Council Board & Executive Staff

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

Jerlean Daniel
President
Deputy Executive Director
National Association for the
  Education of Young Children
Washington, DC
Shizuko Akasaki
Treasurer

Consultant
Alhambra, CA

Susan Andersen
Early Childhood Consultant
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
V
irginia Polytechnic Institute &
  State University
Blacksburg, VA
Edward Greene
EM Greene Associates International
Franklin Park, NJ

Yasmina S. Vinci
Research Associate
Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government
Boston, MA

Valora Washington
Executive Director
The Schott Fellowship in Early 
  Childhood Care & Education
Cambridge College
Cambridge, MA

Executive Staff

Deborah Jordan     
Deputy Director, x204

Genet Yilma
Director of Finance, x292

Cassandra Crawford     
Director of Operations, x253   

Eric Strobel
Director of Technology, x234

Kathy Ruby      
Director of Publications, x215   

Marilyn M. Smith
Program Associate, x294