Two new officers and three new members were elected to the Governing Board by NAEYC members. The five new Governing Board members, whose four-year terms will start June 1, 2006, are:

• Vice President - Jamilah Jor'dan, President, Partnership for Quality Child Care, Chicago, Illinois
• Secretary - Lori Dixon Longueville, Director, Child Care Resource & Referral, Carterville, Illinois
• Affiliate Liaison - Gera Jacobs, Associate Professor, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota
• Frank Gettridge, Chicago Public Schools STAR NET Regional Coordinator, Chicago, Illinois
• Jane Henderson, Policy Consultant, Berkeley, California

NAEYC's Governing Board works on behalf of its members and the children and families the association serves. The Governing Board is committed to working to raise the quality of early care and education for all young children and being certain that the association is well managed in pursuit of this mission.

The National Association for the Education of Young Children is the largest and most influential organization of early childhood educators and others dedicated to improving the quality of programs for children from birth through age eight. Founded in 1926, the organization has nearly 100,000 members, and a national network of over 300 local, state and regional affiliates.

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