BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mary K. Boyd
Chief Executive Officer, MKB Associates; Area Superintendent, St. Paul Public Schools (Ret.); Director of Ramsey County Community Services (Ret.); Dean, Graduate School of Education, Hamline University (Ret.)
Frank Forsberg
F.P. Forsberg Consulting LLC; Former Sr. Vice President, Twin Cities United Way


Dianne Haulcy
President & CEO, The Family Partnership; Host, Early Risers Podcast from Little Moments Count
Theo Jolosky, PhD
Jolosky Market Reasoning; Director of Product Management, Pearson Clinical Assessment (Ret.)


Alberto Montserrate
Co-founder & CEO of NewPublica
Bill Svrluga
Founder & Executive Director, Before Racism


Dr. Sheila Williams Ridge
Director, Shirley G. Moore Lab School, Institute of Child Development, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota
BOARD OF ADVISORS
Early Childhood Development, Education, and Mental Health
Beverly Bauman
Vice President of Staff Development and Education, New Horizon Academy
Lydia J. Carlis, PhD
Chief Program & People Officer, Acelero, Inc.
Gillian Dowley McNamee, PhD
Professor; Director, Teacher Education Program; Director, Language and Literacy Partners; Erikson Institute
Patricia A. Kay
Chair, Department of Education and Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education, Berkshire Community College
Steve Lepinski
Executive Director, Washburn Center For Children (Ret.)
Mary Muhs, EdD
Academic Program Director, Early Childhood Education, Rasmussen University
Kelly Phillips
Program Director at Monument Square and Magic Seasons, Early Childhood and School-Age Centers, Childcare Centers of the Berkshires, Inc.
Michael Pittman
Director, New Horizon Academy, Brooklyn Center
Dr. Sheila Williams Ridge
Director, Shirley G. Moore Lab School, Institute of Child Development, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota
Deby Ziesmer
Early Childhood Director/Pritzker Fellow, Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board
Education
Mary K. Boyd
Chief Executive Officer, MKB Associates; Area Superintendent, St. Paul Public Schools (Ret.); Director of Ramsey County Community Services (Ret.); Dean, Graduate School of Education, Hamline University (Ret.)
Marty Lange
Senior Vice President, National Geographic Learning; former Senior Vice President, Chief Products Officer, McGraw Hill
Pediatric Neuropsychology/Child Neurodevelopment
Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, EdD
NCSP, ABPdN
Diplomate, The American Board of Pediatric Neuropsychology
INSPiRE Neuropsychology Clinic Community High School District 218, Oak Lawn, Illinois
Lori Markson, PhD
Professor, Psychology & Brain Sciences; faculty Director of Undegraduate Research, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Daniel C. Miller, PhD
ABPP, ABSNP, NCSP
Executive Director, Woodcock Institute for the Advancement of Neurocognitive Research and Applied Practice, Texas Woman’s University; President, KIDS, Inc./School Neuropsychology Institute
Sandra R. Waxman, PhD
Louis W. Menk Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University & Director of the University Infant & Child Development Center
Media Design and Production
Catherine Allan
Executive Producer, Twin Cities PBS (Ret.)
Kristin Pederson
Senior Director, Vice President, TPT Education, Twin Cities PBS
Measurement and Evaluation
Theo Jolosky, PhD
Jolosky Market Reasoning; Director of Product Management, Pearson Clinical Assessment (ret.)
Michael Quinn Patton, PhD
Founder and CEO, Utilization-Focused Evaluation
Art Rolnick
Economist, University of Minnesota; Former Senior Fellow, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; Former Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Community Partners
Lynne Atlas-Ingebretson
Chief of Staff, World Savvy
Michael C. Bingham
Senior Vice President, Presbyterian Homes & Services; Former CEO of Twin Cities RISE!
Tim Marx
Counsel, Winthrop & Weinstine PA; Former President & CEO of Catholic Charities Minneapolis & St. Paul
Marcus Pope
President, Youthprise
Angela Watts
Director of Health Equity Strategic Initiatives & Impact
Hennepin Healthcare
Paul Williams
President and Chief Executive Officer, Project for Pride in Living
Otis Zanders
President and Chief Executive Officer, Ujamaa Place
Public Sector
Susan Haigh
President and Chief Executive Officer, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity (Ret.); Former Ramsey County (MN) County Commissioner
Thomas Moss
Former Deputy Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services; Chief Operating Officer, Public Strategies Group (Ret.)
Connie Nelson
Director of Re:DESIGN; Former Assistant Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Revenue; Partner Emeritus, The Public Strategies Group (Ret.)
Community Philanthropy
John Couchman
Vice President, Programs & Grants, St. Paul Foundation (Ret.)
Frank Forsberg
F. P. Forsberg Consulting LLC; Former Senior Vice President, Twin Cities United Way
OUR TEAM
Bill Svrluga
Founder & Executive Director
Frank Forsberg
Director, Program Implementation
F. P. Forsberg Consulting, LLC
Theo Jolosky, PhD
Director, Research & Evaluation
Jolosky Market Reasoning
Tony Helmer
Director, Fund Development
Crowley, White, Helmer & Sevig
John Sessler
Director, Learning Experience Design & Content Development
Education and Children’s Media Consultant
Kathy Graves & Brigitte Parenteau
Public Relations & Communications
Parenteau Graves
Joseph Cecere
Marketing & Branding
LITTLE Co.
KEY SUPPORT PARTNERS
- Six Red Marbles, Instructional Design
- Wilder Research of the Wilder Foundation, Program Evaluation
- Clifton, Larson & Allen, Finance and Accounting
- Fredrikson & Byron, PA, Legal
LEAD FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS
- F.R. Bigelow Foundation
- The Saint Paul Foundation
- Mardag Foundation
- Charlson Foundation
- Hardenberg Foundation
- Svrluga Foundation
- The Minneapolis Foundation
- Maris & Power
- Margaret Wurtele Foundation
- Miles Family Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation
IN-KIND PARTNERS
- Crowley, White, Helmer & Sevig (Fund Development)
- Fredrikson & Byron (Legal)
- Little & Co. (Branding & Marketing)
- Parenteau Graves ( Public Relations & Communications)