Heather North-McGraw

Founder & President

Heather founded NannyTucket in 2008 with the vision of simplifying the challenges of finding quality childcare.

Under Heather's direction, NannyTucket has blossomed from an idea to a network that includes over 300 childcare providers in Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and Boston.

Heather first started coming to Nantucket in 1999 as a college sophomore and hasn’t stopped. As a college student, Heather waitressed at the Nantucket Yacht Club, The Tavern, The Galley, and of course picked up a few babysitting jobs here and there, however she would have taken more if she had had the opportunity... After graduating from the University of Massachusetts with a minor in early childhood development, Heather became a lead teacher within Bright Horizons’ infant care room. Not long afterwards, she was offered a position as the Nanny and Family Assistant for the Family of US Senator John Edwards. Over the course of the 2004 and 2008 campaigns, Heather became accustomed to interviewing, hiring and training babysitters not only for the Edwards’, but also for other campaign staff and friends. This experience provided Heather with a unique understanding of what it takes to provide childcare, meet high expectations and balance ever-changing schedules. Heather brings this knowledge to the Nantucket community together with her husband, Jed, where they met in 2002 and were engaged in 2005. NannyTucket aims to become a sustaining resource for families to rely on for quality caregivers and for people seeking part-time seasonal employment.

Jed McGraw

Co-Founder & Vice President

Jed leads NannyTucket's strategy and operations, including licensing, insurance and finance. As a Babson MBA candidate, Jed is focused on setting NannyTucket on a path toward steady growth and sustainability. Jed is also a seasoned software and systems sales professional with over 7 years at Oracle and Toshiba, where he has demonstrated aggressive sales growth.

After graduating from Colby College in 2002, Jed worked as a Beach Ranger for the Trustee's of Reservations on Nantucket's Great Point. It was that summer that he met Heather (he dug her jeep out of the sand) and later proposed to Heather on a Nantucket Beach in 2005.

NannyTucket aims to become a sustaining resource for Nantucket families to rely-on for quality caregivers and for people seeking part-time employment.

Emilie Wiggin

Manager, Martha's Vineyard

Emilie returns to NannyTucket for her third season. Emilie is focused on driving organic growth in the Martha's Vineyard market while maintaining NannyTucket's standards for quality. Her attention to detail is unmatched. She is truly an invaluable member of this NannyTucket Team.

Emilie is a recent graduate of Trinity College where she double majored in Economics and Religion and was a four year member of the Women's Ice Hockey team. Her work with children dates back many years to her community service involvement as an aide to an elementary school gym teacher. She taught sailing for six years, becoming Program Manager at the Satuit Boat Club, in Scituate, Massachusetts. During her years at Trinity, she worked as a mentor and tutor at a Hartford middle school and volunteered at a learn-to-skate program that offered free lessons and equipment to inner city youth.

As a team captain, she helped lead the Trinity Woman’s Ice Hockey team in their first ever bid to the NCAA national tournament, earning conference academic and sportsmanship awards along the way. Emilie’s greatest rewards come from teambuilding and motivation. She loves outdoor activities, and is thrilled to be able to spend summers in Nantucket.

Brooke Weicker

Office Manager

As Office Manager, Brooke's primary responsibilities include ensuring that each candidate has gone through our extensive screening process and that job scheduling is maintained.

Brooke is going into her Senior year at Trinity College where she's majoring in Educational Studies. Her work with children dates back many years from babysitting neighbors to working full time during the summers for a family. She's babysat children of all ages from newborns to early teenagers. During her years at Trinity, she worked as a mentor and tutor at a Hartford elementary school and volunteered at an after school program for Latino elementary through high school students.

She's worked for the past three summers at a sleepover camp on Martha's Vineyard for kids and adults with cerebal palsy and other handicaps. Eventually, she wants to work as a Special Education teacher and loves being involved with children in general. She loves the beach and being outdoors, and is very happy to be able to spend summers in Nantucket.

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