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Council Leadership
- Catherine Truitt, N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Susan Gale Perry, Principal Deputy Secretary, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Council Co-Leads
- David Stegall, Dr. David Stegall. Dr. Stegall is the Deputy State Superintendent and Chief Academic Officer at the Department of Public Instruction
- Ariel Ford, Director of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE)
Council Members
- Representative Donnie Loftis
- Representative David Willis
- Senator Lisa Barnes
- Senator Michael Lazzara
- Nancy Brown, Bd. Member, NC Partnership for Children
- Kevin Campbell, Chair, NC Licensed Child Care Assoc., Pres. Smart Start Kids Dev. Ctr. (Retired)
- Elisha Childers, Executive Director, Children’s Council of Watauga County
- Amy Cubbage, President, NC Partnership for Children;
- Susan Gates, Special Education Advisor, SAS, Inc.
- Nalini Joseph, District Administrator, NC Guardian ad Litem Program, Iredell and Alexander counties
- Dr. Mary Smith Olvera, Education Program Administrator/ Career and Technical Education Coordinator North Carolina Community College System Office
- Aurora Swain, Director of Operations, Families First of Cabarrus County
- Dr. Linda White, Principal, D.F. Walker Elementary School
