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.

Tobi Adejumo, Ph.D.

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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Jihane Mrad

Jihane Mrad

Director of Thought Leadership Trust for Learning

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Tiarra Owens

Tiarra Owens

Senior Director of Philanthropic Partnerships Trust for Learning Greater Cincinnati Region

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Ellen Roche

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

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Ania Czekaj-Farber

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

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Cynthia Robinson-Rivers

Cynthia Robinson-Rivers

Managing Partner, Transcend Transcend Washington, DC

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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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Julie Paturzo

Senior Program Officer Spring Point Partners Philadelphia, PA

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Lucy Y. Recio

Lucy Y. Recio

Third Bloom Consulting, LLC

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Marianna McCall

Founding Partner & Co-Chair Trust for Learning

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Nara Topp

Nara Topp

Program Officer W.K. Kellogg Foundation Battle Creek, MI

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Nora Flood

Nora Flood

Thriving Youth Initiative Lead Zephyr Impact

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Alex Johnston, Ph.D. (Emeritus)

Building Impact

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Barbara Crockett (Emeritus)

Brady Education Foundation

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David Nee (Emeritus)

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Iheoma Iruka, Ph.D. (Emeritus)

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

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Joan Lombardi

Joan Lombardi, Ph.D. (Emeritus)

Early Opportunities, LLC

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Libby Doggett, Ph.D.

Libby Doggett, Ph.D. (Emeritus)

Trust for Learning

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