Debra J. Ackerman
Assistant Research Professor, National Institute for Early Education Research

Barbara Alley
Senior Project Administrator, Early Childhood Initiative
Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership
Rutgers University – Camden

W. Steven Barnett
Director, National Institute for Early Education Research
Professor of Education Economics and Public Policy, Rutgers University

Ana I. Berdecia
Senior Fellow/Director
Center for the Positive Development of Urban Children
John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy of Thomas Edison State College

Matthew Bergheiser
Program Director, Philadelphia
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Amanda Blagman
Senior Policy Analyst
Association for Children of New Jersey

Margaret Burchinal
Senior Scientist, FPG Child Development Institute
Research Professor of Psychology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Virginia Buysse
Senior Scientist, FPG Child Development Institute
Research Associate Professor, School of Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Theresa Caputo
Project Director
New Jersey Professional Development Center for Early Child Care and Education

Dina Castro
Scientist, FPG Child Development Institute
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sheila C. Cosminsky
Associate, Center for Children and Childhood Studies
Rutgers University

Sean Duffy
Associate, Center for Children and Childhood Studies
Rutgers University

Ellen Frede
Co-Director, National Institute for Early Education Research
Associate professor, The College of New Jersey

Luis Garcia
Associate Dean, Graduate School
Rutgers University – Camden College

Wanda Garcia
Associate Director
Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership
Rutgers University – Camden

Karen Gersten-Rothenberg
Director/ Family nurse practitioner
Rutgers/LEAP Health Center

Ritamarie Giosa
Child Care Health Consultant Coordinator
Camden County Division for Children

Gloria Hancock
Chief School Administrator
LEAP Academy University Charter School

Thelma Harms
Director of Curriculum Development, FPG Child Development Institute
Research Professor, School of Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dan Hart
Director, Center for Children and Childhood Studies
Chairperson, Department of Childhood Studies
Rutgers University

Maricarmen Macrina
Supervisor, Early Childhood Program
Camden Board of Education

James T. McBee, Jr.
Director, Office of Abbot Services
New Jersey Department of Education

Wilbert Mitchell
Executive Director, Respond, Inc.

Lesley Morrow
Professor II of Literacy and Early Childhood/Elementary Education
Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University

Sam Odom
Director, FPG Child Development Institute
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Barbara Alexander Pan
Research Associate
Harvard Graduate School of Education

Sonia Plaza
Executive Director, El Centro Comunal Borincano Day Care Center

Flora Rivera
Director, Mi Casita Child Care Center

Sharon Ryan
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University

Rebecca Silverman
Assistant Professor
Department of Special Education
University of Maryland

Gloria Stone-Mitchell
Director of Early Care and Education, Respond, Inc.

Julie Tarr
Director of Evaluation
Program Director/State College
Knight Foundation

Jovita Veguilla
Sr. Program Administrator, Early Learning Research Academy
Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership
Rutgers University – Camden

Cecilia Zalkind
Executive Director, Association for Children of New Jersey