Mayor’s Early Learning Action Group

The Early Childhood Research Center has been selected to serve as a member of Mayor Greenberg’s Early Learning Action Group (MELAG). The MELAG is a team of experts in various areas of the early learning landscape who will work together for two hours every two weeks for at least six months, working alongside members of the Mayor’s Office of Philanthropy and an experienced facilitator. expanding access to quality early learning for all 3- and 4-year-olds in Louisville is a top priority for Mayor Greenberg. The mayor has charged this group with helping the new administration map Louisville’s early learning ecosystem and together build a plan to achieve this mayoral priority.

Mayor Greenberg announces Mayor’s Early Learning Action Group
June 13, 2023
https://louisvilleky.gov/news/mayor-greenberg-announces-mayors-early-learning-action-group

Mayor’s Early Learning Action Group members:

  • Sen. Julie Raque Adams, Kentucky State Senate, District 36

  • Jason Adkins, CEO, Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative

  • Alma Aldana, Adult Programs Manager, Backside Learning Center

  • Sen. Cassie Chambers Armstrong, Kentucky State Senate, District 19

  • Ashley Brandt, Director of Early Care and Education, Metro United Way

  • Ashley Novak Butler, Executive Director, Lift a Life Novak Family Foundation

  • Marland Cole, Executive Director, Evolve502

  • Pam Darnall, President and CEO, Family & Children’s Place

  • Cori Gadansky, Executive Director, Community Coordinated Child Care (4-C)

  • Benjamin Gies, Director of Government Affairs, The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence

  • Rina Gratz, Director of Early Childhood Programs, Jefferson County Public Schools

  • Mary Jolly, Strategic Partnership Administrator, Center for Health Equity, Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness

  • Jon Lee, Director, UofL Early Childhood Research Center

  • Hans Petersen, Regional Child Care Administrator, Child Care Aware of Kentucky

  • Tony Peyton, Executive Vice President, and Chief of Staff, National Center for Families Learning

  • Rep. Josie Raymond, Kentucky State House of Representatives, District 41

  • Matt Sawyers, Policy Advisor, Office of the Governor

  • Jean Scott, Vice President and Assistant Director of Client and Community Relations, PNC

  • Terry Tolan, Consultant, Center for Nonprofit Excellence

  • Sarah Taylor Vanover, Policy and Research Director, Kentucky Youth Advocates

  • Kristen Williams, Executive Director, Play Cousins Collective