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
Edith Hawkins
Consultant
Michelle Smith Howard
President and CEO, Kids’ First Years
Dr. Melanie Kay-Wyatt
Superintendent of Schools, Alexandria City Public Schools
Abbie Lieberman
Policy Manager, First Five Years Fund
Dr. Tammy Mann
President and CEO, Campagna Center
Lori Morris
President, Bruhn-Morris Family Foundation
Barbara Paulson
Director, Center for Children and Families, City of Alexandria
Carmen Sanders
Executive Director of Instructional Support, Alexandria City Public Schools
Work Group Members
Michelle Biwer
Central Library Youth Services Manager, Alexandria Library
Dr. Poornima Chandra
Pediatrician, Neighborhood Health
Robin Crawley
Chief, Early Childhood Division, City of Alexandria
J. Glenn Hopkins
President and CEO, Hopkins House
Donna Marsh
Child Find Specialist, Alexandria City Public Schools
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
Zinash Robi
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