Dr. Olga Martinez Hickman supports cross-sector partnerships aimed at redesigning systems and strategies to enhance high-quality early childhood education for all children, regardless of background. She has more than two decades of relevant education and experience,...
Thelma Ramirez is a researcher at the Ecological Approaches to Social and Emotional Learning (EASEL) Lab at Harvard University. Her research interests include contextualizing and adapting social and emotional learning for cultural relevance in diverse contexts—all in...
Dr. Jamie Augustus-Singleton Hunter grew up in rural South Carolina. She graduated from Hampton University with a BS in Math in 2001. She was a paralegal assistant and a math teacher before she attended the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) for medical...
Georgia Mjartan is the Executive Director of South Carolina First Steps and the South Carolina Early Childhood Advisory Council. A state government agency and nonprofit, this public-private partnership directly reaches over 50,000 children birth through age five...
Dr. Sean Doherty served as the Superintendent of the School District of Clayton in Saint Louis, MO, until 2021. Dr. Doherty earned his Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership and Master of Arts in Elementary Administration. His roots in education started in...
