Our Work Group
Board of Directors
Ellen Kennedy Folts
CEO, Bruhn-Morris Family Foundation
Kate Garvey
Director, Department of Community and Human Services, City of Alexandria
Dr. Wendy Gonzalez
Chief of Teaching, Learning, and Leadership, Alexandria City Public Schools
Emily Griffey
Chief Policy Officer, Voices for Virginia's Children
Edith Hawkins
Executive Vice President for Cross-Systems Consulting, The Forum for Youth Investment
Michelle Smith Howard
President and CEO, Kids’ First Years
Dr. Melanie Kay-Wyatt
Interim Superintendent, Alexandria City Public Schools
Abbie Lieberman
Policy Manager, First Five Years Fund
Dr. Tammy Mann
President and CEO, The Campagna Center
Lori Morris
President, Bruhn-Morris Family Foundation
Barbara Paulson
Director, Center for Children and Families, Department of Community and Human Services, City of Alexandria
Carmen Sanders
Executive Director of Instructional Support, Alexandria City Public Schools
Brandi Yee
Chief Program Officer, ACT for Alexandria
Work Group Members
Laura Basu
Early Childhood Special Education Coordinator, Alexandria City Public Schools
Kara Blankner
Philanthropic Advisor, Frank and Betty Wright Foundation
Dr. Poornima Chandra
Pediatrician, Neighborhood Health
Debra Collins
Deputy City Manager, City of Alexandria
Robin Crawley
Chief, Early Childhood Division, City of Alexandria
Chrishonna Greene
Parent and Infant Education (PIE) Program Manager, City of Alexandria
J. Glenn Hopkins
President and CEO, Hopkins House
Barbara McLaughlin
Executive Director, The Child and Family Network Centers
Nanci Pedulla
Director, Healthy Families Program, Northern Virginia Family Service
Giselle Pelaez
Executive Director, The Center for Alexandria’s Children
Jane Richardson
Early Childhood Coordinator, Alexandria City Public Schools
Maritza Rosa
Public Health Nurse, Alexandria Health Department
Fadi Saadeh
Senior Director, Community Health, Inova
Dr. Christine Schull
Professor, Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria
Diane Smalley
Owner, Creative Play School
Dr. Bweikia Foster Steen
Associate Professor, George Mason University
Heidi Haggerty Wagner
Principal, Alexandria City Public Schools