Our Team - Trust for Learning

Trust for Learning’s staff is supported by our dynamic board of advisors composed of experts in early childhood research and practice, policy, and equity. Staff and board members work together to develop and implement the Trust’s philanthropic and field-building strategy.

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Cathrine Aasen Floyd, PhD

Director of Ideal Learning Initiatives Trust for Learning Centennial, CO

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Tobi Adejumo

Director of Movement Building Trust for Learning Bridgewater, MA

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Toscha Blalock

Chief Learning & Evaluation Officer | Co-Director Trust for Learning Havertown, PA

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Nina de Cecco Walsh

Director of Operations & Grants Management Trust for Learning

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Chrisanne Gayl

Chrisanne Gayl

Chief Strategy & Policy Officer | Co-Director Trust for Learning Washington, DC

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Ellen Roche

Chief Media & Philanthropy Officer | Co-Director Trust for Learning Washington, D.C.

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Alex Johnston, Ph.D.

Building Impact

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Ania

Ania Czekaj-Farber

Managing Director/Principal Czekaj Ventures LLC d/b/a Czekaj Artistic Productions

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Brian Boyd, Ph.D.

Brian Boyd, Ph.D.

William C. Friday Distinguished Professor in Education University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

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Celia Ayala, Ph.D.

Child360, Congressional Pre-K Caucus

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Ellicia

Ellicia Lanier

Founding Executive Director Urban Sprouts Child Development Center University City, Missouri

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Elizabeth Pungello Bruno, Ph.D.

Co-Chair, Trust for Learning; President, Brady Education Foundation Trust for Learning, Brady Education Foundation

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Iheoma Iruka, Ph.D.

Research Professor, Fellow, & Founding Director The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC

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Libby Doggett, Ph.D.

Libby Doggett, Ph.D.

Trust for Learning

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Lucy Y. Recio

Lucy Y. Recio

Senior Advisor, Narrative and Movement Building National Association for the Education of Young Children

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Marianna McCall

Founding Partner & Co-Chair Trust for Learning

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Nora Flood

Nora Flood

Wend Collective

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William-A.-Mehojah

William A. Mehojah, Jr.

Former Director Office of Indian Education Programs Washington, D. C.

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Barbara Crockett (Emeritus)

Brady Education Foundation

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David Nee (Emeritus)

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Joan Lombardi, Ph.D. (Emeritus)

Early Opportunities, LLC

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