Centre Leaders

Meet our amazing centre leaders!

"Every child deserves a champion—an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be." – Rita Pierson

Sweetpeas is a family run business, primarily overseen by our amazing experienced Managing Director, Janine Evans.

Janine Evans

Janine is the Managing Director and Approved Provider of all four of our Sweetpeas services. Janine has been an early childhood education and care educator for 30 years in the Penrith region.

Janine is qualified with an Associate Diploma of Social Science (Child Studies) and has many years of experience with children with additional needs and catering to families from a range of different backgrounds.

Janine is a passionate learner and is always excited for professional development opportunities and chances to learn new knowledge and skills. Training Janine has participated in includes: Auslan, behaviour management, inclusion support, reconciliation, nutrition, food safety, child protection, healthy eating and physical activity, social justice in early childhood, and understanding the National Quality Standard.

Other than Janine, Sweetpeas has a small executive management team who own the Sweetpeas companies. To learn more about them, visit our Management Team page!

Each centre has a Director to ensure there is a responsible person in charge no matter which centre Janine is attending each day.

Aleisha Cooper

Aleisha is the Director of our Cranebrook centre. Aleisha is qualified with a Diploma of Early Childhood Education and has worked at Sweetpeas Cranebrook since 2025. Aleisha was previously at our Penrith Service as the Centre cook and Educator since 2022.

Aleisha started off as our Assistant Director under the mentorship of Janine and Linda. Aleisha has shown amazing leadership skills and we're so proud of her achievements.

Aleisha's passion for early childhood education has grown so much over the years from cook to director. She thrives on creating healthy and safe environments for all children.

Brooke Howell

Brooke is the Director of our Penrith centre. Brooke is qualified with a Diploma of Early Childhood Education and joined the Penrith team shortly after we started operating.

Brooke worked with Janine at the beginning her career when she began studying her Certificate III at another service Janine was leading at the time.

Brooke's passion for early childhood education motivated her to continue her professional development, completing her Diploma in 2022 via a work-based traineeship at Sweetpeas. We are so proud of Brooke's development as an educator and now a leader!

Zali Dolan

Zali is the Director of our St Clair centre. Zali is qualified with a Diploma of Early Childhood Education and previously worked in our Cranebrook centre as a Trainee

Zali has achieved so much within the Sweetpeas community starting as our Trainee and working her way up to Diploma now Director.

She is currently under the mentorship from Miss Sarah - our new assistant managing director.

Zali's passion for early childhood shows a fun and caring side. You'll always find her dancing or singing along with the children!

Brooke Streeting

Brooke is the Assistant Director of our St Marys centre. Brooke is qualified with a Diploma of Early Childhood Education and joined the St Marys team when we began operating in July 2022.

Brooke stepped into the role of Assistant Director in July 2023 after demonstrating her leadership skills during the service's Assessment and Rating process.

Brooke is being mentored by Janine as she learns the various responsibilities and duties associated with leading an early childhood education and care service.

Welcome to the leadership team Brooke!

If you would like to meet more of our dedicated team of Sweetpeas educators and support staff, please don't hesitate to contact us and book a tour of one of our centres.