Meet the people that will help us select FUEL for 50 awardees.
To help review and evaluate applications, we’ve assembled a committee with diverse perspectives and shared commitment to early childhood development and support. Together they represent academic research, government, nonprofit and community perspectives.
Julissy Acosta
Mom of soon to be four kids: unborn, 5, 7, and 9
Loretta Au
Parent of two
Kassa Belay
Uncle of two
Leslie Bushara
Parent of two: 19 and 23
Dyreeta Donahue
Parent to three kids
Katelyn Fletcher
Infant and toddler development researcher
Miguelina Germán
Parent and aunt
Walter Gilliam
Parent and child policy scientist
David Harrington
Father of Brooklyn babies: a kindergarten-bound son and a two year old daughter
Hyoseong Nuna Kim, MD
Mother of three: aged 11, 9, and 8
Rachel G. Payne
Parent of one child, age 10
Chin Reyes
Parent of two children
Megan Smith
Mother to two girls
Sidra Stackhouse
Mother of 10, newborn to working age
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Parent of three and grandma to two grandchildren: 2 1/2 years and 4 months
Jamar Vailes
Father of four, two girls and two boys.
Guardian to a 13 year old girl who was at risk of going into the system.
Shannon Vazquez
Titi (Auntie) to seven and early childhood educator
Wendy Wilcox
Parent of a son and a daughter