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, Adjunct Professor
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, Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Education
Associate Director
Ryan Christopher Padrez, MD, Clinical Associate Director, Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine
Matthew Glickman, MBA/MA; Raccoon Partners Lecturer in Strategic Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business for 2023-2024; Co-Founder and Partner, 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, 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, Executive Director, Black Family Philanthropies
Abigail Stewart-Kahn, Managing Director
Elizabeth Backus, Operations and Finance Director
Staff
Administrative Team
Milla Bushman, Executive Support Specialist
Brittany Dalberg, Operations Coordinator
Ashleigh Panoo, Communications Specialist
Maria Rosales, Administrative Associate
Operational Team
Kate Beauchamp, PhD, Director of Learning and 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, Learning and Evaluation Associate
Valeria Garcia, Senior Coordinator
Claire Gunther, Research Coordinator
Rose Jeffries, Data Manager
WooJung Kim, Data Analyst
Sihong Liu, PhD, Methodologist
Rene Maldonado, Research Coordinator
Bryan Mantell, Data Analyst
Rhys McCaughran, Research Coordinator
Shreya Mishra, Research Coordinator
Katie Nicolaou, Senior Coordinator
Maya Provencal, Research Coordinator
Irma Ramirez, Senior Coordinator
Ciera Sanders, Research Coordinator
Callie Silver, Learning and Evaluation Associate
Darriya Starr, Research Coordinator 2
Sally Steinman, Implementation Lead
Emily Strickler, Research Coordinator 2
Fengrong Yang, Data Analyst
Students and trainees
Gladys Aguilar, Equity in Early Education Postdoctoral Fellow
Meriah DeJoseph, Postdoctoral Scholar
Lauren Klein, Postdoctoral Scholar
Mateus Morante Mazzaferro, doctoral student
Alexis Merculief, Equity in Early Education Postdoctoral Fellow
Join our team! Learn more about our fellowship and career opportunities on our Get Involved page.