Meet Our Team

Baby Bear Hugs serves expectant Mothers, Families, and parents of prenatal to five years old in nine Counties in Eastern Colorado. 

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    Jennifer Deam

    Executive Director

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    Linda Beargeon

    Business Manager

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    Julie Pelton

    Administrative Assistant & Resource

    Manager

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    Jennifer Paintin

    Program Supervisor

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    Ashley Padilla

    Nurse Family Partnership Nurse Supervisor

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    Megan Loiacano

    Elbert County Coordinator

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    Amy Bell

    Elbert County Parenting Educator

  • A woman with shoulder-length dark brown hair, wearing a gray collared shirt with a logo, standing outdoors on a sunny day with green trees and a residential neighborhood in the background.

    Heather Randolph

    Lincoln County Coordinator

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    Eileen Deveber

    Lincoln & Kit Carson County Nurse Family Partnership Home Visitor

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    Andrea Brown

    Logan County Coordinator & Parenting Educator

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    Samantha Schell

    Logan County Nurse Family Partnership Home Visitor

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    Shaleena McKie

    Morgan County Coordinator

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    Michelle Ruiz

    Morgan County Parenting Educator

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    Karime Flores

    Morgan County Parenting Educator &
    Nurse Family Partnership Interpreter

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    DeeLyn Matthews

    Morgan and Washington County Nurse Family Partnership Home Visitor

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    America Bobbitt

    Phillips and Yuma County Coordinator

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    Brianne Ham

    Phillips, Sedgwick, & Yuma County
    Nurse Family Partnership Home Visitor

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    Marrissa McAlister

    Sedgwick County Coordinator and Parenting Educator

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    Brenda Chapin

    Washington County Coordinator , Parenting Educator and
    Nurturing Parenting Coordinator

  • A woman with glasses and dark brown hair leaning against a brick wall outdoors, wearing a pink ruffled top and jewelry, with trees and a sidewalk in the background.

    Andrea Tracy

    Yuma County Parenting Educator