Advisory Committee Members

  • Paul H. Dworkin, MD, Chair
    Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Office for Community Child Health
    Help Me Grow National Center
  • Tanya Barrett
    United Way of Connecticut
  • Rosa Biaggi
    State of Connecticut Department of Public Health/
    Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program
  • Julie Bisi
    Connecticut Office of Early Childhood
  • Angela Crowley
    Yale University School of Nursing
  • Mary Ann Cyr
    Community Health Network of Connecticut
  • Nancy DiMauro
    State of Connecticut Department of Children and Families
  • Elizabeth Donahue
    State of Connecticut Governor’s Office
  • Kareena DuPlessis
    Child Development Infoline/
    United Way of Connecticut
  • Karen Foley-Schain
    Connecticut Office of Early Childhood/
    Family Support Services Division
  • Merrill Gay
    Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance
  • Barbara Geller
    State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
  • Linda Goodman
    Connecticut Office of Early Childhood
  • Susan Graham
    Parent representative
  • Steven Hernandez
    The Connecticut Commission on Children
  • Lisa Honigfeld
    Child Health and Development Institute
  • Monica Jensen
    State of Connecticut Department of Public Health/
    Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program
  • Lynn S. Johnson
    Connecticut Office of Early Childhood/
    Connecticut Birth to Three System
  • Myra Jones-Taylor
    Commissioner, Connecticut Office of Early Childhood
  • Silvia Kelly
    Community Health Network of Connecticut
  • Iva Kosutic
    Partners in Social Research
  • Mhora Lorentson
    Lorentson Consulting, LLC
  • Donna Maselli 
    State of Connecticut Department of Public Health
  • Melissa Mendez
    Wheeler Clinic/Project LAUNCH – Promising Starts
  • Judith Meyers
    Child Health Development Institute
  • Richard Porth
    United Way of Connecticut
  • Jessica Sager
    All Our Kin
  • Heather Spada
    United Way of Connecticut/ECCS Project Manager
  • Deborah Watson
    Connecticut Office of Early Childhood/
    Family Support Services Division/Help Me Grow Campaign
  • Grace Whitney
    Connecticut Head Start Collaboration Office
  • Jillian Wood
    Connecticut Chapter-American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Robert Zavoski, M.D.
    State of Connecticut Department of Social Services
  • Elaine Zimmerman
    Connecticut Commission on Children/Connecticut Early Childhood Cabinet