Council Board & Executive Staff

JD Andrews
Josué Cruz, Jr.
Chairman
President & CEO
Council for Professional Recognition

Valora Washington
President

Executive Director
CAYL Institute
Cambridge College
Cambridge, MA
Shizuko Akasaki
Treasurer

Consultant
Alhambra, CA

Susan Andersen
Secretary
State-Based Content Specialist
Iowa Head Start
Des Moines, IA

Paula Jorde Bloom
Founder and Director
McCormick Tribune Center for Early
  Childhood Leadership
National-Louis University
Wheeling, IL

Roger Brown
President
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA

Dwayne Crompton
Retired
Kansas City, MO

Victoria R. Fu
Professor
College of Human Resources &
  Education
Virginia Polytechnic Institute &
  State University
Blacksburg, VA

Edward Greene
Executive/Educational Coach
EM Greene Associates International
Franklin Park, NJ

Yasmina S. Vinci
Executive Director
National Head Start Association
Alexandria, VA

Ernest D. Washington
Professor
School of Education
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA

Executive Staff

Deborah Jordan     
Deputy Director, x204

Genet Yilma
Director of Finance, x292

Eric Strobel
Director of Technology, x234

Kathy Ruby      
Director of Publications, x215   

Marilyn M. Smith
Program Associate, x294