Over 50 years in public service.
Began work with Senator Robert Kennedy.
Created and ran programs with 8 Presidents of the U.S., including 6 initiatives. Each initiative changed over 50 million lives. Created the Jefferson Awards with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Senator Robert Taft, Jr.

Principal, LeadDoAdapt Ventures, Inc.
Loomis Innovation Council Co-Chair & Distinguished Fellow Henry S. Stimson Center, Business Executives for National Security.

President Emeritus of Specialty Contractors & Associates in Gulfport. Dennis has been in leadership positions with many professional and civic organizations. He is Chair of the Board of the Children’s Foundation of Mississippi and was a significant leader in creating the Mississippi Miracle.

Leveraging 40+ years of leadership honed through work in schools, Head Start, and childcare Libby has worked to improve the well-being of children in Texas. She serves on numerous national, state, and local boards that impact the quality of life of our nation's youngest children. While working in DC, Doggett served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Early Learning at the US Dept of Education.

Author, Film Producer, Journalist. Inspired by the life of her son Dan Eldon, Kathy founded Creative Visions Foundation and Creative Visions Productions which for over 20 years have leveraged the power of Media and the Arts to ignite positive social change.

Attending physician at Boston Medical Center (BMC). Leader of the team-based care pilot program innovating improved care delivery models for children. She collaborated with Dr. Barry Zuckerman and WGBH to create a phone app and online tool that helps improve empathy and attachment within the mother-baby dyad, called "Small Moments, Big Impact.”

Founder President, The Centre for Responsible Leadership. Bawa Jain served as Secretary General, World Council of Religious Leaders and in 2000, led the United Nations’ Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders.

Waterford.org. Executive Vice President of Advocacy & Community Development. $70 Million non-profit operating in 70+ communities nationwide.

Former Staff Director of the US Senate Committee on Appropriations, Chief of Staff to the US House Majority Leader, a long-time advocate for medical research, and candidates for Congressional and presidential offices.

Early Childhood Development Professor at Grambling State University in Louisiana. Special focus Birth to 3. Plus, hands-on training of underserved mothers building empowerment and working with newborns and toddlers. Long-term Black leader at the highest levels with leading Black organizations across America.

Executive Director of ZERO TO THREE.
ZTT is one of America’s science-based and proven ECD leaders for over 40 years.

Founder and Chairman of Communities in Schools, one of America’s largest non-profits impacting underserved youth from kindergarten through grade 12.

Founding Member, Executive VP and Chief Advancement & Strategy Office of MomsRising. Norton is an innovator and strategic manager with more than 20 years of experience working on women’s rights and gender equality on a variety of policy challenges. Norton has one million activists and will help guide GC.

Executive Director, First Five Years Fund, a major bipartisan leadership organization in America working to raise federal funding for early childhood development.

Managing Partner of 5th Element Group, a leading, global collaborative organization for over 6 years. One major initiative is AI for Good and he is committed to help guide and advocate for GC’s AI initiative.

Founder & President, Public Democracy America, Entrepreneur, A nationally-recognized leader in the global “Data for Good” movement, Pioneered breakthroughs in AI and empathy-based machine learning, Non-resident Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council

Artist, Eco-Entrepreneur, Author and Designer.
Founder Eco Boys and Girls. She is committed to this and ECD. In recent years, Maria has focused her many creative talents on raising environmental awareness and positively impacting how boys and girls see and connect with the earth.

President and CEO, Hispanic Heritage Foundation, a national nonprofit focused on education, workforce, social impact, and culture through innovative leadership. (38 cities across America with important Hispanic populations.) Executive Producer, Hispanic Heritage Awards at the Kennedy Center.

Over 30 years pioneering and leading the fight for Early Childhood Development. Began as a major leader in South Carolina, and then moved to Mississippi where she served as project director South MS PreK4Wards and helped build “The Mississippi Miracle.”

Over thirty years of experience as a Senior Media Executive in publishing, broadcasting, branding, and strategic content marketing. Her former roles include VP/GM of New York TV flagship Fox5; Publisher of New York Magazine; EVP of Murdoch Magazines, and US President of Narrowstep, a broadband TV company based in the UK.

Over 30 years of experience in early childhood development. Represented Delaware Governor Mike Castle to the National Governor’s Association. NGA created a breakthrough “first 60 months” report in the 1980’s. Special Assistance to President Bill Clinton for Early Childhood Development.

Professor & Chair Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, Boston University Medicine, Boston Medical Center. Co-Founder: HealthLeads (Healthy Steps).
Co-Founder: Reach Out & Read.