OUR TEAM

our staff

Ivis

Nanny-Pro at Your Service Program Director

Ivis is an educated, experienced, responsible, sweet and joyous nanny with over 15 years’ experience working with children as a preschool teacher, Spanish teacher and Nanny. She joined TIFFAN as a Nanny-Pro student and quickly took on other challenges to mentor, teach and is now our Director of the Nanny-Pro facilitated workshop series! Ivis is always up for a new challenge and to learn!

Erin

Mentor Program Director

Erin brings over 25 years of experience working with young children and families. She studied child development and is passionate about providing quality care and educational experiences for young children. In addition to her many years working as a nanny,  Erin co-founded and ran a licensed preschool and infant childcare center in San Francisco for over 10 years where she worked as a Director and Lead Preschool Teacher. Erin began her journey with TIFFAN as Director of the Mentorship Program for Nanny-Pro and continues developing and training our mentors. Erin loves her work with children and enjoys music, dancing and traveling. 

Julia

Nanny-Pro at Your Convenience Program Director

I first started working as a nanny in 2015 while at college in Seattle. I loved the opportunity to get to know another family and form a lasting relationship with them throughout the years. After graduating, I began my professional journey working at a startup in San Francisco, while continuing to nanny on the weekends. In 2021, joined the TIFFAN team to begin developing our online learning program "Nanny Pro At Your Convenience". My experience as a nanny drives my desire to advocate for those in the industry and provide resources and support through our programs at TIFFAN. Our team is an incredible group of women who have extensive work history in the field and share the common interested of standardizing the industry.

Beth

Social Media

Beth has worked in the care economy as a babysitter and nanny for six years, both freelance and with an agency. After earning her B.A. in Anthropology & Gender Studies, she is excited to bring the feminist and anti-racist principles she studied into her work at TIFFAN. In addition to her work as the Social Media & Marketing Manager for TIFFAN, Beth is a runner, yoga practitioner, and ceramic artist.

Ashley

Grant Writing Consultant

Bio coming soon!

our board

Betty

Board Treasurer

Betty is a retired, early intervention speech pathologist with Southfield Public Schools in Michigan.  She provided speech therapy to 12-36 month old children with language delays and suspected autism.  She formed strong relationships with the parents and their language-delayed child in their home, one to two hours a week to ensure that families had the tools, support, education, and training they needed for their toddler to reach their full potential. Betty was inspired to seek a certification in autism to support her work with a growing caseload of preschoolers with autism.

Prior to returning to her passion for preschool special education, Betty managed large client accounts as a marketing representative for IBM for over 20 years. She has a Masters Degree in business administration from the University of Michigan. 

Betty was intrigued when she first learned of TIFFAN and is thrilled with the opportunity to support and grow its initiatives. She also has had a desire to seek out and apply for grants.  It is her goal to use her background in business,  early childhood development and parent support to be awarded grant dollars to support TIFFAN’s programming.

Karen

Board Co-Chair

Principal, Hummingbird Impact Advisors. Karen works with leadership to implement strategy. With a background in multiple disciplines, she is passionate about innovative products and services that improve the lives of the underserved.. 

Kadija

LCSW, Board Secretary

Kadija is a clinical social worker who has been a practitioner in the field of infant and early childhood mental health since 1985. She is an independent consultant and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Child and Human Development and the past Director of the Infant- Parent Program at the University of California, San Francisco. Ms. Johnston is active in several national early childhood mental health organizations, including being a founding member of the Reflective Supervision Collaborative and RAINE, a Southwest Human Development sponsored group of national experts advancing practice, policy and research in ECMH Consultation. She writes and lectures nationally on infant and early childhood mental health related topics. In addition to numerous articles, she co-authored the book Mental Health Consultation in Child Care: Transforming Relationships With Directors, Staff, and Families.

In the next phase of her journey, Kadija is committed, and devoting energy to instilling equity, diversity and inclusion principles with greater intentionality and more explicitly in her personal and professional practices.

Alyce

LCSW, Board Chair

My journey into the world of families and nannies began in 1996. A friend, on bedrest with a high-risk pregnancy asked me to help her find a nanny to care for her toddler. Along the way, I’ve worked with hundreds of families, thousands of nannies and published 3 books on the subject. Twenty years later I founded The Institute for Families and Nannies. Along with a dedicated, passionate group of nannies and early childhood educators, we developed a series of job trainings, education and support.