Connected Beginnings Advisory Council

Phil Baimas, M.ED

Acting Associate Commissioner for Program Quality and Advancement

Massachusetts Department of 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

Charles Carter, Ph.D

Director

Massachusetts Child Welfare Institute

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

Elizabeth Leutz, M. ED.

Director of Development

Thom Child & Family Services

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