Our 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. The overarching focus of this board: What can LENA do to increase conversational turns?
Board members
Rob Duncan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Human
Development and Family Science
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
`Pilar Fort
Bilingual Certification Facilitator
Program for Infant/Toddler Care Trainer Institute,
PITC/WestEd
Early Childhood Care and Development Consultant
Carolina, Puerto Rico
Linda González, MA,
IMH-E®
Special Program Coordinator
Early Learning Coalition of Orange
County
Orlando, Florida
Jennifer Hills, EdD
Chief Educational Visionary (CEV)
The Leadership Academy of
Creative Arts
Lancaster, Texas
Eva Jenkins, MEd, ECFA
Preschool Specialist
Hixson United Methodist Church,
Child Development Center
Hixon, Tennessee
Pam Kage
Quality Improvement Specialist
Early Childhood Council of Yuma,
Washington, and Kit Carson Counties
Akron, Colorado
Rebecca Parlakian
Senior Director of Programs
ZERO TO THREE
Rockville, Maryland
TaWanda Payton, MEd, IECMH-E®
Education Coordinator
Porter-Leath
NEXT Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Olga Pigul
Teacher Mentor
Youth Development Inc (YDI),
Head Start and Early Head Start Program
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Jamie Rayford
Chief Operating Officer
Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce
Batesville, Arkansas
Kelly Slade
Professional Development
Coordinator
Ohio Child Care Resource & Referral
Association, (OCCRRA)
Columbus, Ohio
Brigitte Willis
FCC Director
Better Day CLC
President-Elect, ECE Advocate
Georgia AEYC
Grovetown, Georgia
Janelle Wydeven
LENA Specialist
YW Calgary
Alberta, Canada