Who We Are
Our interdisciplinary team reflects the complexity of issues that intersect in early childhood. The center leadership and staff bring together expertise in research, policy, and practice from across education, medicine, law, business, and engineering.
Leadership Council
Philip Fisher, PhD, Excellence in Learning Education Professor
Stanford Graduate School of Education
Director
Joan Lombardi, PhD, Visiting Scholar
Stanford Graduate School of Education, Senior Advisor and Leadership Council Co-Chair
Lisa Chamberlain, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics and, by courtesy, of Education, Stanford School of Medicine
Associate Director
Jelena Obradović, PhD, Associate Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Education
Associate Director
Ryan Christopher Padrez, MD, Clinical Associate Director, Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine
Matthew Glickman, PhD, Lecturer, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Founder and President of Promise Venture Studio
Isabelle Hau, Stanford Graduate School of Education; Executive Director, Stanford Accelerator for Learning
Barry D. Ford, JD, President and CEO, Council for a Strong America
Miriam Calderon, MSW, Chief Policy Officer at Zero to Three
Stephanie Curenton, PhD, Associate Professor, Boston University; Director, Center for the Ecology of Early Childhood Development
Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor, PhD, Chief Executive Officer at Frameworks Institute
Natalie Renew, MPA, Executive Director, Home Grown
Kelvin Chan, PhD, MTS, MPH, Managing Director, Robin Hood Foundation
Abigail Stewart-Kahn, Managing Director
Elizabeth Backus, Administrative Director
Staff
Administrative Team
Claire Browne, Administrative Associate
Brittany Dalberg, Operations Coordinator
Ashleigh Panoo, Communications Specialist
Operational Team
Kate Beauchamp, PhD, Director of Impact Evaluation
Cristi Carman, Director of RAPID Project
Alex Wagnon, Research Manager
Kyndal Yada, FIND Program Manager
Michael Sulik, PhD, Research Associate
Renata Correa Gomes, Research Coordinator 2
Jennifer Fortet, Impact Evaluation Associate
Valeria Garcia, Community Partnership Coordinator
Allison Gross, Research Coordinator 2
Claire Gunther, Research Coordinator
Rose Jeffries, Data Manager
Sihong Liu, PhD, Methodologist
Rene Maldonado, Research Coordinator
Bryan Mantell, Data Analyst
Rhys McCaughran, Research Coordinator
Shreya Mishra, Research Coordinator
Katie Nicolaou, Partnership Coordinator
Irma Ramirez, Community Partnership Coordinator
Ciera Sanders, Research Coordinator
Callie Silver, Impact Evaluation Associate
Sally Steinman, Implementation Lead
Emily Strickler, Research Coordinator
Fengrong Yang, Data Analyst
Students and trainees
Jeremy Walters, doctoral student
Join our team! Learn more about our fellowship and career opportunities on our Get Involved page.