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Founder
Rhian has spent her career promoting and advocating for the systems and structures that lead to high quality early childhood education for all children. She believes that professional early childhood educators are the backbone to the best child care environments. Rhian’s passion to launch Brynmor started while she was CEO at the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), as she witnessed first hand the lack of opportunities for families, children and early childhood educators across the United States.
Rhian’s unwavering dedication to elevating the need for investments in early childhood education became evident early in her career. She was the CEO at First Things First, Arizona’s public-private partnership, where she played a pivotal role creating a system of early childhood education funded by $150 million in public support. Rhian has testified before the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions and she is a relied upon source on the economics, policy and implementation of high-quality early education for broadcast and print media including Good Morning America, The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, U.S. News and National Public Radio.
Rhian and the team at Brynmor are excited to use their experience, passion and expertise to turn an historic building into a loving space where children thrive and learn and early childhood educators are treated as professionals.
Rhian is married to Paul Allvin, they live in Falls Church, VA with their three teenagers and two dogs.
Executive Director, Diplotots
Rochelle’s career in early childhood education spans 37 years and started when she was a senior in high school. While taking a child development class, her teacher helped her learn about careers in the field. She also credits her 6th grade teacher for taking her under her wing and Rochelle knew then that she wanted to nurture and support children. Growing up, she was always drawn to babysitting and taking care of her younger cousins. She started professionally as an assistant teacher and then moved to a lead teacher, assistant director, and now director.
Rochelle has three children and one grandchild. She grew up surrounded by family in Washington, DC and fondly remembers their get-togethers. Her grandmother used to live near the Capital building and the cousins actually played in the halls and visited the offices.
Hoping to continue to grow at Brynmor, Rochelle wants to share her knowledge and mentor her educators. She plans to encourage and reach more families here and help children grow, develop, and discover. Seeing families have wonderful experiences at Brynmor will help us grow into an amazing high quality education destination.
Executive Director, Lorton
Liz has been in early childhood education for 16 years, most recently helping children as a family support specialist. She has her associate’s degree and is pursing her bachelor’s degree in child and adolescent psychology. Liz values being a trusted caregiver to support children’s developmental journeys. Accessibility is very important to her, and she is committed to allowing families to experience early childhood development at Brynmor.
After her time as a Family Support Worker for DC families and children, Liz
transitioned to a role as a Child Find outreach specialist for the Office of the State Superintendent of Education in DC. She worked with families throughout the District by assessing child development and providing developmental and inclusivity training to childcare centers. Liz established strong partnerships with community-based organizations and medical facilities in DC that support families with infants and toddlers with developmental delays and disabilities.
As a Team Lead, Liz is committed to supporting her fellow educators to achieve the goal of providing high quality care to early learners. Liz’s son Adrian is a toddler and brings constant joy to her life. During her free time, she enjoys spas, reading, and writing.
Experience Coordinator
Experienced in building company culture and strong teams, Kelle brings a leadership background to Brynmor Early Education & Preschool. In an over twenty-year career in retail management, Kelle led store and district level teams for retailers Ann Taylor and Target. She was a district trainer and promoted many of her direct reports while improving internal and external client satisfaction results.
For the past nine years, she has had the opportunity to work in her local school system as a paraprofessional and as an administrative assistant. She loved seeing the growth her students with special needs experienced when provided with the right curriculum and supports, Kelle worked with ABA specialists to design learning plans tailored to each student. As a principal’s administrative assistant, she led the office team in a busy school environment. Making work fun and engaging is her first priority.
Kelle lives in Portland, CT with her husband and spoiled Bichon Frise, Penny. She enjoys gardening, reading and travel.
