Meet The Team
Katie Wilcox-Stoskus, MA, BCBA, LBA
Founder and Director
Katie is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and a mother to two fabulous kids. Katie has worked with children of various backgrounds for over 15 years, specializing in increasing communication, play-based learning, and utilizing positive reinforcement to teach social skills. Katie created The Village after searching far and wide for the right fit for her own children’s care. Katie and her family are residents of Carytown, and they are thrilled to fill a community need for other families. In her free time, Katie enjoys hiking, camping, swimming, and sitting around a fire with her family.
Ashley Williams, RBT
Assistant Director
Ashley is a Registered Behavior Technician at the Village. She has been working in Applied Behavioral Analysis for over one year. She enjoys helping clients build communication, social, and daily living skills and considers her job extremely rewarding. She strives to make connections with her clients and their families. Her goal is to make learning a time where everyone is having fun. At The Village, Ashley is known for making children giggle even on the tough days!
Ashley has her Bachelor’s of Science in Kinesiology and Health Science from VCU. Her next goal is to pursue her Master’s degree and become a BCBA. In her free time, she enjoys reading, going on walks, and baking. Her favorite things to bake are cheesecake and cookies.
Jane Rolland, M. Ed, LBA
Board Certified Behavior Analyst
Jane is a Richmond native who has enthusiastically served neurodivergent individuals of various ages and abilities for over a decade. Prior to working as a behavior analyst, she studied special education at the University of Texas in Austin in 2013, where she went on to teach preschool at a local child development center.
She then embarked on a career in behavior therapy where she led summer camps, social groups, and provided treatment to children of all ages. In 2017, she left Texas in pursuit of adventure and relocated to Denver, Colorado. She became certified as a behavior analyst in Denver, while developing an affinity for hiking, camping, skiing, and seeing live music at Red Rocks. To be closer to friends and family, Jane moved back to Richmond in January of 2022.
Jane lives in the city and enjoys spending time outdoors with her golden doodle, Franklin. Jane is ecstatic about joining the Village family, developing meaningful relationships with her clients and their families, and with fellow staff, and is looking forward to serving the Richmond community as a whole.
Ellen Brooke, BS
Owls Lead Teacher
Ellen is a teacher at The Village Richmond with a BS in Human Development and Psychology from Virginia Tech. She has worked in classrooms and alongside children for the last seven years. Serving in early childhood education is a passion of Ellen’s that can be largely credited to growing up in a big family, where she is number five out of seven children. Her favorite aspect of teaching has been the countless opportunities to apply her favorite Psychology subjects to her classrooms: Attachment Theory and Personality Psychology.
Ellen has lived in Virginia for most of her life and relocated to Richmond after graduating college in 2020. She has been a resident of Carytown since 2023 and is excited to contribute to the community through teaching and interacting with the families residing here. Ellen has a dog named Luna, and enjoys being active outside, going to the gym, and developing her love for photography. In her spare time, you’ll find her reading books and crocheting.
Chloe Webb, RBT
Clinical Support Team
Chloe is currently in school to get her Bachelors degree in psychology and works as a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) at The Village. She is passionate about understanding human behavior and loves being able to make a difference in the lives of the children she supports. If you stop by the Village, you may hear chants of “Chloe, Chloe, Chloe!” because she is so beloved by the children!
When Chloe is not at work, you'll find her exploring the outdoors, at the gym, or running her photography business! She is excited to keep growing in her career and she can't wait to make a positive impact on the community around her!
Brian Wysong, M. ED
Clinical Support Team
Brian holds a Bachelor's in Interdisciplinary Studies in Art Therapy and a Master's in Education with a focus on Early Childhood Special Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. He is also working toward a graduate certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis at George Mason University. Brian is a firm believer that play is the most important work of children, and he brings this philosophy into everything he does at the school. At The Village, Brian is known to be a favorite among the littles and is frequently found racing on the bumblebee scooter!
Brian lives in Northside with his partner, Justin, and their two dogs, Odin and Miles. Outside of work, he enjoys mountain biking, metalworking, and spending quality time with family and friends.