About NPDCI

• Overview
• Rationale
• Proposed Work
• Unique Features
• Funding
• Staff
• National Advisory Board
• Leadership Team
• Work Groups

Leadership Team

The interdisciplinary Leadership Team plays a significant and meaningful role in helping NPDCI design, implement and evaluate its work. The members bring early childhood expertise in professional development, inclusion, collaboration, families, and diversity that supports the development, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination efforts of NPDCI. This team:

• Participates in specific NDPCI Work Groups;
• Fosters linkages with local, state, and national initiatives;
• Provides ongoing performance feedback on project methods, measures, and materials;
• Participates as content experts;
• Identifies resources; and
• Advises product development and ongoing dissemination.

NPDCI  Leadership Team members

• Harriet Boone, UNC-CH
• Linda Brault, Beginning Together
• Linda Brekken, Hilton/Early Head Start Training Program
• Bill Brown, University of South Carolina
• Elizabeth “Betsy” Crais, UNC-CH
• Karen Diamond, Purdue University
• Laurie Dinnebeil, University of Toledo
• Carl Dunst, Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute
• Marilou Hyson, National Association for the Education of Young Children
• Janice Im, ZERO TO THREE, National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
• Robin McWilliam, Vanderbilt University
• Sam Odom, FPG Child Development Institute
• Aisha Ray, Erikson Institute
• Beth Rous, University of Kentucky Human Development Institute
• Sylvia Y. Sánchez, George Mason University
• Patricia Snyder, University of Florida
• Pat Trohanis, National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
• Ann Turnbull, Beach Center, University of Kansas
• Mark Wolery, Vanderbilt University