Advisory Council

Anita Moeller
Deputy Commissioner for Programs
Massachusetts Department for Early Care and Education

Ron Benham, M.A.
Director, Perinatal, Early Childhood and Special Health Needs
Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Ann Capoccia, M.S.W, LICSW
Coordinator of Inter-Agency Activities
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health

Cassandra Clay, M.Ed. M.S.W, LICSW
Clinical Professor
Chair, Clinical Practice Sequence
Boston University School of Social Work

Ann Easterbrooks, Ph.D
Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Eliot Pearson Department of Child Development
Tufts University

Louise Eldridge
Regional Program Manager
Federal Administration for Children and Families

Deborah Hirschland, M.S.W, LICSW
Trainer for Together for Kids and Independent Trainer, Consultant, Practitioner

Margot Kaplan-Sanoff, Ed.D
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Healthy Steps
Department of Pediatrics
Boston Medical Center

Neal Michaels, M.S.P.
Director of Early Intervention and Special Projects
Massachusetts Department of Social Service

Kevin Nugent, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Founder/Director
Brazelton Institute at Children's Hospital

Caroline Ross
Senior Director, Community Impact
United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley

Joshua Sparrow, M.D.
Director, Special Projects
Brazelton Touchpoints Center at Children’s Hospital Boston
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Supervisor Outpatient Psychiatry Services
Children’s Hospital