Ellen Abramson
Preschool Coordinator
Charles County Public Schools

Sherri Ash
Administration on Developmental Disabilities,
Department of Health & Human Services

Ginger Barnhart
Resource and Referral Counselor / Federal Block
Grant Administrator
BANANAS, Inc.

Julianne E. Beckett
National Coordinator
Family Voices

Allan I. Bergman
Director, State-Federal Relations
United Cerebral Palsy Associations (UCPA)

Regina Bernard, MSW, LCSW
Director
Child Care Technical Assistance Project

Barbara Binker
Division Director, Policy Division
DHHS/ACYF/Child Care Bureau

Linda Blong
Project Coordinator
The Indiana Parent Information Network, Inc.

Lynson Moore Bobo
Project Associate
Council of Chief State School Officers

Jan Bogrow
Early Childhood Specialist

Treeby Brown
Senior Policy Analyst
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

Mary Beth Bruder, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Child and Family Studies
University of Connecticut Health Center

Mike Caruso, Ph.D.
Child Care Program Specialist
DHHS/ACYF/Child Care Bureau

P. Kay Nottingham Chaplin
Regional Manager of Early Intervention
Valley Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center

Gay Clement - Atkinson, Ph.D.
Training Director
SCUAP / University of South Carolina

Barbara Coccodrilli Carlson
Miriam and Peter Haas Fund

Abby Cohen
Child Care Law Center

Herbert J. Cohen, M.D.
Director and Professor of Pediatrics & Rehabilitation Medicine
Rose F. Kennedy Center University Affiliated Program

M. Jane Coury
Nursing Consultant
PHS / Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Sheryl Dicker
Director, Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children

Pia Divine, Ed.D.
Child Care Program Specialist
DHHS/ACYF/Child Care Bureau

Dr. Libby Doggett
The ARC & Lloyd Doggett Congressional Office

Lisa Doggett
Truman Scholar
DHHS/ACYF/Child Care Bureau

Debra Dowds
Public Policy Coordinator
Florida Development Disabilities Council

Mary Ellzey, Ph.D.
Executive Officer
Improvement Concepts Incorporated

Danielle Ewen
Researcher
National Child Care Information Center

Stella Fair
Project Director
Institute for Disability Studies

Mary Faltynski
Program Analyst
DHHS/ACYF/Child Care Bureau

Emily Fenichel
Associate Director
Zero to Three/National Center for Clinical Infant Programs

Dale B. Fink
Project Coordinator
FACTS/LRE
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Norman S. Finkel
Executive Vice President
Federation Day Care Services

Ruth Anne Foote
Early Childhood Forum Manager
NACCRRA

Pam Forbush

Joseph Francis
Program Director
Penobscot Indian Children's Center

Maxine Freund, Ed.D.
Professor and Chairperson
Department of Teacher Preparation and Special Education
Graduate School of Education and Human Development
George Washington University

Pam Gable
Director
Fairfax County Employees Child Care Center

Greg Gehr
Chief of Staff
Karuk Tribe

Sandra Gellert
Director, National Child Care Advocacy Project
The Children's Foundation

Bea Gold
Director Emeritus
Child and Family Services

Lisa M. Goldman
Project Coordinator
Region III RAP

Anne Goldstein
Director
National Child Care Information Center

Kathleen Miller Green
Project Coordinator, Child Care plus+
Child Care plus+, Rural Institute on Disabilities

Marian Green
Early Childhood Department
Montgomery College

Kay K. Guirl
Public Health Analyst
Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Nancy L. Hard
Program Manager
The Inclusive Child Care Project of Texas

Sally Hardy, Ph. D.
Child Care Specialist
Child Care Technical Assistance Project

Shelly Heekin
Associate Director
NEC*TAS

Bruce Hershfield
Director, Child Day Care Services
Child Welfare League of America

Carolyn M. Hillyer
American Federation of Federal Employees

Donna Hinkle
Child Care Program Specialist
DHHS/ACYF/Child Care Bureau

Eva Horn
Assistant Professor of Special Education
Project BLEND - Vanderbilt University

Mary Ellen Hoy
Director
Danny Chitwood Early Learning Institute

Connie Hoyack
Education Coordinator
So. Maryland Tri-County Community Action Committee

Moniquin Huggins
Program Specialist
DHHS/ACYF/Child Care Bureau

Patricia Hughson
Family Support Coordinator
Montgomery County Infant and Toddler Program

Gail Johnson
Development & Program Specialist
National Parent Network on Disabilities

Jill Kagan
Chairperson
National Respite Coalition

Naomi Karp
Acting Director
National Institute on Early Childhood
Development and Education
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
U.S. Department of Education

Donald A. Kates
Director of Administrative and Financing Projects
Georgetown University Child Development Center

Helen Keith
Early Childhood Services Planning

Patricia F. Kinney, Ph.D.
Chief, Division of Work and Family Programs
U.S. Department of State

Laurel Kloomok
Part H Coordinator - San Francisco
High Risk Infant Interagency Council

Donna Kluzek, R.N., MSN
Consultant Nurse
Missouri Department of Health
Bureau of Child Care Safety and Licensure

Jane Knitzer, Ed.D.
Deputy Director
National Center for Children in Poverty

Marilyn J. Krajicek, Ed.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.
Associate Professor, Project Director, First Start
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
School of Nursing

Carole Kuhns, RN, Ph.D.
Project Director
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care

Colleen Laing
Child Care Program Specialist
DHHS/ACYF/Child Care Bureau

Linda Lang
Executive Director
Community Partnerships, Inc.

Arthur Leen
Child Care Program Specialist
DHHS/ACYF/Child Care Bureau

Sandy Little
Child Care Contract Analyst
MI Dept. Of Social Services

Sandy Lochhead

Joan Lombardi, Ph. D.
Associate Commissioner
DHHS/ACYF/Child Care Bureau

Nina Lublin
Program Director
Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc.

Bruce L. Mallory
Professor of Education
University of New Hampshire
Department of Education

Patricia Martinsen
Harmony Hills Elementary School

Heather McCabe, Ph.D.
Executive Director
National Children's Center, Inc.

Barbara McCreedy
Executive Director
Montgomery Child Care Association

Marilyn McGhee
Editor, Child Care Bulletin
National Child Care Information Center

Merle McPherson, M.D.
Director, Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs
DHHS / Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Celane McWhorter
Senior Policy Associate
United Cerebral Palsy Associations (UCPA)

A. Phoebe Meyer
Executive Director
Falls Church-McLean Children's Center

Sandra L. Morris
Training and Development Specialist
Child Care plus+, Rural Institute on Disabilities

Katy Beh Neas
Senior Government Relations Specialist
National Easter Seal Society

Pam Newby
Executive Director
Special Care, Inc.

Donna Gore Olsen
Executive Director
The Indiana Parent Information Network, Inc.

Sharon Olsen
Manager - Employment and Training
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida

Hazel Osborne
Communications Chair & Regional Representative
National Association for Family Child Care

Sheri Osborne
Co-Director
SpecialCare Outreach Child Development Resources

Sharon Pantle
Head Start Disabilities Coordinator
So.Maryland Tri-County Community Action Committee

Leticia Patiño
LINKS at the Judge David L. Bazelon
Center for Mental Health Law

Karin Peterson
Program Specialist
DHHS/ACYF/Child Care Bureau

Ann Prendergast
DHHS / Maternal & Child Health Bureau

Betty Presler, RN, PhD
Choices Co-Coordinator
Shriner's Hospital

Victoria Rab, Ed.D.
Project Director, Community Connections Project
George Washington University, Dept. TPSE

Theresa Rebhorn
Program Coordinator
Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center

Josie Reifsnyder
Program Director, Program Operations Division
DHHS/ACYF/Child Care Bureau

Bethany Robertson
National Head Start Association

Susan Robinson
North Carolina Department of Mental Health

Julie B. Rogers, M.S.
Public Education Coordinator
Florida Children's Forum

Patti Green Roth
Consultant, Government Activities
United Cerebral Palsy Associations (UCPA)

Gerard Rugel, Esq.
Counsel
Northern Virginia ARC

Jamie Ruppmann
Co-Chair, Children and Families Task Force
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities

Madelyn Cahn Schultz, Ph.D.
Health Education Program Specialist
Head Start Bureau

William Sciarillo, Sc.D.
Executive Director
Association for Care of Children's Health

Mary M. Shea, OTR, MPH
Inclusion Coordinator
Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center

Lana Smith
Director of Education & Training
National Child Care Association

Nancy Smith
Assistant Director
ARCH National Resource Center for Respite and
Crisis Care Services

Sue Sosler
Child Care Program Specialist
DHHS/ACYF/Child Care Bureau

Andrea Sobel

Pat Spahr
Director of Information Development
NAEYC

Christina Stanton
Administrative Assistant
National Child Care Information Center

Richard Sternowski
Child Care Program Specialist
DHHS/ACYF/Child Care Bureau

Bobbi Stettner-Eaton
Education Program Specialist
Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services

Lillian Sugarman
Program Specialist
Administration for Children and Families

Howard Taras, MD
Associate Professor, Community Pediatrics
Director, School Physician Services
University of California, San Diego

Tawara D. Taylor
Director, Community Services Division
Georgetown University - University Affiliated Program

Josie Thomas
Director for Family Issues
Institute for Family-Centered Care

Linda Thomas
Child Care Program Specialist
DHHS/ACYF/Child Care Bureau

Eva K. Thorp
Associate Professor, Early Childhood Special Education
George Mason University
Graduate School of Education

Nancy Treusch
Preschool Grants Coordinator
Office of Special Education Programs
U.S. Department of Education

Anne-Marie Twohie
Reston Interfaith, Inc.

Felicia Valdez, Ed.D
Director, Early Intervention Institute
Children's Hospital

Yasmina Vinci, Ab.D.
Executive Director
NACCRRA

Penelope Wald, Ed.D.
Research Scientist
George Washington University

Chris Walker
Child Care Program Specialist
DHHS/ACYF/Child Care Bureau

Sharon Walsh
Governmental Relations Consultant
Division for Early Childhood (DEC)

Kate Warren
Public Policy Fellow, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation
Administration on Developmental Disabilities
Department of Health and Human Services

Claudia Wayne
Executive Director
National Center for the Early Childhood Workforce

Missy Webb
Vice President of Government Relations
National Child Care Association

Bob Williams
Commissioner
Administration on Developmental Disabilities
Department of Health and Human Services

Karren Wood
Training Coordinator, Community Connections Project
The George Washington University - DTPSE

Deborah A. Ziegler
Director
Delaware Early Childhood Center