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Community Advisory Board

LENA envisions a world where every child benefits from positive relationships full of responsive interactions. Through this board, we seek to ensure that the diverse voices of those using LENA technology and programs and those in the broader early childhood community inform key strategic decisions at LENA.
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Amber L. Brown, EdD

Professor and
Early Childhood Program Director
University of Houston-Clear Lake
Houston, Texas
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Malai Amfar

Senior Program Officer,
Constituency Engagement
Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
Des Moines, Iowa
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Alexandra Daro

Director of Applied Research Buffett Early Childhood Institute
at the University of Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska
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Katorra Enoch-Longshore

Community Impact and Storytelling Director
Council for Professional Recognition
Washington, DC
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Barb Farbre

CEO/President
All Nations Rise
White Earth, Minnesota

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Pilar Fort

Bilingual Certification Facilitator
Program for Infant/Toddler Care Trainer Institute, PITC/WestEd
Early Childhood Care and Development Consultant
Carolina, Puerto Rico

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Steven Hicks

Board President
Early Learning Coordinator, Sacramento County Office of Education
Sacramento, CA

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Eva Jenkins,  MEd, ECFA

Preschool Specialist, ECFA (Early Childhood Family Associate)
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
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Lauren Loquasto, PhD

Chief Academic Officer
Goddard Schools
Roswell, Georgia

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Henri' R. Murphy

Senior Manager, Head Start Collaboration Office
TN Department of Education, Early Learning Division
Nashville, Tennessee

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Rebecca Parlakian

Senior Director of Programs
ZERO TO THREE
Rockville, Maryland

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Whitney Pesek, JD

Senior Director of Federal Child Care Policy
National Women’s Law Center
Washington, D.C.

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Jamie Rayford

Executive Director
Forward Arkansas, Center for Early Learning Solutions
Batesville, Arkansas

Alumni Board Members

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Linda González, MA, IMH-E®

Special Program Coordinator
Early Learning Coalition of Orange
County
Orlando, Florida

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Jennifer Hills

Chief Educational Visionary
The Leadership Academy of Creative Arts
Dallas, Texas

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Pam Kage

Quality Improvement Specialist
Early Childhood Council of Yuma, Washington, and Kit Carson Counties
Arvada, Colorado

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TaWanda Payton, MEd,
IECMH-E®

Education Coordinator
Porter-Leath
NEXT Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee

Olga Pigul

Olga Pigul

Teacher Mentor
Youth Development Inc. (YDI)
Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Brigitte Willis

FCC Director
Better Day CLC
President-Elect, ECE Advocate
Georgia AEYC
Grovetown, Georgia

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Janelle Wydeven

LENA Specialist
Contract Instructor, Mount Royal University Department of Child Studies and Social Work

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Rob Duncan, PhD

Associate Professor in Human Development and Family Studies
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado

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Kelly Slade

Application & Verification Specialist
Ohio Child Care Resource & Referral
Association (OCCRRA)
Columbus, Ohio

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Maisah Williams-Foote

Board President
Georgia Association for the Education of Young Children (GAEYC) Board President, Atlanta, Georgia