Bio

Melissa Polinoski is an Assistant Vice President of Early Childhood Programs with Nebraska Children and Families Foundation and provides technical assistance to communities involved in the Communities for Kids Initiative.  She is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Kearney and has community experiences in both urban and rural Nebraska.  Her expansive thirty-year career in the fields of education, program development, facilitation, small business ownership, and community systems utilization, as honed her skills in Collective Impact for the betterment of children, families, and the communities in which they live.  Currently, Melissa utilizes her expertise in 18 counties throughout Northern and Central Nebraska to create sustainable childcare infrastructures, works in developing Full-Service Community School Models, serves on the Nebraska Early Childhood Leadership Team, and participates in the Responsive Equitable System for Preparing Early Childhood Teachers development group.  She and her family reside in Atkinson, Nebraska.