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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 
  • Aimee Hilado (Advisory Committee Co-Chair Elect), Assistant Professor, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, The University of Chicago; ZERO TO THREE Board Member 
  • Helen Raikes (Advisory Committee Co-Chair Elect), Willa Cather Professor Emeritus of Child, Youth, and Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; ZERO TO THREE Board Member 
  • Natasha Byars, Director of Racial Equity Consultation & Training, Indigo Cultural Center 
  • Holly Hatton, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska Lincoln 
  • Lili Gray, Training and Consultation 
  • Sufna John, Associate Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 
  • Evandra Catherine, Director of Disability and Mental Health Policy, Children’s Equity Project 
  • Chris Amirault, Writer/Consultant 
  • Allison Goff, Director of Early Learning Career Center, Gulf Regional Early Childhood Services 
  • Allison Goff, Director of Early Learning Career Center, Gulf Regional Early Childhood Services 
  • Roop Zainab Rana, Consultant Psychiatrist, CEO, The Healing Triad, Pakistan 
  • Kelly Morehouse-Smith, Director, Family Well Being Division, Child Care Resource Center 
  • Kaya Swann, Co-Director, Parent, Infant, Early Childhood (PIEC) Program, The Institute for Innovation and Implementation, University of Maryland School of Social Work 
  • Pradeep Gidwani, Medical Director, Healthy Development Services and First 5 First Steps Home Visiting Services American Academy of Pediatrics, California Chapter 3 
  • Lauren Moberg, Infant & Early Childhood Director, Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health 
  • Rowena Mudiappa, Network Liaison, Project Planner, Duke University 
  • Carmen Rosa Noroña, Child Trauma Clinical Services & Training Lead, ETTN Boston Site Associate Director, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Center for Excellence in Immigrant Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, Boston Medical Center, Boston University  
  • Heidi Welch, Former Associate Director, Child and Youth Operations, Department of Defense 

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 
  • Jonathon Gonzales, Military Family Projects Director 
  • Noelle Hause, Senior IECMH Professional Development Manager, Professional Innovations 
  • Janie Huddleston, Safe Babies and Early Childhood Systems  National Director 
  • Hannah Johnson, Director, ECDHS: Evidence to Impact Center 
  • Katrina Macasaet, Senior Professional Development Manager, Professional Innovations  
  • David Mandell, Senior Policy Officer 
  • Emeobong (Eme) Martin, Lead Strategic Engagement Officer   
  • Samantha (Sam) Melvin, Policy Research Director 
  • Maria Ogunye, Operations Manager, Professional Innovations 
  • Claire Selius, Marketing Manager, Communications 
  • Rebecca Parlakian, Senior Programs Director 
  • Suzy Tam, Communications Specialist 
  • Laura, Krug, Sr. Professional Development Subject Matter Expert, HealthySteps 
  • Lindsay Usry, Senior IECMH Policy Director 
  • Lisa Wilson, Director of Outreach and Engagement, National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning (NCECDTL)

CPP Program Advisors

  • Chandra Ghosh Ippen, Associate Director of the Child Trauma Research Program at University of California, San Francisco & ZERO TO THREE Board of Directors 
  • Ann Chu, Assistant Clinical Professor and Associate Director of Dissemination and Research, Child Trauma Research Program at the University of California, San Francisco 
  • Lili Gray, Training and Consultation 
  • Mindy Kronenberg, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center 
  • Carmen Rosa Noroña, Child Trauma Clinical Services & Training Lead, ETTN Boston Site Associate Director, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Center for Excellence in Immigrant Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, Boston Medical Center, Boston University  
  • Sufna John, Associate Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 
  • Cassie Yackley, Director, Center for Trauma-Responsive Practice Change 

2025 LEARN Conference Host Committee

  • Co-Chair: Sarah Lytle, Playful Learning Landscapes 
  • Co-Chair: Dani Stamm Thomas, Early Learning Hub 
  • Amelia Bachleda, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences 
  • David Mandell, ZERO TO THREE  
  • Elizabeth Zinter, Oregon Department of Early Learning  
  • Jamie Colvard, ZERO TO THREE  
  • John Love, City of Ashland Ad Hoc Committee on Affordable Childcare and Early Learning  
  • Kali Thorne Ladd, Children’s Institute  
  • Ronald Rabin, Maritz Family Foundation  
  • Sheri Hill, SHERI L HILL PHD LLC 

2025 Sponsors

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