Our ZERO TO THREE leadership team takes a unique multidisciplinary approach to child development.
They bring together the perspectives of many fields, and their expertise is rooted in all domains of development—social, emotional, intellectual, language, and physical. The ZERO TO THREE management team and Board of Directors work together to promote children’s overall health and well-being in the context of family and culture.
Executive Leadership Team


Matthew Melmed
Executive Director


Ernestine Benedict
Chief Communications Officer


Jennifer Boss
Strategy & Operations Officer


Miriam Calderón
Chief Policy Officer


Tracy Crudup
Chief Human Resources Officer


Janice Im
Chief Program Officer


Pia Valdivia
Chief Financial & Administrative Officer


Candace Winkler
Chief Development and Strategy Officer
Senior Staff Leadership


Darneshia Allen
Manager, Training and Technical Assistance Integration, Safe Babies


Lynette Aytch
Director of the Leadership Development Institute


Elizabeth Bicio
Senior Director of Quality, HealthySteps


Rahil D. Briggs
National Director, HealthySteps


Julie Cohen
Associate Director, Policy Center


Patricia A. Cole
Senior Director of Federal Policy, Policy Center


Jamie Colvard
Director of State Policy


Wallace Daniels
Assistant Director, Human Resources


Justine Davenport
Director, Advocacy


Lauren Donovan
Director, Strategic Initiatives


Maria Gehl
Director, Practice and Field Operations, Safe Babies


Laila Fritz
Product Director of Technology, HealthySteps


Jenifer Goldman Fraser
Director, Research and Evaluation, Safe Babies


Kristen Greene
Associate Director, Professional Innovations Division (PID)


Noelle Hause
Senior PD Manager, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, Professional Innovations Division (PID)


Greg Hollback
Interim Director of Individual Philanthropy


Janie Huddleston
National Director, Safe Babies


Sarah LeMoine
Senior Director, Professional Innovations Division (PID)


Johanna Lister
Director of Policy, HealthySteps


Katrina Macasaet
PD Manager, Professional Innovations Division (PID)


Eme Martin
Lead Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer


Bridgitt Mitchell
Senior Director of Training and Quality, National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning (NCECDTL)


Siobhan Mueller
Director of Communications and Marketing


Kathleen Mulrooney
Director, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Strategy-Program


Christina Nigrelli
Senior Director of Programs


Rebecca Parlakian
Senior Director of Programs


Amy Pirretti
National Director, National Center on Early Childhood, Development, Teaching, and Learning


Kathy Reschke
Senior Content Specialist


Julia Richards
Senior Director, Professional Innovations Division (PID)


Alice Ricks
Director of Strategic Operations, HealthySteps


Torey Silloway
Director, Policy and Financing, Safe Babies


Dorinda Silver Williams
Director, Military Family Projects


Luisa Soaterna-Castañeda
Director, Program Management and Technology, National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching and Learning (NCECDTL)


Christy Stanton
Senior Technical Assistance Specialist, Policy Center


Jennifer Tracey
Senior Director, Growth and Sustainability, HealthySteps


Nicole Tullis
Director of Development, HealthySteps


Lindsay Usry
Director, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Strategy-Policy


Lisa M. Wilson, M.Ed.
Director of Equity & Outreach, National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning (NCECDTL)
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