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NAEYC Governing Board and Leadership
Governing Board
Nadia J. Jones, President / Rollins Center for Language & Literacy, Atlanta, GA Tonia R. Durden, Past President / Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA Jamie Cho, Vice President / University of Washington, Bothell, Seattle, WA Natalie Willams, Secretary / Miami Children’ s Museum, Miami, FL Nicole Woods, Treasurer / Karsh Institute of Democracy, Charlottesville, VA DJ Alexander / Waterford. org, Houston, TX
Young Children Consulting Editors
Nodelyn Abayan / City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Jolene Addington / Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI Stacy M. Alfonso / University of Washington, Seattle, WA Jessica Alvarado / National University, San Diego, CA Angela Christine Aquilizan / BING Nursery School, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Megina Baker, Voices Executive Editor / Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA Lawrence Balter / New York University, New York, NY Holland Banse / University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL Nancy Barbour / James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA Bonnie Blagojevic / Morningtown Consulting, Orono, ME Meghan Block / Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI Amanda Branscombe, Voices Executive Editor / Athens State University, Athens, AL Lorraine Breffni / Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL Pam Brillante / William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ Samuel Broaden / Honoring Childhood, Portland, OR Robyn Brookshire, Voices Executive Editor / University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Amber Brown / University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, TX Kutasha Bryan-Silva / University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL Jennifer Buchter / Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL Karen Burger Cairone / Education Development Center Inc., Learning and Teaching Division, Newtown, PA
Alyson Anderson / McKee Education Center, Des Moines, IA Erin Covington / Alvarez & Marsal, Washington, DC Dianne Haulcy / Minneapolis, MN Troy Hunter / ElevateDD, Columbus, OH Greg Hutchings Jr. / Hutchings & Associates and Howard University, Ashland, VA Chara Fisher Jackson / Cincinnati Preschool Promise, Cincinnati, OH Chris Lambert / Retired Attorney and Educator
Lisa Castillo / South Salem Elementary School, Port Washington, NY Kathryn Castle / Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK Lori Caudle / Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC Eun Kyeong Cho / University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH Dong Hwa Choi / Park University, Parkville, MO Sherry Cleary / City University of New York; New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute, New York, NY Kiyomi Sánchez-Suzuki Colegrove / Texas State University, San Marcos, TX Christan Coogle / George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Patricia Cooper / Queens College-CUNY, Long Island City, NY Tanya Cordoba / Anderson University, Anderson, SC Jennifer Corkern / Martin County School District, Stuart, FL Shelly Counsell / University of Memphis, Memphis, TN Jennifer Crandell / WestEd, Scituate, MA Becky DelVecchio / University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA Michelle Dent / Educational consultant, Cheshire, CT Maleka Donaldson / Smith College, Northampton, MA Emily Dorsey / University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign, Champaign, IL Dede Dunst / Mitchell Community College, Statesville, NC Angela Eckhoff / Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA Sarah Elahi / Raising Resistance, Boston, MA
Stephanie Lawkins / Independent Executive Advisor, Boston, MA Megan Madison / Author, Educator, Organizer, New York, NY Victoria Roanhorse / Explora! Science Center and Children’ s Museum, Albuquerque, NM Yolanda Willis / Camp Fire First Texas and Abilene Christian University, Fort Worth, TX Shu-Chen“ Jenny” Yen / California State University, Fullerton, CA Michelle Kang( Ex Officio) / NAEYC, Washington, DC
Angela Elkins / Red Barn Cooperative Nursery School, Weston, MA Nagwa Elsamra / Central Jersey Family Health Consortium, North Brunswick, NJ Andrea Emerson / Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR Alexandra Figueras-Daniel / Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ Sidney Gaines / San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA Jeanne Galbraith / State University of New York, Geneseo, NY Mary Garguile / Olympic College, Bremerton, WA Kathryn Gentry / Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA Keri Giordano / Kean University, Union, NJ Lisa Goddard, Voices Executive Editor / University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy Anna Golden / Sabot School, Stony Point Campus, Richmond, VA Ron Grady, Voices Executive Editor / Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA Ashley Y. Grays / University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL Kathleen Harris / Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA Dorian Harrison / Ohio State University, Newark, OH Holly Hatton-Bowers / University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE Barbara Henderson, Voices Coeditor / San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA Jayme Hines / St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY Emily Brown Hoffman / National Louis University, Chicago, IL
64 Young Children
Fall 2026