Advisory Council

Ron Benham, M.A.

Director, Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition
Massachusetts Department of Public Health 

Kostia Bergman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Director, Center for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching & Learning
Department of Biology
Northeastern University

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
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

Peggy H. Kaufman, M.Ed., LICSW

Director of The Center for Early Relationship Support
Jewish Family and Children's Service

Annabelle Lim

Management Analyst
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health

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

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 Boston

Peg Sprague

Vice President, Community Impact
United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley