Michael B. Abel, Ph.D. is the Director of Research and Evaluation at the McCormick Center for Early ...
Cathy Abraham has worked with children and families since 1982 in various capacities. She has worked...
Carol Aghayan is an early childhood consultant with over 30 years in the field as a teacher, univers...
Kay Albrecht is president of Innovations in Early Childhood Education, Inc. Teaching in some capacit...
Lindsey T. Allard Agnamba leads School Readiness Consulting, which improves the lives of young chil...
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Ranae Amezquita is the Director for the Early Childhood Education Division in the Los Angeles Unifie...
Jolene Andriaschko, Ed.D., has over 20 years’ experience in Early Childhood Education, including s...
Aja Appel is an early childhood educator with years of classroom experience and a Masters degree in ...
Laurie Anne Armstrong is the Early Literacy Trainer at Arapahoe Library District where she helps ear...
Giovanni Arroyo is the media specialist for the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership. He ...
Berna Artis, an education veteran for 23 years with a B.A. in TESL and an M.A. in ECE, is the founde...
Peggy Ashbrook is an early childhood science teacher, mentor and writer—the National Science Teach...
Michael Assel, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Children’s Learning Institute ...
Jenna Augustine is a creative, fun, passionate and driven early childhood educator of nine years. St...
Dalia has worked for over 15 years in private, public, and non-profit organizations in the areas of ...
Suzanne Axelsson works as a pedagogical consultant using experience, inspiration and research in lis...
Dr. Bailet earned her B.A. at Wake Forest University and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Northwestern Univer...
Becky A. Bailey, Ph.D., our presenter for Hitting, Pushing and Name-calling: Bully-proofing Your ECE...
Dr. Mark Bailey is a Professor whose background is in educational psychology and human learning. Wit...
Isabel Baker started The Book Vine for Children over forty years ago. Armed with master’s degrees ...
Morna Ballantyne is the Executive Director of Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada. Morna has m...
Betty Bardige, Ed.D. is a developmental psychologist, author, and advocate who is passionate about s...
Kori Bardige, MS.Ed.is an early childhood special education consultant. She began her career 20 year...
Rachel Barr is an Associate professor at Georgetown University in the Department of Psychology. She ...
Julie Bartkus is a productivity and performance expert and the creator of The Staff Motivation and R...
Dr. Bartolini has worked with children, educators and administrators both in the public schools and ...
Erin E. Barton, PhD, BCBA-D, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education at Van...
Dr. Baylin received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Peabody College of Vanderbilt Universi...
Dr. Jill Bella, EdD, is director of professional learning at the McCormick Center for Early Childhoo...
Christian is a graduate of Seton Hall University and Rutgers University, with degrees in Psychology ...
As an author, speaker, professor, and consultant, she has prepared educators to work with children a...
Sallee J. Beneke is a professor of early childhood education and director of the master’s prog...
Mary Benson McMullen, PhD, is Professor of Early Childhood Education at Indiana University-Bloomingt...
Heather Bernt-Santy, M.A. Ed. has been in the field of early care and education for over 30 years in...
Karen Bierman is an Evan Pugh University Professor, Professor of Psychology and Human Development an...
For the past three decades, Jenna has been everything from a parent volunteer, preschool teacher, di...
Betsy Bird (she/her) Betsy is a School Library Journal Fuse#8 Blogger, the Evanston Public Library C...
Julie Bisson has been in the field of early childhood education for 35 years as a director, trainer,...
Ron Blatz is the Executive Director of Discovery Children’s Centre, a Not-for-Profit Child cafe Ce...
Lisa Boggess received her undergraduate degree and teaching certifications while at Illinois Wesleya...
Dr. Sheresa Boone Blanchard is an Associate Professor at East Carolina University in the department ...
Dr Patty Born Selly is an assistant professor of environmental and STEM education at Hamline Univers...
Laura Bornfreund is a director of Early & Elementary Education Policy at New America. Ms. Bornfr...
Dawn Braa is an Early Childhood and Youth Development instructor. Dawn has a M.A. in Early Childhood...
Ashley Brailsford, PhD is an early childhood educator and nature enthusiast who launched Unearthing ...
Linda Brekken, Ph.D. has been involved in state and national professional development, policy, and a...
Dr. Pam Brillante is an Assistant Professor of Special Education, specializing in Early Childhood Sp...
Monica Brinkerhoff is the Associate Vice President for Early Childhood Education at the United Way o...
Mike Browne (he/him) is the Senior Community Engagement Manager for Hilltop Children’s Center ...
Holly Elissa Bruno, MA, JD, author, professor, keynote speaker and radio host served as Assistant At...
Warren Buckleitner is an expert on children and technology. A former preschool, elementary and colle...
As the Associate Director, Psychosocial Programs Ms. Burton’s role is to identify and develop stra...
MindologyFitness™ founder, Troy Byer refers to herself as a “mental fitness coach.̶...
Cen began her professional library career as a Bookmobile manager in rural Nova Scotia, after which ...
Beth Cannon is an international speaker, educator and entrepreneur known for her passion for engagin...
Lauren Carlisle is the Communications and Outreach Coordinator for the Wyoming Early Childhood Outre...
Frances Carlson has a Bachelor’s Degree in English from the University of North Georgia and a ...
Sharon Carlson has been involved in the education sector for over 25 years in various roles (ECE edu...
Rosa Antonia Carrillo, founder of Carrillo & Associates, is a thought leader in transformational...
Jennifer Carsen is a mom, child care marketing specialist, writer, and recovering employment law att...
Margie Carter has worked as a kindergarten teacher, child care director, and adjunct faculty at Paci...
Carmen A. Castillo is a versed educator. For more than twenty years, she has held several position...
Camille Catlett is a Scientist the University of North Carolina’s Frank Porter Graham Child De...
Wendy Cervantes is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy where she works t...
Dr. Sylvia C. Chard is Professor Emeritus of Early Childhood Education at the University of Alberta,...
Kathy Charner is the Editor in Chief, Books and Related Resources for the National Association for t...
Barbara A. Chester is the co-presenter for Seamless Preschool to Elementary Transitions: The Role of...
Dana Childress, Ph.D. is an Early Intervention Professional Development Consultant with the Partners...
Dr. Douglas Clements, Kennedy Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Learning and Professor at the Univers...
Laura J. Colker, Ed.D., is the President of L.J. Colker & Associates. She is an author, lecturer...
Gill Connell Based in Christchurch, New Zealand, founder of Moving Smart Ltd., Gill is a globally re...
Gail Connelly, the presenter for Seamless Preschool to Elementary Transitions: The Role of Elementar...
Tom Copeland is the nation’s leading expert on the business of family child care. He is an indepen...
Luisa M. Cotto holds a Master’s degree in curriculum and instruction with a concentration in instr...
Marica Cox Mitchell is responsible for the National Association for the Education of Young Children...
Dr. Crowther is currently working in various jurisdictions to help to develop developmentally approp...
Stephanie Curenton, Ph.D., is a tenured associate professor in the Boston University Wheelock Colleg...
Deb Curtis has spent the past 40 years working with children and teachers in early childhood program...
D’Agostino, Founder/CEO of Inspire! Care 360, has spent over 10 years as a early learning and chil...
Maryam Daha, M.A., has more than 35 years of experience working with children, families, and teacher...
Lisa Daly is passionate about transforming early learning to deepen meaningful experiences and conne...
Kristen Darling-Churchill (M.P.P.) is a Research Scientist with Child Trends’ education and ea...
When it comes to young children and learning, Andrew Davis loves when a plan comes together. But wha...
Jill de Villiers, Ph.D., is the Sophia and Austin Smith Professor in the Departments of Psychology a...
Felicia DeHaney, Ph.D. is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Black Child Dev...
Holly Delgado is an Early Childhood Specialist and former demonstration preschool teacher at the Hig...
Laura Delgado is the Vice President of Curriculum and Professional Development for Learning Beyond P...
Gabrielle DeLoach, M.S. has held various positions in a teaching, coaching, and mentoring role. She ...
Melissa Depper is a Librarian for the Arapahoe Library District, where she develops early childhood ...
Steven Dick, Ph.D. (Michigan State) is an experienced project manager, data scientist, and surveyor ...
Professor Dickinson is the Margaret Cowan Chair and Associate Dean for Research of Peabody College. ...
Chip Donohue, PhD, is the Dean of Distance Learning and Continuing Education and Director of the TEC...
Anne Douglass, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education and founding Executive Dir...
Connie Bergstein Dow grew up in Cincinnati, went to Denison University, and received her MFA degree ...
Carrie Lynne Draper is the Founder and Executive Director, of Readiness Learning Associates, a natio...
Miriam Dressler has worked in the education field for over twenty years as a teacher, center directo...
Walter F. Drew, Ed.D., is the founder and executive director of the Institute for Self Active Educat...
Ellen brings over 30 years of experience to the early childhood field. Her enthusiasm and passion fo...
Nell K. Duke, Ed.D. is a professor in language, literacy, and culture and the combined program in ed...
Sandra works to assure the miracle and magic of childhood through indoor and outdoor play space envi...
As an early childhood educator Sharon DuShane Young developed an outdoor classroom coordinator posit...
Sharon Easterling currently works with the Opportunities Exchange consulting team to support communi...
Angela Eckhoff is an Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning-Early Childhood Education and co-d...
Vicki Ehlers loves to play and, especially, to play outdoors! She is passionate about creating more ...
Eliana Elias has been working in the field of ECE for the past 32 years. For the first 12 years of h...
Maurice J. Elias, Ph.D.. is Professor, Psychology Department, Rutgers University, a Past President o...
Beth Engelhardt, the presenter of Firefighter or ECE Administrator? Putting Out Management “Fires...
A designer with a marketing mind, Lindsey Engelhardt creates brand identities, customized websites, ...
Laura Ensler is a consultant to public, private and not-for-profit organizations in early care and e...
Sarah Erdman is an experienced early childhood educator and museum professional. Her research and pr...
Dr. Linda M. Espinosa, is currently Co-PI for the Getting on Track for Early School Success: Effecti...
Beth Fairchild has forty years of experience in the early childhood/early intervention field. She ...
Katherine Falen, MEd. has 25 years of experience in the f1eld of early childhood education, with ove...
Annette Farrell received her undergraduate degree from Texas Christian University and is seeking a M...
MaryAnn Faubion Kohl, a former elementary education teacher, launched Bright Ring Publishing, Inc. i...
Jennifer Fiechtner is senior partner at Innovations in Early Childhood Education, Inc. She is an edu...
Pattie Fitzgerald has been successfully teaching Child Predator Safety Awareness since 2001. She is ...
Dr. Ida Rose Florez is an influential thought leader who sees western education systems teetering on...
Nathanael Flynn has been a preschool teacher for over 15 years. He has a Masters in Early Childhood ...
Meet Karen Foster-Jorgensen – Innovation Champion, Synthesizer of Thought and Facilitator of F...
Heather has spent more than 30 years training and supervising Early Childhood professionals and now ...
Lise Fox is a professor in the Department of Child and Family Studies at the University of South Flo...
As Executive Director of Child Care Aware® of America (CCAoA), Lynette M. Fraga, Ph.D., is a passio...
Tara Franklin is a dynamic and highly accomplished ECE business leader with a proven track record of...
Susan Friedman is Senior Director of Content Strategy and Development for NAEYC, a professional memb...
Ann Gadzikowski is an author and educator with a passion for challenging children to think creativel...
Judy Galbraith, M.A. is president & founder of Free Spirit Publishing whose mission is to provid...
Ellen Galinsky is the chief science officer at the Bezos Family Foundation where she also serves a...
Gillian Gansler is the Vice President of Business Development at Quality Assist. Quality Assist ha...
Carol Garboden Murray is an early childhood teacher, director, mentor, and writer. She is the author...
Dan is a former Head Start teacher for the Red Lake Ojibwe in Minnesota. During the 1970s, Dan was a...
Ariane Gauvreau is the Senior Director of Professional Development at the Haring Center for Inclusiv...
Megan Gessler, M.Ed., is the Early Childhood Education Program Coordinator for The Morton Arboretum ...
Dr. Veronica Getskow has taught preschool, kindergarten and early childhood classes at the community...
Dr. Melony Gibson is the Senior Manager of Leadership Development at Bright Horizons Family Solution...
Sara Gilliam is Editor-in-Chief of Exchange, the leading publication for early childhood leaders. Sh...
Lindsay N. Giroux, M.Ed., is the Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (SEFEL) Coordinator...
After working in advertising for many years, Pam pivoted and created a career as an early childhood ...
After working in advertising for many years, Pam pivoted and created a career as an early childhood ...
Stacie Goffin, Principal of the Goffin Strategy Group, is a recognized authority on early childhood ...
Dr. Stephanie Goloway is a lifelong educator and advocate for play, storytelling, and the imaginatio...
Alison Gopnik is a professor of psychology and affiliate professor of philosophy at the University o...
Mileidis Gort, Associate Professor of Bilingualism and Biliteracy, joined The Ohio State University ...
Claire Goss is the Senior Manager, Family and Client Support at Bright Horizons. In her role, Claire...
I am a lifelong advocate for social justice who found my professional home in 1979 when I discovered...
As president of Parents’ Choice Foundation, the nation’s oldest nonprofit guide to quality chil...
Jennifer Grisham, Ed.D., is Professor in the Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education program at ...
In the late 1980s, Steve Gross, MSW, began running playgroups for homeless children in Greater Bosto...
As Director of New America's Early Education Initiative, Lisa focuses on how to create and scale up ...
Susan Gunnewig, the presenter for The Influences Changing Instruction in the Prekindergarten Classro...
Alan Guttman earned a Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education from New York University and has s...
Heidi Hagel Braid is the Chief Program Officer at First Children’s Finance, a nonprofit organizati...
The mother and son founders of IntelliKid Systems have 40 years experience in childcare as an owner/...
Libby Hall, M.Ed., CALP, is a 20-year veteran in the classroom. She has worked in special education,...
Ruth Anne Hammond is the author of Respecting Babies: A Guide to Educaring for Parents and Professio...
Kelly Hansinger is the Senior Director of Learning & Leadership Development for Bright Horizons ...
Matt Harrell is the CEO and co-founder of MemberHub.com, an online group communication tool used in ...
Kirsten Haugen is an Education Specialist for Dimensions Educational Research Foundation. Through Di...
Abbey Haughey is the COO of Wunderled. She has a degree in Art Education from Northeastern State Uni...
Sally Haughey is the CEO and Founder of Fairy Dust Teaching. Fairy Dust Teaching is built on the pas...
Kathleen Hayes, currently editor of Highlights High Five™, has taught graduate courses in early ch...
David Heath has worked in the fields of education, entertainment, business, and publishing. He began...
Sandra Heidemann, M.S., is a decades-long veteran of early childhood education with an emphasis on s...
Martha Heineman Pieper, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist and author who works with children and parents a...
Mary Louise Hemmeter is a professor of Special Education at Vanderbilt University. Her research focu...
Ileen Schwartz-Henderson, MEd, is the National Director of the Bright Space Program for The Bright H...
Lisa Henkel, CFE is a passionate advocate for Early Childhood Education and works continuously to ad...
Laura Henry is an expert, international award-winning Early Childhood trainer and consultant, based ...
Luis A. Hernandez, T/TAS Early Childhood Education Specialist, holds an M.A. in Bilingual/Multicultu...
Cate Heroman is passionate about helping young children become successful learners and socially comp...
Claudia Herrmann, a lawyer licensed to practice throughout in Mexico, business consultant, business ...
Hester Paul, M.S. has been the National Director for Eco-Healthy Child Care® since February of 2008...
Molly Hichens is a professional speaker, trainer, and second generation owner at Bright Beginnings P...
Amanda Higgins, M.Ed., is a Professional Learning and Development Trainer at Storypark in New Zealan...
Kate Highfield, is a teacher educator from the Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University (S...
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, a Professor of Psychology at Temple University and a senior fellow at the Brookin...
Jeff is the Marketing Director for BumbleeBee software, an innovative and easy-to-use enrollment and...
Ellen I. Honeck, Ph.D., has been involved in gifted education as a classroom teacher, administrator,...
Mike Hook is an experienced leader, who’s worked with some of the country’s largest childcar...
Teddy is the VP of Customer Operations at LineLeader. He’s an experienced and proven leader in Saa...
Dr. Donna Housman, Ed.D has over 35 years’ experience as a psychologist in the field of child deve...
Jacky Howell, MA has been working in the field of early childhood education for over 40 years. She h...
Mike Huber, MAEd is the author of Inclusion Includes Us: Building Bridges and Removing Barriers to I...
Kamye Hugley is an experienced education professional who works to support student-level impact in o...
Aquiles Iglesias, Ph.D., is the Unidel Katherine Esterly Chair Emeritus of Health Sciences and the F...
Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., is a Research Professor in the Department of Public Policy and the Founding ...
Judy Jablon, founder and Executive Director of Leading for Children, has spent more than thirty-five...
Nadia Jaboneta works as a pedagogical leader and classroom teacher at Pacific Primary preschool in ...
Dr. Jackson has spent her life living across three continents and experienced several educational sy...
Safiyah Jackson serves as Director of Training with McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership....
Caroline Jens has a diverse background which includes over 25 years of finance and nearly 10 years ...
Jill Bertelsen has a passion for empowering women in business. I have the opportunity to do this thr...
Joanne Hurt is the Executive Director of Wonders Early Learning + Extended Day, a nonprofit organiza...
Jessica Johnsen has worked in the early childhood industry for over a decade. She is currently a Coa...
A television professional for over 17 years, Shaun has specialized experience in the field of educat...
Jeff Johnson is an early learning speaker, podcaster, content creator, author and founder of Playvol...
Jacqueline Jones is the President and CEO of the Foundation for Child Development. She served as Sen...
Christy Jones-Hudson, child advocate, technical writer, and owner of Multicoachural Consulting, LLC,...
Ijumaa’s transformative consulting and teaching focus on anti-racism in early childhood, play and ...
Barbara Kaiser is the co-author of Challenging Behavior in Young Children (3rd Edition, 2012) and Ch...
Diane is a registered early childhood educator in the province of Ontario. She received a Bachelor o...
Kathy Korman Frey is the founder of the Hot Mommas® Project: The world’s largest collection of di...
Rusty Keeler is a natural playscape designer and author who for nearly 30 years has traveled the wor...
Makai attended D.C. Public Schools until she began high school at Sidwell Friends School. Makai grad...
Lynne Kenney, Psy.D., is a mother of two, a practicing pediatric psychologist in Scottsdale, AZ, and...
Dr. Petra Kern, owner of Music Therapy Consulting, is adjunct Associate Professor at the University ...
Kendra Kett M.Ed. earned both her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and her Master’s degree in Ea...
Kasey has been working for 15+ years in the early childhood field as a Center Director, a training s...
Cheryl Kilodavis is a is a native Seattle-ite mixed with African-American and Caucasian heritage. Sh...
Nadia Y. Kim is Professor of Sociology at Loyola Marymount University. Her research focuses on US ra...
In 1990, Donna King, informed by her graduate school study of child care quality, worked with a grou...
After years of thinking that making games for a living is a pipe dream, Peter found himself going to...
Evelyn Knight, is a 2 time TEDx speaker is an engaging speaker and leading expert in Early Childhood...
Andrea Knowlton is the Director of Early Childhood Services Department at Napa County Office of Educ...
Amy Koester is a Children’s Librarian with the St. Charles City-County Library District in Mis...
Yvonne Kogan is the co-founder and Academic Principal of the Early Childhood and Elementary Departme...
Derry Koralek is the President of DGK & Company, an early childhood educational consulting compa...
Jani Kozlowski, MA provides professional development and technical assistance (TA) for state leaders...
Mary Kuehner is the Early Literacy Outreach Librarian at Arapahoe Library District where she facilit...
Lisa Porter Kuh, Ph.D. is currently an Instructional Coach for the Bezos Academy, a national initiat...
Olga Lacayo is a Garifuna educator and author. She has more than 38 years of experience in the field...
Sara Langworthy, Ph.D. is an author, consultant, speaker and YouTuber. Her book, Bridging the Relati...
Dr. Rachel A. Larimore is an educator, speaker, consultant, and author of three books including Esta...
Kara E. Lehnhardt the presenter of I’m an ECE Administrator! Now What? Scaffolding for Career Deve...
Theressa Lenear has over 36 years of experience in the early childhood field. In that time, she has ...
Lisa Lenhart is a professor at the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio and is also the Director for t...
Claire is a nationally recognized child development and parenting expert with more than three decade...
Carol, in building her business from before, and into, the dawn of the digital age has trained hundr...
Dr. Bisa Batten Lewis is a professor of Early Childhood Education in the Tift College of Education a...
Junlei Li serves the co-chair of the Human Development and Education Program and the Saul Zaentz sen...
Kathy Ligon is on a mission to help private education providers grow their businesses. Trained as a ...
As a native of Rockford, Illinois and a current resident of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Jeff graduate...
Shannon Lockhart is an Early Childhood Applied Practice Manager for the HighScope Educational Resear...
Ana Lomba is revolutionizing the way people think about and interact with young children learning la...
Julie Looper Coats, serves as Child Care Aware of America’s Director of Emergency Preparedness and...
Amanda Lopes, Ph.D. has over 25 years of experience as an early educator, program administrator, con...
Transform Consulting Group is a woman-owned, Indiana-based strategic and data-driven consulting fir...
Janice Lopez is the WBC Director with the Women’s Business Development Center in Chicago, IL. Jani...
Lyneé Lopez, the powerhouse behind Verve Educational Consulting™, has carved a niche in earl...
Gail Lovely is an independent educator with over 40 years of experience in education. Gail has a Mas...
Julia Luckenbill, MA, is the program coordinator for the infant and toddler components of the NAEYC-...
Suzanne Lyons is a former science teacher as well as an author of approximately 30 books. She is als...
Susan MacDonald is a certified professional coach known for her work on empowering educational leade...
Mary Jane Maguire-Fong is professor of early childhood education at American River College in Sacram...
Patrick Makokoro has extensive experience working in community development and relief projects, in p...
Peter L. Mangione, Ph.D., is Co-Director of WestEd’s Center for Child and Family Studies. For over...
Helen Maniates, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Teacher Education and coordinator of the Master of ...
Kiersten Marek, LICSW writes on children and youth funding for Inside Philanthropy. She is the autho...
Anna Marrs is the Director of School Partnerships at COR Advantage. She hold an undergraduate degree...
Virginia Marsh, Director of Operations, is the systems and technology expert. Her passion is mentori...
Jody Martin has 34 years of extensive and diverse experience in the early childhood field. She taugh...
Debi Mathias serves as the Director of the QRIS National Learning Network with the BUILD Initiative,...
Hannah Matthews is director of the child care and early education team at CLASP. She works at the fe...
As a writer, producer, and toy maker, Cheryl has made a career of play. As a former toy executive, C...
Ms. McCreedy has over 30 years of early childhood program management, oversight and review work in t...
Michelle H. McGinnis is a criminal prosecutor in Los Angeles and has worked for the prosecution for ...
Mr. McGuckin is a graduate of Duquense Law School and is the owner of Ronald V. McGuckin and Associa...
Over the last 25 years, Dr. Lilla Dale McManis has served as a teacher, teacher educator, evaluator,...
Michael McNeil is a physician and pediatrics resident at Seattle Children’s and the University...
Dr. Ebonyse Mead is a Clinical Instructor in the Birth to Kindergarten program at Georgia Southern U...
Dr. Anne Meade, Co-Founder, of Daisies Early Childhood Education & Care Centre in urban New Zeal...
Anne Meeker Watson is a music therapist, early interventionist, and founder of the SING.PLAY.LOVE.®...
Cheri J. Meiners, M.Ed., has her master’s degree in elementary education and gifted education ...
Beth Menninga, M.A.Ed., has over three decades of experience in early childhood education, including...
Shannon Merenstein is co-founder of The Creativity Project, an online resource for educators and car...
Zach Merritt Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Procare Solutions Zach Merritt is the Senior Manager of ...
Jenny Meyer brings four years of classroom teaching experience to Follett. During her classroom teac...
Martha Meyer (she/her) Martha is the founder of the Blueberry Awards. She is a Library Assistant who...
Vera Meyerholtz is an Instructional Designer for Nemours BrightStart!, where she excels in the desig...
Michael Robb is Director of Education and Research at the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and ...
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D., is the Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Professor in the School of Educatio...
Ben used to consult on the thorniest problems, trying to solve road traffic congestion and manage co...
Mary has been in the Early Childhood Education field for 30 years. Currently, she is the Department ...
Jenny Munn is an SEO Strategy Consultant and owner of The Munn Group. The Munn Group is a boutique a...
Lisa Murphy, B.S., has been involved with early childhood education for over 20 years. She presents ...
Dr Kathryn Murray is passionate about creating opportunities to give children the best possible star...
Kris Murray is one of the world’s leading business coaches for the early learning field. As Presid...
Dr. Paul Myers is Save the Children’s lead for emergency preparedness programming in the United St...
Deitra Nealy-Shane is an Advisor for Professional Learning at School Readiness Consulting. She spec...
Dr. Jen Neitzel is the Executive Director of the Educational Equity Institute, which is focused on e...
Karen Nemeth, holds a BA in Psychology and an EdM in Learning, Cognition and Development (research o...
Roger Neugebauer is the Executive Director of the World Forum Foundation. In 1978, Roger and his wif...
Susan B. Neuman, Ed.D is a Professor in Educational Studies specializing in early literacy developme...
Dr. Gerald Newmark has had experience at every level of education from elementary school to universi...
Julie Nicholson, Ph.D. has been a Professor of Practice in the School of Education at Mills College ...
Bridgid Normand is the Director of Education and Learning at Committee for Children, a US based ...
Sarah comes to Follett with 15 years of teaching experience. In her current position as Classroom ...
Bonnie O’Keefe is an Associate Partner with Bellwether Education Partners in the Policy and Th...
Barb O’Neill, Ed.D. helps inclusive preschools, Head Start programs, and early childhood cente...
Cassandra is the founder and CEO of Leadership Alchemy. She brings over 25 years of experience build...
Dr. Susan Offutt is the Executive Director of the McCormick Center for Eearly Childhood Leadership a...
Pam Oken-Wright, M.Ed., is a pedagogical consultant and author who worked with young children as a t...
Raelene Ostberg started out as a stressed parent, making mistakes and struggling to care for her fei...
Michaelene M. Ostrosky’s educational background and research focus on early childhood special educ...
Diana Parafiniuk, M.S., CCC-SLP, received her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Linguistics and a Ma...
Jennifer Park, Ph.D., Research Scientist at the University of Florida’s College of Education has w...
Lisa Parker has worked in a variety of leadership roles in the field of Early Intervention in Pennsy...
Jenne Parks started her career as a kindergarten teacher in a federally funded full-day Title-1 clas...
Nichole was previously the Quality Rating Improvement System Coordinator with Arkansas State Univers...
Jerry Parr is owner and founder of Willow Tree Early Education Team, a global consulting company ded...
Justina is the Marketing Director for Child Care Biz Help. She has over ten years of child care expe...
Rose Pavlov is the Founder & CEO of Ivy Child International, a non-profit that develops and faci...
Ann Pelo is a teacher educator, program consultant, and author whose primary work focuses on reflect...
Sue has served in the field of Early Childhood Education for over 40 years and holds a degree in Ear...
Alison Pepper is a national early childhood consultant and quality improvement specialist working in...
Kelly Perez holds a BA in applied behavioral science from National-Louis University and holds two Am...
Kathe Petchel, founder of Bright Beginnings Preschool, Charlottesville, Virginia has been an early c...
Kristen is the founding director of Butterfly Hill Nature Preschool and Wild Rumpus, a school age ad...
Bridget is a keen reader of nonfiction texts for both adults and kids. She keeps Evanston Public Lib...
Meet Samantha Phillips, a Texas native affectionately known as the glittering expert in childcare in...
Shaniquia Phoenix.is currently the Early Childhood Program Director of Help Daycare Corporation- Mor...
Rae Pica is on a mission to ensure that children have the chance to be children and that child devel...
Mary Elizabeth (“M.E.”) Picher has worked in the eld of early childhood development and educatio...
Debra Pierce, the presenter of The CDA Credentialing Process & The Role of ECE Directors, is a...
Wendy Pirie, M.H.Sc., is a consultant in preschool movement and the director of TimberNook New Zeal...
Lorelei E. Pisha, EdD, is an early interventionist and professional learning specialist who is passi...
Lisa Poelle has more than twenty-five years of experience in the field of child development and pare...
Kelly Pollitt is the Chief Strategist for Policy and Alliances at the National Association of Elemen...
Wendy has worked extensively in the field of early childhood education and early childhood leadershi...
Iris Chin Ponte, Ph.D. is Director and Classroom Teacher at the Henry Frost Children’s Program in ...
Jena Ponti Jauchius is an internationally-recognized landscape architect and nature play expert with...
Ben is a part of the CCSC sales team and the former Executive Director of Paradise Place Preschool i...
Margaret is a passionate educator working as the Director of STEAM Innovation at an independent scho...
Nefertiti is a National Trainer and Early Childhood Specialist for the Devereux Center for Resilient...
With a history of designing, owning, and operating a range of early childhood centres, including the...
Kristie Pretti-Frontczak, Ph.D. is a highly sought-after speaker, accomplished author, and educators...
Jill Primak, is the Design Director for Dimensions Educational Research Foundation’s Nature Explor...
Brian Puerling is a graduate of the Erikson Institute and a preschool teacher in the Chicago Public ...
Mitali has over 12 years experience with community organizing and workshop facilitation centering Ge...
Thelma Ramirez is a researcher at the Ecological Approaches to Social and Emotional Learning (EASEL)...
Erin has worked in the early childhood field for thirty years as family child care provider, teacher...
Dahlia (M.Ed in Arts in Education, Harvard) is an arts educator with an extensive teaching backgroun...
Eric Rasmussen received his PhD in Music Education at Temple University where he studied with Dr. Ed...
Tina Reeble is an Education Specialist for Dimensions Foundation/Nature Explore. In her current role...
Halcyon Reese-Learned’s work teaching young children and training early childhood teachers was inf...
Kimberly Reinhard, MSc, has been a director of a children’s center serving infants to preschool ch...
Anni K. Reinking, Ed.D., is the Founder and CEO of Reinking Education Consulting, LLC. She was a cla...
After attending San Francisco State University, Leigh began a career in health care management but f...
Anna Reyner, MA, ATR, LMFT, is the founder of CreativePlayLA a training & consulting business th...
Monique D. Reynolds is the Director of Business Support Services with Quality Care for Children in A...
Prerna is a passionate early childhood education consultant. She has 38 years of experience in the f...
Amadee Ricketts is the Director of the Cochise County Library District, based in Bisbee, Arizona. Be...
Leatha Ritchie serves as principal consultant and owner of LPR Consulting. She has extensive experie...
Kathryn L. Roberts is an assistant professor of reading, language, and literature at Wayne State Uni...
Rachel Robertson has been in the education field for over 25 years. She holds a B.S. in Family Socia...
Faith Rogow, Ph.D., is an independent scholar, founder of InsightersEducation.com, and celebrated in...
Rebecca Rolland is the author of The Art of Talking with Children (HarperOne, 2022), a book designed...
With more than 15 years of management and consulting experience, Gary has the expertise and skills t...
Jessica Rose-Malm joined Child Care Aware® of America in October 2017. As Senior Health Policy Mana...
At John Carroll University, Kathleen Roskos teaches courses in reading assessment and instruction. F...
Katherine Rowell began her work with young children in college–first, as a volunteer in a Head...
Bar Rucci is the co-founder of The Creativity Project, founder of Art Bar Blog, author of Art Worksh...
Dathan is the Director of the Family, Infant and Preschool Program (FIPP) in Morganton, North Caroli...
Jason Russell is Founder and President of Secure Education Consultants. As president of SEC, Jason l...
Lori Ryan, Ph.D. is Senior Instructor in the School of Education and Human Development at the Unive...
Justin graduated with a Master of Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon University and is cu...
Michelle Salcedo has been in early childhood education for 30+ years, starting as a teacher’s help...
Ms. Sanchez Fuentes brings extensive experience in providing services to children and low income fam...
Tasha Santistevan is a Child Care Business Coach for The Child Care Success Company. She has 27 year...
Linda A. Santora is the Director of Early Childhood Educator Programs for the Anti-Defamation League...
Julie Sarama, Kennedy Endowed Chair and Professor, has taught high school mathematics and computer s...
Abbie Schiller is the CEO and Founder of The Mother Company, a multi-media company focused on social...
Roberta Schomburg (Ph.D., Administrative and Policy Studies, University of Pittsburgh) is Professor ...
Bev Schumacher brings practical knowledge to her presentations and created materials from 30+ years ...
Rachel Schumacher is an independent early childhood policy consultant, and the former Director of th...
Amanda Schwartz, Ph.D. is a professional development specialist with experience as an educator and c...
National Authority on Autism, Inclusion, Early Childhood Education, Developmental Disabilities, and ...
Born in the Bronx, publicly educated through College, Stan holds a Bachelor’s degree from Bing...
Dr. Angela Searcy holds a B.A. degree in English and secondary education with teacher certification ...
Ms. Seibel is the innovative, forward-thinking Owner and Principal at Keys to Change, LLC. She works...
Jacque Sell, Quality Assurance and Training Manager, is responsible for supporting quality initiati...
Timothy Shanahan is Professor of Urban Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he i...
Dr. Shelden is the Chair and Program Director of the Department of Physical Therapy at Wichita State...
From kid programmer in 1971 to Forbes cover story in 2003, Joy, Inc. author Richard Sheridan (U-M gr...
A licensed clinical psychologist and NAPA/UC Davis Infant Parent Mental Health fellow, Dr. Mike Sher...
Cecy is co-founder of Imparables Global, an online education platform for Spanish speaking audiences...
Bob Siegel is the National Director of Easter Seals Children's Services with over 100 sites around t...
Currently the Chief Engagement Officer of Engagement Strategies, LLC, her national marketing, soci...
Sarah Sivright is the recently retired co-founder/director at All Seasons Preschool, a nature-based ...
Jennifer Slavin is Manager of Coaching for The Child Care Success Company. She has been working with...
Debbi Sluys enjoys two careers. One as an 80%-time Child Care Director of a multi-site organization ...
Lauren Small, the owner of Early Education Business Consultants, LLC, helps early childhood director...
Jeremy Smith has worked for First Choice Services since 2015 and serves as the Program Director for ...
Sara Smith, M.S., CCC-SLP is a speech language pathologist and Lead Product Manager with E-Therapy. ...
Joan Smutny is founder and director of the Center for Gifted and Midwest Torrance Center for Creativ...
Kyle Snow is currently Senior Scholar, and Director of the Center for Applied Research, at the Natio...
Patricia Snyder is a Distinguished Professor of Early Childhood Studies and Special Education and th...
Dr. Barbara Sorrels is Executive Director of The Institute for Childhood Education, a private profes...
Jill Soto, Assistant Executive Director at the Center for Early Childhood Professional Development (...
Diane M. Spahn is a passionate, humorous, and dynamic public speaker. With twenty years of EC classr...
A child psychiatrist, Dr. Sparrow’s care in the 1990s for children hospitalized for severe psychia...
Ron Spreeuwenberg is a graduate of Harvard Business School, whose mission is to educate leaders who ...
Sarah Sprinkel, our presenter for Online Learning for Early Childhood? How young children learn onli...
Dr. Squires is a leading authority on developmental screening, implementation of screening systems, ...
Susan has been engaged with young children and their teachers in many ways over the last 30 years, a...
Dr. Mary Stansbury is an associate professor and department chair in the Morgridge College of Educat...
Dr. Lauren Starnes is an author and Chief Academic Officer for Goddard Schools (Goddard Systems Inc)...
Elizabeth Steed’s early career began as a special education teacher. In her work as a teacher she ...
Dr. Alice Sterling Honig is Professor Emerita of Child Development at Syracuse University, where for...
Matt graduated with a Master of Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon University. While ther...
Deborah Stipek is the Judy Koch Professor of Education and the former Dean of the Graduate School of...
Emily worked at Housman Institute’s lab school for five years. She began her work teaching pre...
Dr. Angi Stone-MacDonald is a Professor and Department Chair in Special Education, Rehabilitation, a...
Louise Stoney is an independent consultant specializing in early care and education (ECE) finance an...
“Dr. Bill”, as his students call him, is the facilitator for the National Association for the Ed...
Lynn Sullivan, M.Ed. is currently a private consultant in the areas of special education, early chil...
Jennie worked in the field of special education, childhood development, and inclusion for nearly ten...
Rachel Supalla is a Child Care Business Coach for the Child Care Success Company with Kris Murray an...
Maurice Sykes, author Doing the Right Thing for Children: Eight Qualities of Leadership, is the Exec...
Jamarrion Tabor is a visionary force in the childcare industry, owning and leading five acclaimed 24...
Dr. Dean Tagawa is currently the Executive Director for the Early Childhood Education Division in th...
Teri N. Talan is the Michael W. Louis Chair and Senior Policy Advisor to the McCormick Center for Ea...
Tara Zollinger Henderson was born and raised in New Mexico and has been an active participant in inf...
Sarah Taylor Vanover has been working in the field of early childhood education for over twenty-thre...
Shaunte is the owner and founding director of Little Urban Farmers Learning Space in Los Angeles, CA...
Nick has served as an Early Childhood Educator for over 14 years and has recently taken on a role as...
Laycee Thigpen MS. Ed. is an education consultant, poet, and researcher. She focuses her work on dev...
Sarah Thompson is the Associate Director for Save the Children’s U.S. Programs, where she focuses ...
Dr. Thouvenelle has had extensive experiences in Early Care and Education including research and eva...
Dr. Amy Tiemann is an author, educator and advocate for equality through empowerment. Her training i...
Je’Kendria Trahan supports Practice Initiatives for School Readiness Consulting, as well as th...
Ms. Twombly provides trainings on ASQ® and ASQ®:SE nationally and internationally, and has provide...
Irene van der Zande has been a global child safety educator and advocate for more than 30 years. Kid...
Beth Van Meeteren is Director of the Iowa Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education (RCEDE...
Amy E. Vandament is president of The Book Vine for Children. A bookseller for over 25 years and a fo...
Ashley Varouhas is a Child Care Success Coach for The Child Care Success Company. Ashley has worked ...
Victoria Roanhorse enjoys playing in dirt, looking at insects and building bridges. Ms. Roanhorse is...
Anastasia Vitovitz is the Snohomish County Education Early Childhood and Family Support Coordinator....
Rachel received her Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Sociology from Ithaca College and received her M...
Dr. Claire Warden is the Founder of the not-for-profit Living Classrooms and the International Assoc...
Brian Washburn has been designing and delivering learning programs for 18 years, getting his start a...
With over 30 years of experience, Dr. Valora Washington is a recognized authority in early care and ...
Albert Wat is a Senior Policy Director at the Alliance for Early Success, where he supports the orga...
Tim Waxenfelter is a 20-year veteran of project management, product design, public speaking, consult...
Cathy Weisman Topal is a research associate at Smith College, and a longtime studio art educator at ...
Mary Jane Weiss, Ph.D., BCBA-D is a Professor at Endicott College, where she directs the Master̵...
Wendy Young, LMSW, BCD, the presenter of Time-Out for Exclusionary Tactics in ECE Settings: Leading ...
Mica Whitfield is a nonprofit leader and women’s advocate with more than a decade of experienc...
Stefanie Paige Wieder, M.S.Ed, has enjoyed over 20 years of working with children, families and teac...
Sheila Williams Ridge is the Director of the Shirley G. Moore Lab School at the University of Minnes...
Thomas Williams Jr., Ph.D. currently serves as an executive strategic policy analyst in the Kentucky...
Through her work at the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media, Dr. Winters se...
Beth Alley Wise is the author of more than 50 books and programs for young children, Beth has been i...
An international educational consultant, Julie M. Wood, Ed.D. served as a faculty member and former ...
Margo Young is the Regional Children’s Environmental Health Coordinator for the US Environmental ...
Magy was a lead teacher of the youngest group, the toddlers, at School for Friends. Magy has a degre...
Sabina is from the coastal town of Bremen, Germany, where she lived most of her life. She was born i...
Anne Zeigler is a mother of two and a recently former military wife. Her son has ADHD and Asperger...
