(303) 399-1800 info@sewallchild.org
Our Team

LEADERSHIP TEAM

President & CEO

Heidi Heissenbuttel, MA ECSE

Vice Presidents of Programs

Mary Grimmer, LCSW  |  Jason Marsh, MA ECSE

Vice President of Development

James Abbott

Development Associate

Liv Lerner

PROGRAM COORDINATORS

Kerry Armbruster, MA ECSE
Janet Barrows, LCSW
Lori Helmstetter, MA CDSS
Cristina House, MA ECSE
Mary Sue Johnson
Christine Krall, MA ECSE
Sandy Kull
Tina Myrsiades, MA ECSE
Evelyn Sickel, MA ECSE
Madeline Sterzenbach, MA ECSE
Madeline Williams

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Sewall Child Development Center is governed by a committed group of Board Members who provide ongoing professional guidance and support to the organization.

Board Chair • Steve Holloway
Secretary • William C. Holland
Treasurer • Randall Sylvan
Ex-Officio Chair • Chuck Fish
Chair, Program Committee • Lynn Stambaugh

Board Members
Barbara Bieber
Barney Wilson
Charon Earnest
Chris Miller
David Solano
Kali Handford
Kevin Conroy
Peter Weinberg
Roddrick Marshall
Theresa Dupart
Toni Linder
Tyler Gomes

 

GENE KOELBEL, IN MEMORIAM

Sewall Board Member for over 60 years

Gene Norgren Koelbel served Sewall’s mission for more than 60 years. Gene Koelbel’s parents connected her to Sewall’s legacy as they began support in the 1940s. Gene and her parents spearheaded the development and construction of Sewall’s first clinic facility at 1360 Vine Street in the early 1960s, and together with Sewall’s board and capital campaign committee, worked together to move Sewall to the expanded school facility at 940 Fillmore Street. As her health waned in the past year, Gene’s membership on the Program Committee remained steadfast. The committee moved their meetings to her house so she could still participate! Gene and Walt Koelbel’s support has touched each and every corner of Sewall. Their support of Fragile X research as it began with Dr. Randi Hagerman (now of the MIND Institute in California) put Sewall’s Diagnostic & Evaluation Clinic on the map. Her support of Sewall’s mission as it evolved from a therapeutic mobility clinic to a nationally recognized inclusionary education resource is unparalleled.

Gene, you will be forever missed and appreciated.

In 2017, Sewall’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to christen the renovated facility at 940 Fillmore Street to which Sewall Child Development moved after its founding at 1360 Vine Street as “The Koelbel Building” in honor of Gene and her late husband Walt.