Margaret Conley Heffel has been the owner/director of Kidstop Developmental Child Care Center in Shelton Connecticut since its opening in 1986.

Marge Heffel earned a Masters of Science in Education with a concentration in Early Childhood Leadership from Bank Street College of Education in 2002. Prior to that she received her Bachelor's Degree in English from Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY and worked on her Masters in Business Administration at Adelphi University. She managed a family retail business for several years after college and held subsequently more responsible positions in Human Resources Management until she relocated to Connecticut.

Marge has been very active in the childcare community holding officer positions on the Board of Directors of the Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent Child Resource Center and the Elizabeth Shelton School PTA. She served as founding President of the Connecticut School Age Child Care Alliance. She has also been active as a member of the Hopkins Parent Council and the Connecticut League of Women Voters.

In 2003 Marge was honored to earn the Connecticut Master Director Credential in Early Care and Education

Marge is the proud mother of two. As a working mom Marge understands the childcare needs of working parents. She used this knowledge in the design of Kidstop as an early care and education center of the highest quality. Her aims were to provide a nurturing environment where children can thrive, to be a support to the busy parent, to be a great place for professionals to work and to be a resource to the community.

As the first large scale child care center in this growing corporate community and the earliest to be continually accredited Kidstop set high standards to model and many an area director found Kidstop a fertile training ground.

If you ask Marge what is the best thing about her job she will surely answer; "It's still fun!"