Leadership
Debra Best
Medical Director
Amy McCann
managing director
Kristen Southworth
Senior Business Manager
Jeff Quinn
National Director of Programs
Advisory Board
Research and Evaluation Committee:
Ken Dodge, PhD
Principal Investigator and Founder, Family Connects International; William McDougall Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Studies, Duke University
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
Karen O’Donnell, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Duke Medical Center (retired); Duke Global Health Initiative, Duke University
Oscar Barbarin, PhD
Professor and Chair, African American Studies, University of Maryland
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:
Independent Consultant, nonprofit organizations and early childhood initiatives
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