Senior Leadership
Our ZERO TO THREE leadership team takes a unique multidisciplinary approach to child development.
They bring together the perspectives of many fields, and their expertise is rooted in all domains of development—social, emotional, intellectual, language, and physical. The ZERO TO THREE management team and Board of Directors work together to promote children’s overall health and well-being in the context of family and culture.
Executive Leadership Team
Matthew Melmed
Executive Director
Ernestine Benedict
Chief Communications and Marketing Officer
Jennifer Boss
Chief of Staff
Araceli Jacobs
Lead Impact Officer
Tracy Crudup
Chief Human Resources Officer
Janice Im
Chief Program Officer
Pia Valdivia
Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
Candace Winkler
Chief Development and Strategy Officer
Senior Staff Leadership
Darneshia Allen
Manager, Training and Technical Assistance Integration, Safe Babies
Lynette Aytch
Director of the Leadership Development Institute
Raena Akin-Deko
Director of Impact, HealthySteps
Melissa Baron
Director of Quality, HealthySteps
Rahil D. Briggs
National Director, HealthySteps
Michelle Brown
Senior Director of Training, National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning (NCECDTL)
Robert Clark
Director, Resource and Training Development, Safe Babies
Julie Cohen
Associate Director, Policy Center
Patricia A. Cole
Senior Director of Federal Policy, Policy Center
Jamie Colvard
Director of State Policy
Wallace Daniels
Assistant Director, Human Resources
Madeline Daniels Benderev
Director, Digital Strategy
Gina Davis
Associate Director, Media & PR
Lauren Donovan
Director, Strategic Initiatives
Laila Fritz
Product Director of Technology, HealthySteps
Maria Gehl
Director, Practice and Field Operations, Safe Babies
Jenifer Goldman Fraser
Director, Research and Evaluation, Safe Babies
Kristen Greene
Director, Coordinating Child Care and Part C, Policy Center
Noelle Hause
Senior PD Manager, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, Professional Innovations
Janie Huddleston
National Director, Safe Babies and Early Childhood Systems
Sarah LeMoine
Senior Director, Professional Innovations
Johanna Lister
Director of Policy, HealthySteps
Katrina Macasaet
Senior PD Manager, Professional Innovations
Eme Martin
Lead Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Susan McCullough
Individual Philanthropy Director
Siobhan Mueller
Director of Communications and Marketing
Kathleen Mulrooney
Director, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Strategy-Program
Christina Nigrelli
Senior Director of Programs
Rebecca Parlakian
Senior Director of Programs
Amy Pirretti
National Director, National Center on Early Childhood, Development, Teaching, and Learning
Julia Richards
Senior Director, Professional Innovations
Alice Ricks
Director of Strategic Operations, HealthySteps
Heather Schmidt
Assistant Project Director, Operations, Safe Babies
Torey Silloway
Director, Policy and Financing, Safe Babies
Elizabeth Sims
National Client Partner
Luisa Soaterna-Castañeda
Director, Program Management and Technology, National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching and Learning (NCECDTL)
Christy Stanton
Senior Technical Assistance Specialist, Policy Center
Dawn Stehle
Acting Director, Early Childhood Developmental Health Systems (ECDHS): Evidence to Impact Center
Jennifer Tracey
Senior Director, Growth and Sustainability, HealthySteps
Nicole Tullis
Director of Development, HealthySteps
Lindsay Usry
Director, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Strategy-Policy
Lisa M. Wilson, M.Ed.
Director of Equity & Outreach, National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning (NCECDTL)
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