RELATIONSHIPS

Barbara Bowman

President Emerita

Erikson Institute

Cheverly, MD

Nancy Goldsmith

Early Childhood Consultant

Damas Quarter, MD

Sue Bredekamp – Team Leader

Director of Research

Council for Professional Recognition

Washington, DC

Mary Louise Hemmeter

Department of Special Education

University of Illinois

Champaign, IL

Susan Campbell

Professor of Psychology

Chair, Developmental Psychology

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Lilian Katz

Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative

University of Illinois

Champaign, IL

Laura Colker

Consultant and Author

L.J. Colker & Associates

Washington, DC

Lisa Klein

Principal

Hestia Advising

Leawood, KS

Susanne Denham

Professor of Psychology

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

Robert Pianta

Novartis US Foundation Professor of Education

Curry School of Education

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

Lise Fox

Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health

Tampa, FL

 

 

 

CURRICULUM

Melinda Brookshire

Project Director

California Desired Results Training and Technical Assistance Project

California Institute for Human Services, Sonoma State University

Camarillo, CA

Deborah J. Leong

Professor

Metropolitan State College of Denver and Research Fellow, National Institute for Early Education Research

Rutgers University

Denver, CO

David Dickinson – Team Leader

Associate Professor

Carolyn and Peter Lynch School of Education

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

Peter L. Mangione

Co-Director

Center for Child and Family Studies

WestEd

Sausalito, CA

 

Tammy L. Mann

Director

Early Head Start National Resource Center @ ZERO TO THREE

Washington, DC

Barbara Wasik

Principal Research Scientist

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

 

 

Betty Holston Smith

BHSmith Early Childhood Education/Child Development Consultants Inc.

Rockville, MD

 

Additional Contributions From:

Shirley Allen, Director, Pentagon Child Development Center

Elena Bodrova, Senior Researcher, McREL and Research Fellow, National Institute for Early Education Research, Rutgers University

Douglas H. Clements, Professor, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Department of Learning and Instruction Graduate School of Education 

Jeanette McCollum, Early Childhood Programs Children's Research Center, University of Illinois

Sherrie Rudick, Director of Training, Teaching Strategies, Inc.

Jenna Blimes, Mental health Specialist/Consultant, Southwest Human Development, Phoenix, AZ

 

 

TEACHING

Bruce Boyden

Early Childhood Leadership Institute

University of the District of Columbia

Washington, DC

Rebecca New

Associate Professor

Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development

Tufts University

Ingrid Chalufour

Senior Developer

Center for Children and Families

Education Development Center, Inc.

Newton, MA

Sharon Ryan

Assistant Professor

Graduate School of Education

Rutgers University

New Brunswick, NJ

Deb Curtis

Early Childcare Teacher, Consultant and Trainer

Burlington Little School

Burlington, WA

Judith Schickedanz

Professor

Boston University

Boston, MA

Belynda McCray-Bell

Head Start and Early Head Start Director

KCMC Child Development Corporation

Kansas City, MO

Kathy Thornburg – Team Leader

Professor Emeritus

University of Missouri

Columbia, MO

Jean Monroe

Trainer

Oakland, CA

Melissa Werner

Snead State Community College

Boaz, AL

 

Additional Contributions From:

Ruth Major, Regional Trainer/Coordinator, WestEd, Program for Infant Toddler Caregivers (PITC), Partners for Quality

Barbara Hammerli, Laboratory Instructor, Child Development Lab, University of Missouri-Columbia

 

 

ASSESSMENT

Jerlean Daniel

Applied Developmental Psychology

School of Education

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA 

Elsa Nance

Rocky Hill, CT 

 Judy Harris Helm

Best Practices, Inc.

Brimfield, IL 

 Helen Raikes

Gallup Organization

Omaha, NE

 Pat Kennedy

Dallas, TX

Sharon Ford Schattgen

Coordinator, Curriculum and Assessment

Missouri Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education

Jefferson City, MO

John Love – Team Leader

Senior Fellow

Mathematica Policy Research

Princeton, NJ

Gail Solit

Coordinator

Early Childhood Programs

Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education

Gallaudet University

Washington, DC

Mary McLean

Professor

Department of Exceptional Education

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, WI

 

 

 

HEALTH

Susan Aronson. M.D. – Team Leader

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

University of Pennsylvania

Pediatric Advisor – Health Childcare PA

Narberth, PA

Joan Ascheim

Administrator

Division of Family & Community Health

Office of Community and Public Health

New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services

Concord, NH

 

Jeanne S. Brown

Nutrition Supervisor

Child Health Services

Manchester, NH

Jamilah R. Jor'dan

President

Partnership for Quality Child Care

Chicago, IL

Judy Collins

NARA

Norman, OK

Glennda Lacey

Social Services Quality Assurance

Department of Family Services

Cheyenne, WY

Catherine Cowell, M.D.

Nutritionist

New York, NY

Pauline Koch

Executive Director

National Association for Regulatory Administration

Newark, DE

Selma Deitch, M.D.

Chair, New Hampshire Pediatric Association Committee for Early Child Development, Adoption, and Out of Home Care

Manchester, NH

Mae Kyono, M.D.

Kapiolani Medical Center For Women and Children

Department of Pediatrics

Honolulu, HI

Lisa Dibrigia, M.D.

Early Childhood Program Health Consultant

Bedford, NH

Barbara Thompson

Senior Program Analyst

Office of the Secretary of Defense

Office of Children & Youth

Washington, DC

Danette Glassy, M.D.

Mercer Island Pediatric Associates

Mercer Island, WA

 

 

 

TEACHERS

Beverly Briggs

Early Childhood Specialist

Briggs Early Childhood Services

Beaverton, OR

Sharon Hawley

Education Administrator

California Department of Education

Sacramento, CA

Debby Cryer – Team Leader

Scientist

Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center

University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

Carrborro, NC

John Johnston

Professor

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

Ann Epstein

Director, Early Childhood Division

High/Scope Educational Research Foundation

Ypsilanti, MI

Gwen Morgan

Lincoln, MA

 

Susan Sandall

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Marci Young

Director

The Center for the Child Care Workforce

A Project of the American Federation of Teachers Educational Foundation

Washington, DC

 

 

FAMILIES & COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

Louise Derman Sparks

Pacific Oaks College

Pasadena, CA

Jeri Robinson

VP Early Childhood Programs

The Children’s Museum

Boston, MA

Gloria Harbin

Scientist

FPG Child Development Institute and Research Associate Professor in Education

University of NC – Chapel Hill

Carrboro, NC

Sheila Skiffington

Senior Managing Director

Center for Children and Families

Education Development Center, Inc.

Newton, MA

Margaret King

Ohio University

Athens, OH

Dianne Warner

Education/Parenting Consultant

West Hartford, CT

Jon Korfmacher

Associate Professor

Erikson Institute

Chicago, IL

Valora Washington – Team Leader

Consultant

Winchester, MA

Lynda Pollard

Director of Program

SSPC Children’s Center

Silver Spring, MD

 

Additional Contributions From:

Ann Schlesinger, Early Education Partnership Research Associate, Center for Children & Families, Education Development Center, Inc.

Costanza Eggers-Piérola, Senior Research and Development Associate, Center for Children & Families, Education Development Center, Inc.

 

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

James Clay

Director

School for Friends

Washington, DC

Gayle Cunningham – Team Leader

Executive Director

Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity

Birmingham, AL

Steven Eng

Manager, Community Care Facilities Licensing

Fraser Health Authority

Burnaby, British Columbia

Canada

Dick Passantino

President

Passantino & Bavier, Inc.

A Division of Facility Design Group

Smyrna, GA

Jim Greenman

Senior Vice President

Bright Horizons Family Solutions

Watertown, MA

Bertha Sparks

Training and Curriculum Specialist

Child and Youth Service

Department of the Army

Stafford, VA

Additional Contributions From:

Barbara Newby, Assistant Director of the Orfalea Family Children’s Center, Citrus Community College

Vicki Stoecklin, Education and Child Development Director, White Hutchinson Leisure Learning Group

Marcia Trajano, Director of Business Development, Passantino & Bavier, Inc.

 

 

LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT

Kay Albrecht

Innovations in Early Childhood Education

Houston, TX

Barbara Hamilton

Assistant Director

National Resource Center for Health

and Safety in Child Care

Aurora, CO

Paula Jorde Bloom

Professor and Director

Center for Early Childhood Leadership

National-Louis University

Wheeling, IL

Gloria Harbin

Scientist

FPG Child Development Institute and Research Associate Professor in Education

University of NC – Chapel Hill

Carrboro, NC

Lindy Buch

Supervisor, Early Childhood and

Parenting Programs

Michigan Department of Education

Lansing, MI

Tynette Hills

Independent Consultant

Durham, NC

Linda Espinosa – Team Leader

College of Education

University of Missouri-Columbia

Columbia, MO

Ellen Montanari

President

The Creative Planning Group

Solana Beach, CA

Pat Fahey

Senior Director of Projects

Center for Children and Families

Education Development Center, Inc.

Newton, MA

Leslie Peterson

Fairfax, VA

Patricia Scallan-Berl

Division Vice President

Mid-Atlantic Operations

Bright Horizons Family Solutions

Gaithersburg, MD

Pat Snyder

Editor, Journal of Early Intervention

School of Allied Health Professions

LSU Medical Center

New Orleans, LA

Larry Schweinhart

President

High Scope Educational Research Foundation

Ypsilanti, MI

Sharon Yandian

Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Technical Assistant Center

Academy for Educational Development

Washington, DC

Barbara Smith – Team Leader

Associate Research Professor

Center for Collaborative Education Leadership

School of Education CU- Denver

Denver, CO

 

Additional Contributions From:

Liz Grams, E.C. Coordinator, Douglas County Schools

Gail Whitman, CI Coordinator, Douglas County Schools

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