Nancie Linville

Vice President, Clayton Early Learning Institute; Interim, Director of Research and Evaluation

nlinville@claytonearlylearning.org

303-329-5659

Nancie Linville currently leads the Clayton Early Learning Institute. Nancie has an extensive background in early childhood, business development and technology. Nancie's 30-year career includes serving as the Vice President of Business Development at Educare Colorado during the initial statewide roll-out of the Qualistar Rating.  In her role as Director of New Business Development at the Community College of Denver she headed the college's effort to expand early childhood education programs and worked extensively with K-12 school districts across Colorado. Nancie was also Director of Corporate Relations and Coordinator of Best Practices in Education at the Education Commission of the States in Denver, Colorado.  During her tenure, she worked at a local and national level to promote positive large-scale systems change in early education and public school reform.  Her hands-on early childhood experience included serving as director of Russell Child Development Center, a Kansas non-profit early intervention special education organization serving 300 families.  Nancie earned her M.S. in Educational Leadership at Kansas State University and her B.S. in Elementary Education and Special Education at Emporia State University.