Natalie Vega O’Neil, President / Junior Achievement of Washington, Auburn, WA

Ann McClain Terrell, Past President / Early childhood speaker and consultant, Graceful Leadership, Milwaukee, WI 

Kelly Ramsey, Vice President / All Our Kin, Oklahoma City, OK

Brian Johnson, Secretary / Children and Youth Institute Michigan State University Extension, Lansing, MI

Michelle Wlazlo, Treasurer / JC Penney Co. Inc., Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

Joseph Alviani / Salesforce, Newton, NJ

Uhriel Bedoya / Fintech Executive, Miami, FL

Anthony Broughton / Claflin University, Cross, SC

Shayna Cook / Bainum Family Foundation, Washington, DC

Barbara Cooper / Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education, Montgomery, AL

Stacey French-Lee / Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

Nadia Jones / Early Ed Architects, Atlanta, GA

G. Nicole Lazarte / Early childhood educator, Student, George Mason University

Charu Manocha / Greenlight Biosciences, Boston, MA

Nicol Russell / Teaching Strategies LLC, Phoenix, AZ

Ian Schiefelbein / Early childhood educator, Student, New Mexico State University

Toni Sturdivant / Camp Fire First Texas, Fort Worth, TX

Traki Taylor / State University System of Florida, Tallahassee, FL

Reginald Williams / South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC

Michelle Kang (Ex Officio) / NAEYC Chief Executive Officer, Washington, DC

Young Children Consulting Editors 

Jessica Alvarado / National University, San Diego, CA 

Jolene Andriaschko / Strategic Education Consulting Solutions, Macomb Township, MI 

Lawrence Balter / New York University, New York, NY 

Holland Banse / University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 

Bonnie Blagojevic / Morningtown Consulting, Orono, ME 

Meghan Block / Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 

Lorraine Breffni / Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL 

Pam Brillante / New Jersey Department of Education, Special Education Services, Trenton, NJ 

Amber Brown / University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, TX 

Jennifer Buchter / Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL 

Teresa Byington / University of Nevada, Reno, NV 

Karen Burger Cairone / Education Development Center Inc., Learning and Teaching Division, Newtown, PA  

Lisa Castillo / South Salem Elementary School, Port Washington, NY 

Eun Kyeong Cho / University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 

Dong Hwa Choi / Park University, Parkville, MO 

Michael Connor / Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR 

Christan Coogle / George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 

Patricia Cooper / Queens College-CUNY, Long Island City, NY 

Shelly Counsell / University of Memphis, TN 

Jennifer Crandell / WestEd, Scituate, MA 

Becky DelVecchio / University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 

Michelle Dent / Goodwin College, East Hartford, CT 

Dede Dunst / Mitchell Community College, Statesville, NC 

Angela Eckhoff / Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 

Andrea Emerson / Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR 

Jeanne Galbraith / State University of New York, Geneseo, NY 

Keri Giordano / Kean University, Union, NJ 

Ron Grady / NOLA Nature School, New Orleans, LA 

Kathleen Harris / Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA 

Dorian Harrison / Ohio State University, Newark, OH 

Holly Hatton-Bowers / University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 

Jayme Hines / Keene State College, NH 

Emily Brown Hoffman / National Lewis University, Chicago, IL 

Cindy Hoisington / Education Development Center, Newton, MA 

Tamar Jacobson / Rider University, Philadelphia, PA 

Rebecca Roji John / Old Dominion University, Chesapeake, VA 

Kristen Kemple / University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 

Jinhee Kim / Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA 

Anita Kumar / William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ 

Hannah Kye / Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 

Ji-Eun Lee / Oakland University, Rochester, MI 

Sandra Linder / Clemson University, Clemson, SC 

Melanie Loewenstein / Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX 

Julia Luckenbill / Davis Parent Nursery School, Davis, CA 

Christine Lux / Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 

Sue Mankiw / William Paterson University, Vernon, NJ 

Bernice Mayfield / Northern Virginia Community College, Manassas, VA 

Kelly McCormick / University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME 

Hannah Mills Mechler / University of North Texas at Dallas, Fort Worth, TX 

Alison Mellott / Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA 

Amanda Messer / Lincoln County School System, Stanford, KY  

Lori Erbrederis Meyer / University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 

Gayle Mindes / DePaul University, Chicago, IL 

William Mosier / Istanbul University, Dayton, OH 

Meir Muller / University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 

Karen Nemeth / Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA 

Jodi Nerren / Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 

Neal Nghia Nguyen / Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 

Monica O'Gara / City Neighbors Charter School, Baltimore, MD 

Conrad Oh-Young / California State University-Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA 

Laura Paciorek / MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA 

Soojin Park / University of Washington, Seattle, WA 

Cheryl Paul / Henry Barnard School, North Attleboro, MA 

Rekha Rajan / Concordia University, River Forest, IL 

Gurupriya Ramanathan / Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD 

Alissa Rausch / University of Denver, Denver, CO 

Nanci Red Bird / University of Montana Western, Dillon, MT 

Gretchen Reynolds / Algonquin College, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 

Laurie Lee Richter / University of New Orleans, Metairie, LA 

Dawn Rouse / University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI 

Angela K. Salmon / Florida International University, Miami, FL 

Katie Schrodt / Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 

Holly Seplocha / William Paterson University, Westfield, NJ 

Christine Snyder / University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 

Susan Stacey / Halifax Grammar School, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 

Robyn Stone / University of California, Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Extension, CA 

Gabrielle Strasfogel-Ryklin / Preschool of the Arts, New York, NY 

Toni Sturdivant / Camp Fire First Texas, Fort Worth, TX 

Wenyang Sun / University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 

John Sutterby / University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 

Rebecca Swartz / Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 

Linda Taylor / Ball State University, Muncie, IN 

Josh Thompson / Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX 

Christy Tirrell-Corbin / University of Maryland, College Park, MD 

Mary Trepanier-Street / University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI 

Allison N. VanLoon / Acorn Academy, New Brighton, MN 

Nicole Willard / Windmill School Laurel Education Center, Portola Valley, CA 

Alyson Williams / Virginia Early Childhood Foundation, Richmond, VA 

Brian Wright / University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 

Hsiu-Wen Yang / Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, Chapel Hill, NC 

Jennifer Zosh / Pennsylvania State University, Media, PA 

Voices of Practitioners Executive Editors 

Megina Baker / Neighborhood Villages, Boston, MA 

Amanda Branscombe / Athens State University, Athens, AL 

Maleka Donaldson / Smith College, Northampton, MA 

Isauro Escamilla / San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 

Barbara Henderson, Coeditor / San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

Ben Mardell / Harvard University, Boston, MA  

Debra Murphy / Cape Cod Community College, West Barnstable, MA 

Frances Rust / University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 

Andrew J. Stremmel / South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 

Editorial Advisory Board 

Stacy M. Alfonso / University of Washington, Seattle WA 

Georgina Ardalan / JO Wilson Elementary School, Washington, DC 

Cindy Ballenger / Tufts University, Medford, MA 

Nancy Barbour / James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 

Megan Blumenreich / City College of New York, New York NY 

Robyn Brookshire / University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 

Cheryl Bulat / Morton College, Cicero, IL 

Kathryn Castle / Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 

Lori Caudle / Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 

Sherry Cleary / City University of New York; New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute, New York, NY  

Mary Cronin / Cape Cod Community College, West Barnstable, MA 

Jerlean Daniel / Early childhood consultant, Stoney Beach, MD 

Mary Garguile / Olympic College, Bremerton, WA 

Anna Golden / Atelierista Sabot School, Stony Point Campus, Richmond, VA 

Beth Graue / University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 

Renata Love Jones / Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 

Martha Melgoza / Consultant and Without Walls Learning Cooperative, Richmond, CA 

Mary Jane Moran / University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 

Leah Muccio / University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 

Carrie Nepstad / Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL 

Rebecca S. New / University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 

Gail Ritchie / Fairfax County Public Schools, Alexandria, VA 

Danielle Savory Seggerson / Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI 

Jamie Solomon / University of Michigan, Flint, MI 

Stacia Stribling / George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 

Patricia Sullivan / San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 

Kaile Thomas /The Little School, San Francisco, CA

Nathaniel U. Weber / Russian Hill School, San Francisco, CA 

Ashley Williams / Jumpstart for Young Children, San Francisco, CA