Our Staff

Director

kharp@ellington-ct.gov

860-870-3130 x2200

Kristen Harp is the Youth Services Director for the Town of Ellington. Kristen has a Bachelors in Sociology: Family and Gender Studies and a Masters in Elementary Education. She has worked in education in both urban and suburban settings for ten years before joining the Town of Ellington’s Youth Services Department.

Kristen has also completed certifications and trainings in Mental Health First Aid, QPR Gatekeeper, Psychological First Aid Responder, SOS, SBIRT, and Talk Saves Lives.

Kristen utilizes her education background to serve the community of Ellington while developing and promoting programs that focus on growth through creativity, diversity, equality, and leadership.

Olivia Catlett

Assistant Director

EYS Alliance Co-Advisor

ocatlett@ellington-ct.gov

860-870-3130 x2210

Olivia Catlett is the assistant director of youth services for the town of Ellington. Olivia has an associate’s degree in therapeutic recreation and a bachelor’s degree in human services. She has worked in clinical and rehabilitation facilities before joining the Town of Ellington’s Youth Services Department. She has completed a teacher training in yoga and mindfulness through Breathe for Change, and is certified in addiction counseling, and violence intervention and advocacy. “I am very excited to serve a community that I have grown up in and be a part of an organization that offers positive change through many different programs” - Olivia.

Program & Prevention Coordinator

EYS Alliance Co-Advisor

mmercure@ellington-ct.gov

860-870-3130 x2210

Marque Mercure is the current Prevention Coordinator as of July 2023 but has been involved with EYS' playgroup programs since 2020. She has her Bachelors in Public Health Sciences and very active in the Ellington community as a mother of three elementary aged children in the Ellington Public School system. She is CPR, mental health first aid certified, along with other various youth sport coaching certificates including NAYS and NFHS concussion certification. Marque is looking forward to becoming a state certified sexual assault counselor, TTS, along with other certificates and trainings to further her advocacy and ability to promote prevention through education. She is open to all ideas from the parents, children and young adults in our community for how she can successfully achieve her role as the Prevention Coordinator.