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Speaker Bios March 15, 2018 Foundation for Child Development Young Scholars Program 2018 Convening Speaker Bios March 15, 2018 Introducing the Issues: Professionalism and Diversity in the ECE Field Lisa Guernsey is deputy director of the Education Policy program and director of the Learning Technologies project at New America. She leads teams of writers and analysts to tell stories, translate research, examine policies, and generate ideas for new approaches to help disadvantaged students succeed. Prior to her work at New America, Guernsey worked as a staff writer at The New York Times and The Chronicle of Higher Education and has contributed to several other national publications, including The Atlantic, the Washington Post, Newsweek, Time, Slate, and USA TODAY. She has served on several national advisory committees on early education, including the Institute of Medicine's Committee on the Science of Children Birth To Age 8. Guernsey holds a master’s in English/American studies and a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Virginia. Lisa lives in Alexandria, Virginia with her two daughters. Michael López is a Principal Associate at Abt Associates, brings over 25 years of experience conducting policy-relevant, early childhood research, with an emphasis on low-income or culturally and linguistically diverse populations. He currently is Co-Principal Investigator for both the National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families and the National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Study. Prior to joining Abt, he was Executive Director of the National Center for Latino Child & Family Research. Before that, Dr. López directed the Child Outcomes Research and Evaluation team in the Administration for Children and Families, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he developed and directed large-scale, national, evaluation studies, including the National Head Start Impact Study (HSIS), the largest, nationally-representative, randomized study examining the impact of Head Start on school readiness. Valora Washington is the CEO of the Council for Professional Recognition, the nation’s largest credentialing organization for early educators. Throughout her career Dr. Washington has co-created several institutions, such as Michigan’s Children, the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, and The CAYL Institute. She has chaired and served on numerous boards and commissions such as the Massachusetts Governor’s School Readiness Commission; Voices for America’s Children; NAEYC; and the National Head Start Association. She holds honorary degrees from Bennett College and Meadville Lombard Theological School. Awards received are from groups including the Barr Foundation, Urban College, Boston AEYC; NAEYC Black Caucus; Cambridge Resource and Referral Agency; Center for Adoption Research, University of Massachusetts; National Association of Black Social Workers, United Way of Massachusetts Bay, and Working Mother magazine. Mapping the Barriers to Professionalizing a Diverse Workforce Joanne Hurt is the Executive Director of Wonders Early Learning + Extended Day, a nonprofit organization that provides NAEYC accredited early childhood education and before and after school programs in Montgomery County and the District of Columbia.. Joanne has been in educational leadership for the past 24 years and has worked at Wonders for 29 years. Throughout her career, Joanne has worked to ensure that Wonders creates and sustains learning environments for children that are engaging, nurturing and led by excellent teachers who are supported in their growth and professional development. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Montgomery County Collaboration Council for Children, Youth and Families. Additionally, Joanne is on the Advisory Board of the Judische Kulturbund Project. Florence Kreisman is the Director of the Quality Improvement Network (QIN) Hub at Mary’s Center in Washington, DC, where she helps lead this citywide initiative to enhance the quality of infant and toddler care and education within the family child care context. Prior to her current role, Ms. Kreisman served as the Dual Language Manager with DC Public Schools’ Early Childhood division, where she supported the rollout and implementation of the Head Start School-Wide Model and led a team of specialists coaching in pre-K and kindergarten classrooms. Her other previous roles include Senior Teaching and Learning Facilitator for a Georgetown University early literacy study, National Council of La Raza’s Early Childhood Coordinator, and infant-toddler administrator at the World Bank Children’s Center. She began her career teaching kindergarten in Atlanta Public Schools. Sonia Pruneda-Hernandez is the Early Childhood Program Coordinator for Montgomery College Rockville and Takoma Park Campuses. Sonia earned her M.S. from Nova Southeastern University and her B.A. from the University of North Florida. She is a current doctoral candidate of early childhood education at Walden University. She started her career in early childhood education with the Navy Child Care Programs in Jacksonville, Florida and continued in the ECE field directing and training in Child Care Centers for the Department of Defense - Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy and then government centers in Rockville, MD. Sonia is the Co-Advisor of the MC Early Childhood Education Club which has received numerous awards and is the MC Coordinator for the Maryland State Department of Education Child Care Career and Professional Development Fund. She was awarded the MC Faculty Outstanding Service Award in 2015, the NISOD of Excellence Award in 2016, and the American Association of Community College Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty this year. Maurice Sykes is the Executive Director of the Early Childhood Leadership Institute and a Senior Associate at M Russell & Associates. He was formerly a director in the Center for Urban Education at the University of the District of Columbia, where he received the Marjorie Holloman Parker Distinguished Educator Award. Maurice served as the Deputy Superintendent for the District of Columbia Public School's Center for Systemic Educational Change as well as Director of Early Childhood Programs for the DC school system. He also advised the US Department of Education on educational policy and programs related to urban education improvement. He has served as a teacher, teacher trainer, a curriculum developer and as Director of the Tuft's University Educational Day Care Center where he also served as a Lecturer in the Elliott-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development. He was selected as a National Policy Fellow at the Institute for Educational Leadership and subsequently coordinated the DC Policy Fellowship program. He has written for numerous publications and has traveled nationwide inspiring and challenging schools and communities to do the right thing for children. National Initiatives Cemeré James is the Vice President of Policy at the National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI). Prior to joining NBCDI, Cemeré was a senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). Cemeré was also Lead Operations Specialist at Illinois Department of Human Service and, from 2009-2011, an inaugural fellow in the Illinois Early Childhood Fellows Program. Ms. James holds an MPP degree from University of Chicago and a Master of Industrial Engineering and Management Science degree from Northwestern University, as well as a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from Florida A&M University. Lucy Recio is part of the public policy and advocacy team at the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) where she is responsible for writing and developing tools and resources, as well as providing technical assistance to build capacity for engagement and impact by NAEYC members and Affiliates. Prior to joining NAEYC, Lucy served as the Deputy Director of Education and Youth Services for Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. Lucy began her career as a community organizer and entered the world of education as a high school Spanish teacher. She earned her Master's degree in public administration from CUNY Baruch College as a National Urban Fellow and her Bachelor's degree from Georgetown University. Federal Policy Opportunities and Challenges Gina Adams is a Senior Fellow in the Labor, Human Resources, and Population Center at The Urban Institute, and directs Urban’s Kids in Context Initiative. Her research efforts span a range of issues that affect the well-being of children and families. Her primary focus since the mid-1980s has been on studying the broad range of policies and programs that affect the affordability, quality, and supply of early education and child care, and factors that affect the ability of lower-income families to access and participate in these services. In recent years she has broadened her focus to also encompass a broader range of policy areas, including breaking down siloes between early childhood/child care policies and the range of other services and systems that support children’s development and family well-being, as well as a new focus on understanding the broad range of supports that are needed to stabilize children and families. Lori Connors-Tadros is the Senior Project Director for the Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO) at the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University. The National Institute for Early Education Research provides independent, research-based analysis and
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