Early Childhood Education Endowment Advisory Board

Background

The Early Childhood Education Endowment Advisory Board was created in Public Act 25-93 and is responsible for providing oversight and administration of the Early Childhood Education Endowment. As part of its oversight role, the board is tasked with (1) ensuring that funds from the endowment are expended in accordance with Section 4 of P.A. 25-93, (2) reviewing all reports and expenditure plans concerning the endowment submitted by the Treasurer and Commissioner of Early Childhood, (3) reviewing and assessing the outcomes related to the expenditure of funds from the endowment, and (4) preparing and submitting reports and recommendations to the General Assembly concerning the administration of the endowment and permissible expenditure of funds from the endowment, including recommendations for expansion of permissible expenditures of funds from the endowment.

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Early Childhood Education Endowment Advisory Board Members

Commissioner Elena Trueworthy, Tri-Chair
Office of Early Childhood

Senator Ceci Maher, Tri-Chair

Representative Kate Farrar, Tri-Chair

Treasurer Erick Russell
State Treasurer

Holly Williams
Office of Policy and Management

Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker
State Department of Education

Cris Jimenez-Porrata
Member of the Parent Cabinet 

Sandra Dill
Licensee of a family child care home

Allyx Schiavone
Representative of a philanthropic organization engaged in child care issues
 
Robert Woytowich
Representative of a child care center 

Dr. Monette Ferguson
Representative from a Head Start program

LaFayette (Jay) Atkinson Jr.
Representative of a corporation with a significant presence in the state

Casey DiMaria
Educator in a preschool program provided by a local or regional board of education

Suzanne Slater
Educator in an early care and education program in the state