About NPDCI

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

National Advisory Board

The National Advisory Board consists of leaders in the fields of early childhood and early intervention-representing state and local agencies, programs serving preschool children, trainers of early care and education personnel, early childhood technical assistance providers, parents, providers, national professional organizations and researchers. They serve as "linkage partners," cementing important links between NPDCI and federal, national and state agencies, organizations and TA networks. The participation of family members and local providers assures that NPDCI resources are targeted to practical, useful ends.

NPDCI  National Advisory Board members

• Lisa Backer, 619 Coordinator
• Sharman Davis Barrett, Co-director, Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers
• Carol Dennis Betts, Teacher, Inclusive Classroom
• Cathy Bishop, 619 Coordinator
• Amanda Branscombe, National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators
• Barbara Buswell, Parent Training and Information Centers
• Lori Connors-Tadros, National Child Care Information Center
• Josué Cruz, Council for Professional Recognition
• Jerlean Daniel, National Association for the Education of Young Children
• Carol Brunson Day, National Black Child Development Institute
• Samtra Devard, Parent
• Libby Doggett, Pre-K Now
• Mariana Haynes, National Association of State Boards of Education
• Mary Louise Hemmeter, Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for
  Early Learning
• Kay Johnson, National Center for Children in Poverty
• Roxane Kaufmann, National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health
• Carolyn Kiefer, Head Start Collaborative Project
• Stephanie Smith Lee, National Down Syndrome Society Policy Center
• Jim Lesko, National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments
  of Education
• Anna Lovejoy, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
• Tammy Mann, ZERO TO THREE
• Jana Martella, National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education & Council of Chief State School Officers
• Sarah Mulligan, Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children
• Ruth-Ann Rasbold, New England Head Start Technical Assistance Network, University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute
• Nancy Reder, National Association of State Directors of Special Education
• Tom Schultz, Pew Charitable Trusts
• Paula Seanez, Navajo Nation, Growing in Beauty
• Linda Smith, National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
• Judy Smith-Davis/Deb Smith, IRIS (IDEA and Research for Inclusive Settings) Center for Faculty Enhancement, Vanderbilt University
• Vicki Stayton, Center to Inform Personnel Preparation Policy and Practice in
  Early Intervention and Preschool Education
• Lisa Stein, American Associate Degree Early Childhood Educators (ACCESS)
• Cherie Takemoto, Parent Training and Information Centers
• Kim Townley, Early Childhood Administrator
• Marci Young, Center for the Child Care Workforce, a Project of the American Federation of Teachers