Executive Leadership Board

The FPG Executive Leadership Board is comprised of influential leaders who are knowledgeable about the most important challenges facing young children and their families. Board members provide long-term strategic advice to FPG’s Director and Management team and support FPG’s efforts to build an enduring financial base.

W. Steven Barnett
Director
National Institute for Early Education Research
Rutgers University, NJ
Peggy Carter
Vice President
Forsyth Medical Center Foundation
Winston-Salem, NC
Ron Haskins
The Brookings Institute
Center on Children and Families
Washington, DC
Stewart Hudson
President
The Tremaine Foundation
Meriden, CT
Olson Huff, MD
Medical Director Emeritus Mission Children's Hospital
Senior Fellow, Action for Children NC and
American Academy of Pediatrics
Black Mountain, NC
Hal Kaplan
Chairman and CEO
Kaplan Early Learning Company
Lewisville, NC
Senator Eleanor Kinnaird
Carrboro, NC
David Lawrence, Jr.
President
Early Childhood Initiative Foundation
Miami, FL
Howard Lee
Executive Director
NC State Education Cabinet
Raleigh, NC
Marvin McKinney
UNC / FPG Research Fellow
Former Program Director,
Kellogg Foundation
Haslett, MI
Evelyn Moore
President Emeritus
National Black Child Development Institute
Washington, DC
Duncan Munn
Munn & Munn, LLC
Raleigh, NC
James M. Perrin, M.D.
Boston Children's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Karen Ponder
Education Consultant
Raleigh, NC
Donald J. Stedman, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor
Center for Psychology and Education, PLLC
Chapel Hill, NC