National Advisory Board
Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, PhD
Professor of Human Behavior, Research, & Policy and Director of the Institute for Equity in Child Opportunity & Healthy Development
Charles Cuneo, MBA
Former Director of Finance and Administration for The Conversation and current member of the Board of Trustees
Felton Earls, MD
Professor of Social Medicine, Emeritus, Research Professor of Human Behavior and Development (Harvard School of Public Health)
Lisa Fujie Parks
Associate Program Director, The Prevention Institute
Xavier Morales, PhD, MRP
Executive Director of the Praxis Project
Ines Palmarin, MA
Executive Director St. Stephen's Youth Programs, Co-Founder of Boston Mother's Care
George Pitchford, JD
Shareholder, The Allen Law Group PC
Adriana Raines, MEd, CDP
Engagement Manager, YW Boston
Jeri Robinson
Chairperson of the Boston Public School Committee and Vice President of Early Childhood Initiatives at The Boston Children's Museum, Retired
Benjamin Siegel, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
Sonja Spears, JD
Chief Justice and Equity Officer at Union of Concerned Scientists, Retired Judge
Richard Sussman, PhD
Former Director of Early Childhood Investments at The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
Josette Williams
Program Manager, Countdown to Kindergarten, Boston Public Schools, resident advocate and community leader
Past Advisory Board Members
Tina Cheng, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics and Division Chief for the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (Johns Hopkins Hospital)
Dominique Graham, LICSW
Founder of domiesblessed.com, Entrepreneur, Author, Blogger, Consultant, Social Worker, and Homemaker
Jessica Taubner, MPH
Director, Greater Boston Stie for the Family Independence Initiative (FII)
Betsy Mc Alister Groves, MSW, LICSW
Founder, Child Witness to Violence Project (Boston Medical Center) and The Child Advocacy Strand (Harvard University Graduate School of Education)
Thomas Weisner, PhD
Professor of Anthropology at UCLA in the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences; Director of the UCLA Center for Culture & Health