Wendy DeCourcey, Ph.D.
Federal Project Officer
Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families

Mary Bruce Webb, Ph.D.
Director of the Division of Child and Family Development
Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families

John Hagen, Ph.D.
Past Executive Officer
Society for Research in Child Development
Professor of Psychology
University of Michigan

Faith Lamb-Parker, Ph.D.
Scientific Director
Columbia University
Mailman School of Public Health

Clancy Blair, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State University

Pia Rebello Britto, Ph.D.
Yale University

Margaret Burchinal, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Gayle Cunningham, M.S.
JCCEO Head Start-Early Head Start Program

Wendy DeCourcey, Ph.D.
Administration for Children and Families

Barbara Dowling, M.A.T., M.S., M.A.
Administration for Children and Families
Office of Head Start

John Hagen, Ph.D.
Society for Research in Child Development

Brenda Jones Harden, Ph.D.
University of Maryland

Faith Lamb-Parker, Ph.D.
Columbia University

Ruth Hubbell McKey, Ph.D.
ICF International

Mariela Páez, Ed.D.
Boston College

John Pascoe, M.D.
Wright State University

Gerald E. Sroufe, Ph.D.
American Education Research Association

Yasmina Vinci, M.P.A.
National Head Start Association

Mary Bruce Webb, Ph.D.
Administration for Children and Families

Harry H. Wright, M.D.
University of South Carolina

Sharon Yandian, M.Ed.
Administration for Children and Families/Office
of Head Start

Martha Zaslow, Ph.D.
Society for Research in Child Development

Edward Zigler, Ph.D.
Yale University

• American Educational Research Association
• American Occupational Therapy Association
• American Orthopsychiatric Association
• American Psychological Association
• American Public Health Association
• American School Health Association
• American Sociological Association
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
• Association for Psychological Science
• Association for Childhood Education International
• Cognitive Development Society
• Columbia University: National Center for Children in Poverty
• Division for Early Childhood
• National Association for the Education of Young Children

• National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
• National Center for Latino Child and Family Research
• National Black Child Development Institute, Inc.
• National Center for Children and Families, Teachers College
• National Fatherhood Initiative
• National Head Start Association
• National Medical Association
• National WIC Association
• Save The Children
• Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
• Society for Nutrition Education
• United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
• World Association for Infant Mental Health
• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families

This conference is presented by:

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Administration for Children and Families
• Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
• Office of Head Start

With planning by:

• Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
• Society for Research in Child Development
• ICF International
• Educational Services Inc. (ESI)