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Name/Title	Affiliation
Ellen Wolock, Administrator	NJ Department of Education Division of Early Childhood Education
Lakota Kruse, MD, Director Maternal and Child Health	NJ Department of Health Division of Family Health Services
Shonda Laurel, Supervising Program Development Specialist	NJ Department of Human Services Division of Family Development
Laura Morana, Superintendent	Red Bank Borough School District
Tina Foley, Supervisor	Catholic Charities, Diocese of Metuchen
Alice Rose, Former Director Child Development Center	McGuire Air Force Base, NJ
Beth Zinkand, Senior Director	Migrant Head Start, Child and Family Development Program
Sharon Ryan, Associate Professor	Rutgers, the State University of NJ Graduate School of Education
Ana Berdecia, Senior Fellow/Director	Thomas Edison State College, Center for Positive Development of Urban Children
Ted Gooding, President/CEO	O.C.E.A.N. Inc.
Suzanne Burnette, Head Start Collaboration Director	NJ Department of Education Division of Early Childhood Education
Lisa Von Pier, Director	NJ Department of Children and Families Division of Family and Community Partnerships
Barbara Kiley, Former President, CITE	Coalition of Infant/Toddler Educators, CITE
Barbara Reisman, Executive Director	The Schumann Fund for New Jersey
Cecilia Zalkind, Executive Director	Advocates for the Children of New Jersey
Lisa Lockwood, President	NJ Association for the Education of Young Children, NJAEYC
Veronica Ray, President	NJ Head Start Association
Lorraine Johnson, President	NJ Head Start Director’s Association
Michelle Melgarejo, President	NJ Family Child Care Provider Association
Gerard Costa, Director	Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health at Montclair State University
Natasha Johnson, Deputy Director	NJ Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development
Janet Hochman Joslyn Bjorseth	NJ Department of Children and Families, Office of Licensing
Barbara Tkach, 619 Coordinator	NJ Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs
Terri Buccarelli, President	Coalition for Infant/Toddler Educators (CITE)
Margaret Milliner, Assistant Director	NJ Department of Human Services Division of Family Development
Gambi White-Tennant, Executive Director	New Jersey Council for Young Children
Sunday Gustin, Administrator Early Childhood Services	Department of Children and Families Division of Family and Community Partnerships
Terry Harrison, Part C Coordinator	Early Intervention System
Karin Garver, Education Program Development Specialist	NJ Department of Education, Division of Early Childhood Education