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Karen Gordon, Founding Executive Director
Recognizing that institutionalized children have limited opportunities to become healthy members of society within current systems of care, Karen Gordon founded Child International to develop appropriate models for the care of the most vulnerable members of society. She has visited institutions worldwide, met with government officials and non-governmental organizations, and assembled a team of leading early childhood experts and institutions committed to finding solutions.
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Scott Chamberlin, Associate Director
As Associate Director, Scott Chamberlin guides operations and communications from Whole Child's headquarters in Los Angeles. His
background spans nonprofit/non-governmental organizations, universities, and hospitals, for which he has raised funds from diverse
sources and overseen business development, public information, and ground-level operations. He has written extensively, with
focuses on fundraising, business communications, education, and history.
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Diane Harkins, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., Program Director
Diane Harkins has an extensive background in developing and implementing programs that serve children and families. She is also
director of the Center for Excellence in Child Development at the University of California, Davis, where she oversees continuing
education programs for early childhood educators. Ms. Harkins consults with organizations on the application of adult learning
methodology. She developed and managed transitional housing programs for homeless families and worked at Packard Children's
Hospital at Stanford as a clinical social worker.
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Gabriela Serrano, Regional Program Manager (Central America)
Leading the Central American office, Gabriela Serrano is responsible for coordinating activities in El Salvador, Nicaragua, and across the region. Ms. Serrano previously worked within the Salvadoran government and at the University of Oregon in the United States, and is experienced in program planning and implementation.
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| | Board of Directors
| | | Karen Gordon, Chairman and Executive DirectorSanta Monica, CA
| | | Michael Grunwald, CFO, Secretary, and Executive DirectorLos Angeles, CA
| | | Scott Cooper, Executive Director
Corona del Mar, CA | | | Michael B. Miller, Executive Director
Los Angeles, CA | | | James H. Schloemer, Executive Director
Menomonee, WI
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Christina J. Groark, Ph.D.
Christina Groark is Co-Director of the University of Pittsburgh Office
of Child Development, Associate Professor in the School of Education,
and adjunct faculty in the Graduate School of Public and International
Affairs. She is responsible for several collaborative programs working
on behalf of children and families, such as Early Head Start, Family
Services System Reform, and the Starting Points Program. She has
conducted an extensive intervention and research project in children's
institutions in St. Petersburg, Russia, and is the author of many
articles and book chapters in the areas of early intervention and
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Robert B. McCall, Ph.D.
Robert B. McCall is Co-Director of the Office of Child Development and
a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of
Pittsburgh. The Office of Child Development, started in 1986, is
devoted to promoting and managing interdisciplinary partnerships in the
domains of education and training, applied research, human service
demonstrations, program evaluation, and policy studies pertaining to
supporting the health, education, welfare, and development of children,
youth, and families. McCall has authored hundreds of books, chapters,
and articles on infant mental development, age changes in general
mental performance, the prediction of later IQ, early childhood care
and education, parenting, and issues in applied research methods and
program evaluation. He has been an Associate Editor of Child
Development and he was a Contributing Editor, monthly columnist, and
feature writer for Parents magazine. |
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Peter L. Mangione, Ph.D.
Peter Mangione is co-director of WestEd's Center for Child and Family Studies. At WestEd since 1984, he has focused on
developing training materials for early childhood educators and assessing the quality and long-range impact of early intervention
services. He is one of the principal developers of the Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers (PITC), a comprehensive multimedia
curriculum. Dr. Mangione currently leads an effort to create infant/toddler learning guidelines for the California Department of
Education. He is on the board of directors of the Child Care Law Center and previously served as a consulting editor for the
Early Childhood Research Quarterly.
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Janet L. Poole, M.A.
Janet Poole has worked in the field of early childhood education since 1970. She is Director of WestEd's Program for
Infant/Toddler Caregivers (PITC), and has participated in its development since its inception in 1986. She also worked as a
program consultant and administrator in the California Department of Education's Child Development Division from 1974 through
1998.
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