February 2018

Hanifa Mezoui

Hanifa Mezoui, PhD, has enjoyed a distinguished career with the United Nations for the past 28 years. In the last ten of those years, she has been Chief of the NGO Section of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs where she has established an impressive record of accomplishments.

The Informal Regional NGO network (UN-NGO-IRENE) was developed under her guidance as a critical channel for communicating key programs between the UN and the NGO community, including marginalized groups in developing countries.

Alejandro Acosta Ayerbe

Alejandro Acosta Ayerbe, Ph.D., is an economist and sociologist with a doctorate in Education. He is currently the General Director of the Colombian International Center for Education and Human Development, CINDE Foundation. For 13 years he was professor in the Doctorate in Social Sciences, Childhood and Youth, offered by the University of Manizales and CINDE Foundation, and Co-director of the Research Group in Public Policies of Children and Youth.

Hirokazu Yoshikawa

Dr.  Hirokazu Yoshikawa is the Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and Education at NYU Steinhardt and a University Professor at NYU. He is a core faculty member of the the Psychology of Social Intervention and Human Development Research and Policy programs at Steinhardt. He is also a faculty affiliate of the Institute of Human Development and Social Change and Metropolitan Center for Equity and the Transformation of Schools. From 2014 to 2024 he was a founding co-director (with J.

Sherrie Rollins Westin

Sherrie Rollins Westin

CEO, Sesame Workshop

Sherrie Westin is CEO of Sesame Workshop, the global impact nonprofit behind Sesame Street. Westin directs the Workshop’s efforts to provide impactful early learning through a broad variety of media as well as targeted social impact and research initiatives that address a wide range of critical issues facing children and families around the world. 

Tina Hyder

Tina Hyder is former Deputy Director of the Early Childhood Program of the Open Society Foundations, based in London, and led OSF’s early childhood development projects and grants in Africa and Asia. As Deputy Director, she helped forge partnerships to strengthen early childhood policies, research, networks and programs for young children and their families. Prior to joining OSF in 2009, Tina was a Global Adviser for Save the Children UK, supporting more than 50 country offices around the world to promote the rights of children affected by discrimination.

Paul Connolly

Paul Connolly, PhD, is Executive Dean of Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences  at Ulster University University. He is also Director of the Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation that supports the development and rigorous evaluation of programmes in education, social care and public health; including a significant number of ECD programmes.

Franz Joseph Hartl

Franz Joseph Hartl II, JD— Executive Committee Member, Early Childhood Peace Consortium; Associate Director for Digital Experience, Yale University

Mr. Hartl serves on the Board and Executive Committee of the Early Childhood Peace Consortium, where he champions the use of open-source technology to connect global communities and disseminate research. In 2018, he launched the ECPC’s digital platform at Yale, creating infrastructure that enables scientists, practitioners, and diplomats to share knowledge across disciplines and borders.

NYU Steinhardt to lead research on refugee child development through $100 million grant awarded to Sesame Workshop & International Rescue Committee

Global TIES for Children, an international research center at NYU Steinhardt dedicated to improving the lives of youth in the most vulnerable regions across the globe, will lead research on young children’s development in humanitarian settings through a unique partnership with Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee (IRC). Sesame and IRC received a $100 million grant from the John D. and Catherine T.

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