Who is Great Kids?

Great Kids empowers families and professionals with practical, research-based tools and trainings to foster strong connections, support resilience, and promote healthy development. 

About Great Kids® 

The Great Kids vision is to live in a world where all children feel safe, secure, loved, valued, capable, and curious. Our programs support parents to grow the essential parenting and life skills that will empower them to provide their children with a safe, loving home and the inner strengths to reach their highest developmental potential.

We accomplish our vision by providing programs with professional development, consultation, and evidence-based parenting curricula that create inspired and meaningful practices with families. These connections lead to engaged, strong, and resilient families.

Model Alignment

Our curricula are flexible, offering easy integration within a multitude of program models.

Research

Decades of theoretical and empirical foundations on effective interventions influence our curricula.

Protective Factors

The research-based principles of the Protective Factors Framework are foundational in the GGK  Curriculum.

Legacy

A 25+ year legacy of supporting strengthening families and ensuring optimal child development. 

Our GREAT Team

These are the people who put love, research, and excellence into all things Great Kids!

David Bird

Chief Executive Officer

Esthela Navarro

Director of Partner Experience

Kennedy Kincaid

Chief of Staff

Kelly Mullin

Partner Experience Operations Manager

Amber Green

Partner Relations Specialist

Toree Peters

Trainer & GK Generalist

Cristina Nealon

Trainer & GK Generalist

Sierra Bruecker

Platform Admin Specialist

Jennifer Hayes

Director of Product Management

Matt White

Shipping & Facilities Management Specialist

Bethany Huffstutler

Product Development Manager

Melissa Weekes

Product Development Specialist

Tess Roper

Instructional Design Specialist

Nancy Joerger

Product Development Specialist

Michelle Miller

Product Development Specialist

Sarah Holbrook

Graphic Layout Specialist

Brad Bower

Director of Finance

Micayla Davis

Accounting Admin Assistant

Dana Broadway

Director of Business Development

Brittany Malone

Solutions Integration Specialist

Antoinette Bolen

Marketing Associate

Laura Joyal

Success Consultant

Zoe Lemme

Success Consultant

Great Kids Careers

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In this 30-minute consultation, we will learn more about how you support healthy relationships and successful outcomes for children, families, and your community.

Looking forward to connecting and joining you in the journey of discovery to determine if Great Kids is a fit for you.

Testimonials

What home visitors and parents are saying about Great Kids.

"We have really loved the whole curriculum! We do home visits, and we see these families in their homes, or in our offices interacting with their kids and planning activities that they can do to build their self-esteem and work together and strengthen their family as a whole."

Candice Ware

Early Childhood/Parent Educator , Catholic Charities of Central Colorado

"We came across Great Kids, Growing Great Kids and it didn’t take us very long at all to read and understand that Great Kids had a curriculum that aligns perfectly with everything that we need here for our early home-based programs."

Jennifer Gutierrez

Child Development Specialist, Stanislaus County Office of Education

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