The Ann Nutt Memorial Fund Scholarship

Ann Nutt Memorial Fund Scholarship

About Ann Nutt

Ann Nutt, was the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resource’s Director of Early Care and Education Quality Initiatives. Early childhood professionals across West Virginia were greatly saddened by her death on October 16, 2006 at the age of 52. In her obituary, her family wrote, “After a fearless and courageous battle against (breast) cancer, Ann was called home to oversee God’s children and will forever be missed by all the lives she touched.”

Ann was an active member of the Governing Board of the West Virginia Association for Young Children (WVAYC), the Apprenticeship for Child Development Specialist State Council (ACDS) and served as our state’s representative on the NAEYC Affiliate Council. She was an ACDS Instructor of Instructors and assisted other states in establishing this training program, including the training of instructors in Alaska.

The scholarship is $750 to attend the Southern Early Childhood Association conference.

2024 Ann Nutt Memorial Bench Recipient
Jennifer Trippett, Director, Cubbys Child Care Center, Bridgeport, WV

Past Recipients

2009 – Misty Wood, Director, Little Bear Day Care, Follansbee, WV
2010 – Suzi Brodof, Executive Director, River Valley Child Development Services, Huntington, WV
2011 – Sally Byard, North Central WV Head Start
2012 – Connie O'Dell, Professor of Early Education, Glenville State University
2013 – Mary Jo Elliott, Director, Wonderland Learning & Child Care Center, Mannington, WV
2014 – Helen Post-Brown, Director, Sunbeam Early Learning Center, Fairmont, WV
2015 – Melanie Clark, Bureau for Children and Families, Division of Early Care and Education, CHarleston, WV

2016 – Chuck Loudin, Director, Child Development Center of Central WV, Buckhannon, WV
2017 – Polly Steele, Director of Bridgeport United Methodist Pre-School, Bridgeport, WV
2018 – Judy Olson, Director, Friends R Fun Child Development Center, Summersville, WV
2019 – Jane Haddox, Director, Early Learning Station, Inc., Point Pleasant, WV
2020 – Tanya Stewart, WV Pre-K Teacher, Gilmer County, WV
2021 – No Presentation.
2022 – No Presentation.
2023 – Melissa Colagrosso, Director, A Place to Grow Child Care Services, Oak Hill, WV

Ann Nutt Memorial Fund Scholarship

About Ann Nutt

2024 Ann Nutt Memorial Bench Recipient Jennifer Trippett, Director, Cubbys Child Care Center, Bridgeport, WV

Past Recipients

Directory

2024 Ann Nutt Memorial Bench Recipient
Jennifer Trippett, Director, Cubbys Child Care Center, Bridgeport, WV