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Partners

LEARN 2025 wouldn’t be possible without the incredible support of our sponsors, exhibitors, partners, and supporters. Your commitment helps us bring meaningful professional development to the early childhood community. We’re grateful for everything you do.

Thank you to our 2024 Sponsors

2025 LEARN Conference Advisory Committee Members

  • Barbara Thompson (Advisory Committee Chair), Former Director, Office of Military Family Readiness Policy, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy; ZERO TO THREE Board Member. 
  • Jon Korfmacher (Advisory Committee Immediate-Past Chair), Senior Research Fellow, Chapin Hall, University of Chicago; ZERO TO THREE Board Member. 
  • Natasha Byars, Director of Racial Equity Consultation & Training, Indigo Cultural Center. 
  • Gerard (Gerry) Costa, NJ Licensed Psychologist; Infant Mental Health Clinical Mentor; Founding Director, Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health-Montclair State University; Trustee and President, ICDL. 
  • Holly HattonAssociate Professor, University of Nebraska Lincoln. 
  • Kyong-Ah Kwon, Principal Investigator for Happy Teacher Project, Associate Professor & Drusa B. Cable Endowed Chair in Education & Early Childhood Education, Rainbolt Family Endowed Education Presidential Professor, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma. 
  • Salam Soliman, Principal Investigator for NCTSN CAT II Center for Prevention and Early Trauma Treatment, Forensic Psychologist for the New York Office of Mental Health, Leadership team and faculty/trainer at the Reflective Supervision Collaborative, Consultant to KKH Hospital in Singapore. 
  • Ayelet Talmi, The Gary Pavilion at Children’s Hospital Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus and University of Colorado School of Medicine: Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics; Director, Section of Integrated Behavioral Health, Division of Child and Adolescent Mental Health; Director, Project CLIMB; Director, Harris Program in Infant Mental Health; and Associate Editor, Infant Mental Health Journal. 

ZERO TO THREE Staff Advisors

  • Julia Richards (staff lead), Senior Director, Professional Innovations 
  • Sarah LeMoine (staff content lead), Senior Director, Professional Innovations  
  • Lynette Aytch, Leadership Development Director, Leadership Development Institute 
  • Sharon Bell, Editorial Manager, Communications  
  • Robert Clark, Resource and Training Development Director, Safe Babies 
  • Jamie Colvard, State Policy Director 
  • Noelle Hause, Senior IECMH Professional Development Manager, Professional Innovations 
  • Brandy Jones Lawrence, Technical Assistance Director, National Early Care and Education Workforce Center 
  • Katrina Macasaet, Senior Professional Development Manager, Professional Innovations  
  • David Mandell, Senior Policy Advisor 
  • Emeobong (Eme) Martin, Lead Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer   
  • Kathy Mulrooney, IECMH Coordination and Strategy Director 
  • Maria Ogunye, Operations Manager, Professional Innovations 
  • Rebecca Parlakian, Senior Programs Director 
  • Suzy Tam, Communications Specialist 
  • Lisa Wilson, Equity and Outreach Director, National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning (NCECDTL) 

2025 LEARN Conference Host Committee

Co-Chairs of the Committee

  • Brenda Jones Harden, Columbia School of Social Work
  • Lee Beers, Children’s National Hospital
  • Alison White , Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
  • Amber Rosean , Raising a Village
  • Andrea Hall, Judy Hoyer Learning Center
  • Barbara Thompson, ZERO TO THREE Board of Directors
  • Christopher Barnes, Barnes and Associates, LLC
  • Christy Tirrell-Corbin, University of Maryland Center for Early Childhood Education and Intervention
  • David Willis, Georgetown University
  • Elizabeth Erickson, Duke University School of Medicine
  • Fatima Kadik, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
  • George Askew, University of Maryland
  • Helen Egger , Little Otter
  • Jazmyn Covington, Family League of Baltimore
  • Jessica Lertora, Safe Babies: A Program of ZERO TO THREE
  • Joyce Harrison, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Julia Wessel, The Lourie Center for Children’s Social Emotional Wellness
  • Kay Connors , University of Maryland School of Medicine, Child and Adolescent
  • Kerrie Schnake, Medical University of South Carolina
  • Kristen Kinkopf, Richman Family Foundation
  • Lacey Eidman, Maryland Family Network
  • Laura Weeldreyer, Maryland Family Network
  • Lisa Berlin, University of Maryland School of Social Work
  • Mary Ellen Warren, University of South Carolina
  • Melissa Rock, Maryland Family Network
  • Rebecca O’Neill, Axis Mundi Child and Family Therapy
  • Robert Gallen, University of Pittsburgh School of Education
  • Sarah Barclay Hoffman, Children’s National Hospital
  • Stephanie Cooper, Abilities Network
  • Stephanie McNerney, University of Virginia Department of Pediatrics’ Village Care Program
  • Sylvan Ryder, Columbia University Neonatal Growth and Development (GraD) Clinic
  • Taniesha Woods, Maryland Family Network
  • Tracy Walters, Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
  • U’nek Clarke, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry
  • Doug Lent, Maryland Family Network
  • Tracy Harris, The Family Tree
  • Kaya Swann, The Institute for Innovation and Implementation, University of Maryland School of Social Work
  • Amy Hunter, Georgetown University
  • Rebecca O’Neill, Axis Mundi Child and Family Therapy
  • Councilmember Christina Henderson, Council of the District of Columbia
  • Jasmine Grant, Center for Child and Family Traumatic Stress at KKI
  • Kaya Swann, University of Maryland School of Social Work
  • Amie Bettencourt, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  • Eliana Perrin, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  • Vanessa Milio, Vanessa Milio LLC

Thank you to our partners for spreading the word!

We’re grateful to all the organizations that included LEARN 2025 in their community calendars and helped share this event with early childhood professionals nationwide.

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