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Leadership & Staff

National Office Senior Management

MaryLee Allen
Director, Child Welfare & Mental Health

Catherine Beane
Director of Policy

Barbara Best
Director, Foundation Relations and Special Projects

Marian Wright Edelman
President

Chris Glaros
National Field Organizing Coordinator and General Counsel

Dr. Cathy Grace
Director, Early Childhood Development Policy

Dr. Jeanne Middleton-Hairston
National Director of CDF Freedom Schools® Program

Patti Hassler
Vice President of Communications and Outreach

Kenneth Troshinsky
Interim Chief Financial Officer
Director of Institutional Advancement and Strategic Planning

CDF Regional Contacts

Kim Brettschneider
State Coordinator, CDF-California

Amy Crawford
Regional Director, CDF-Minnesota

Kristina A. Davis
State Coordinator, CDF-Montana

Jamila Iris Edwards
Northern Director, CDF-California

Oleta Garrett Fitzgerald
Director, CDF-Southern Regional Office

Emma Jordan-Simpson
Executive Director, CDF-New York

Mary Joseph
Relief Project Director, CDF-Louisiana

Renuka Mayadev
Executive Director, CDF-Ohio

Beth Quill
Director, CDF-Texas

Paul Ronningen
State Coordinator, CDF-North Dakota

Robin Sally
Director, CDF-Marlboro County (South Carolina)