Leadership
Staff
Advisory Board
Research and Evaluation Committee:
Principal Investigator and Founder, Family Connects International
Larry Aber, PhD
Willner Family Professor of Psychology and Public Policy, Steinhardt School of Cultures, Education, and Human Development, New York University
Bill Bacon, PhD
Director of Evaluation, The Duke Endowment
Oscar Barbarin, PhD
Professor and Chair, African American Studies, University of Maryland
Jonathan Kotch, MD, MPH, FAAP
President, Healthcare for All NC, Physicians for a National Health Program
Ellen Pinderhughes, PhD
Professor, Eliot Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, Tufts University
Ron Prinz, PhD
Carolina Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina
Richard Barth, PhD, MSW
Dean, School of Social Work, University of Maryland
Kyle Pruett, MD
Clinical Professor of Child Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine
Mary Dozier, PhD
Professor, Unidel Amy Elizabeth du Pont Chair in Child Development, University of Delaware
Dissemination and Sustainability Committee:
Senior Advisor, Family Connects International
Meka Sales, MS, CHES
Director of Special Initiatives, The Duke Endowment
Deborah Daro, PhD
Senior Research Fellow, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Libby Doggett, PhD
Advocate & Strategic Change Leader for Early Learning, Washington, DC
Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Social Policy
Ralph Smith, J.D.
Managing Director, The Campaign for Grade Level Reading
Kristy Kent
Senior Program Manager, Blue Cross/Blue Shield NC