Our Team

We are a team of accomplished researchers, policy experts, operational staff, government relations strategists, and communicators. We share a passion for using evidence-based state policy to improve the lives of young children and their families, generating lifelong success stories for individuals, as well as strengthening the economies and communities in every state.

Senior Leadership

Executive Director and Professor of Early Childhood Education and Policy at Peabody College at Vanderbilt University
Deputy Director
Director of Research
Operations Manager
Policy Director
Program Director
Director of Outreach and Engagement

Policy Team

Senior Equity Research Associate
Senior Equity Research Associate
Senior Policy Data Manager
Postdoctoral Fellow
Policy Research Associate
State Policy Analyst
Policy Data Analyst
Policy Manager
Senior State Policy Analyst
Senior Policy Data Analyst
Senior Policy Research Associate
State Policy Analyst
Senior State Policy Analyst
Policy Research Associate
Policy Manager

Research and Evaluation Team

Research and Evaluation Data Manager
Senior Data Analyst
Senior Research Associate
Senior Research Associate
Research Associate
Senior Research Associate

Outreach and Engagement Team

Communications Specialist
Senior Events Coordinator
Senior Communications Specialist
Senior Communications Manager

Operations Team

Executive Assistant
Administrative Coodinator

Support Team

Social Policy Graduate Research Assistant — Policy Team
Graduate Student Researcher
Graduate Research Assistant — Research and Evaluation Team