The work of the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center is led by Dr. Cynthia Osborne and guided by the National Advisory Council (NAC). The NAC, comprised of national leaders from diverse sectors and perspectives, informs the development of the annual Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap, and fosters dialog among scholars, practitioners, state leaders, advocates, business leaders, and funders.
Members
- Christina Altmayer, MPA – Principal, Health Management Associates
- Joia Adele Crear-Perry, MD – Founder/President, National Birth Equity Collaboration
- Libby Doggett, PhD – former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Early Learning, U.S. Department of Education
- Greg Duncan, PhD – Distinguished Professor, School of Education and Departments of Economics and Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California at Irvine; Chair, National Academies of Sciences Committee on Building an Agenda to Reduce the Number of Children in Poverty by Half in 10 Years
- Janet Froetscher – President, J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation; former CEO of Special Olympics International
- Janis Gonzales, MD – Chief Health Officer, Office of the Secretary, New Mexico Early Childhood Education & Care Department; Title V Director, New Mexico
- A.J. Griffin – CEO, Potts Family Foundation; former Senator and Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Services, Oklahoma State Senate
- Thomas Hedrick – Director of Dillon Joyce Ltd; former CEO, AVANCE Inc.; former Fellow, Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative; former Sr. Partner, McKinsey and Co.
- Iheoma Iruka, PhD – Program Director for Racial Equity and Research Professor, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina
- Brenda Jones Harden, PhD – Alison Richman Professor of Children and Families, University of Maryland School of Social Work; Vice President of the Board, Zero to Three
- Ruth Kagi – former Representative and Chair of the Early Learning and Human Services Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
- David Lakey, MD – Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, The University of Texas System; former Commissioner, Texas Department of State Health Services
- Joan Lombardi, PhD – Director, Early Opportunities LLC; former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Michael Lu, MD – Dean, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; former Director of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Tammy Mann, PhD – President and CEO, The Campagna Center; former President of Governing Board, National Association for the Education of Young Children
- Geoff Nagle, PhD – Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University; former president and CEO of Erikson Institute
- Jessie Rasmussen – President, Buffett Early Childhood Fund; former Senator, Nebraska Senate, and Director of both Nebraska and Iowa Departments of Health and Human Services
- Jack Shonkoff, MD – Founding Director, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University; Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital
- Jim Spurlino – President and Owner, Spurlino Materials
- David Willis, MD – Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Social Policy; former Director, Home Visiting and Early Childhood Services at the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal Child Health Bureau
