employment, Terri Campbell, vice-president of operations for the Private Industry Council said, “Jackie has a passion for people and the qualities to lead our programs to continued quality and excellence.”

Additionally, Ryan Butter has been promoted to the position of Supervisor of the Fatherhood Initiative Program. His primary responsibilities will be supervising the Dads Matter staff, ensuring that Dads Matter reaches the program goals, using the 24/7 Dad curriculum, and assisting in additional funding ventures. The Fatherhood Initiative works to enable fathers to improve their relationships with their children through improved parenting skills, and helps fathers overcome barriers that often prohibit them from being effective and nurturing parents.

Ryan is a graduate of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, with a degree in Elementary Education. He has been employed with The Private Industry Council in the capacity of a Fatherhood Case Manager in Fayette County since September, 2009. Ryan began serving as the interim Fatherhood Supervisor in March of 2011.

When announcing Ryan’s transition Tim Yurcisin, President and C.E.O. of The Private Industry Council, said:

“Ryan gives us the best chance to continue the momentum that he and the previous supervisor, Bill Huebner, had developed. Recently we had the opportunity to bring the Dad’s Matter program to Westmoreland County. Hopefully with the success of some upcoming grant applications we will be able to continue to grow this program in both counties.”