ITC@NIEER People ITC@NIEER Faculty & Staff W. Steven Barnett Senior Co-Director, Founder Phone: sbarnett@nieer.org Jennifer Duer Assistant Research Professor, NIEER Phone: jduer@nieer.org Ellen Frede Senior Co-Director Phone: efrede@nieer.org Allison Friedman-Krauss Assistant Research Professor Phone: afriedman-krauss@nieer.org Beth Ann Gardiner Early Childhood Education Technical Assistance Specialist Phone: bgardiner@nieer.org Kate Hodges Policy Research Project Coordinator Phone: khodges@nieer.org Zijia Li Assistant Research Professor Phone: zijiali@nieer.org ITC@NIEER Advisory Committee Members Rena Hallam Associate Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies University of Delaware Kay Hendon The Turrell Fund Diane Horm George Kaiser Family Foundation Endowed Chair of Early Childhood Education University of Oklahoma at Tulsa Melissa Litwin Early Childhood Program Director The Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation Joan Lombardi Director Early Opportunities LLC Beverly Lynn CEO Programs for Parents, Inc. Renée Nogales Program Officer The Burke Foundation Cynthia Osborne Associate Dean for Academic Strategies Texas LBJ School Liz Ross New Jersey Program Officer Overdeck Family Foundation Lenore Scott Assistant Division Director Office of Early Childhood Services, New Jersey Department of Children & Families Meghan Tavormina President NJAEYC Valora Washington CEO Council for Professional Recognition Cecilia Zalkind President and CEO Advocates for Children of New Jersey Barbara Reisman Senior Advisory Maher Charitable Foundation Kimberly Boller Chief Strategy and Evaluation Officer The Nicholson Foundation Andrea Breitweiser Division of Family Development New Jersey Department of Human Services Miriam Calderon Early Learning System Director Oregon Department of Education, Early Learning Division Tonya Coston Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Division of Early Childhood Education New Jersey Department of Education Evan Delgado Director of Programs Turrell Fund Libby Doggett Libby Doggett Consulting W. Steven Barnett Senior Co-Director, Founder National Institute for Early Education Research sbarnett@nieer.org
