Memorial Fund

MEMORIAM FOR ANN NUTT

The Early Childhood community was privileged to know and work with Ann Nutt, 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 age 52. In her obituary her family wrote, “After a fearless and courageous battle against (breast) cancer, Ann Nutt 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. She helped in the creation of numerous programs for superior child care including the development of West Virginia’s Early Childhood Core Knowledge/Core Competencies and the West Virginia Early Learning Standards Framework. She assisted in creating the Charleston Area Medical Center’s Lighthouse Child Development Center. She was a member of the state leadership team working to implement the Universal Pre-K Program. She was responsible for the planning and implementation of the new state Infant/Toddler Training System.

During the church service celebrating Ann’s life she was remembered by early childhood colleagues as being a personal and professional role model. Her leadership skills, wisdom and vision will be greatly missed. She truly made a difference in the lives of many children and families in her state.

Her husband, Charlie, and their two sons, Jonathan and Stephen, requested that donations be made in her honor to the Ann Nutt Memorial Fund, % West Virginia Association for Young Children, Shelia Edwards - 851 Eli Locust Road, Washington, WV 26181.