From 2015-2017, Neha Anand was student research assistant at the Yale Child Study Center. Her activities involved assistance with the content creation of this communications platform that is designed to represent the Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC) and support its mission and partner activities. 

Angelica Ponguta, PhD, MPH, serves as Director of Research at the Centro de Primera Infancia/Center for Early Childhood, Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico.  She is former Research Scientist in the Child Study Center at the Yale School of Medicine. Her work on the advancement of Early Childhood Development (ECD) in low and middle-income countries with a focus on policy and program evaluation and implementation research. Dr.

Liana Ghent is Executive Director of the International Step by Step Association (ISSA), a membership organization which serves as a learning community and a champion for quality and equity for all young children and their families. Since 2006, when she started at ISSA, under her leadership, the network has expanded to include over 70 member organizations from across Europe and Central Asia, engaging a dynamic mix of NGO’s, research centers, higher education and academic institutions.

Kimber Bogard, PhD, is the Senior Officer of Planning and Advancement and Director of the Innovation to Incubation Program at the National Academy of Medicine. In these roles, she leads the planning effort at the National Academy of Medicine and catalyzes internal and external partnerships and collaborations to bridge Academies’ consensus recommendations with implementation to have a greater impact on health.