Nuestra Misión

Nuestra misión es promover las habilidades del lenguaje y la alfabetización para los niños, desde el nacimiento, y apoyar a los padres como los primeros maestros de sus bebés.


Nuestra Visión

Esta página está siendo traducida al español. Gracias por su paciencia.

Every family will understand the critical importance of early childhood literacy and will take an active role in their child’s reading development. All children in Connecticut will have books of their own.


Junta Directiva

Esta página está siendo traducida al español. Gracias por su paciencia.

Jeff Hartmann, Board Chair
Founder, CEO The Hartmann Group, Old Saybrook

Lisa Maass, Vice Chair
President,  Citizens Bank CT, New Haven

Carla M. Horwitz, Secretary
Ed.D., Lecturer, Yale Child Study Center & Department of Psychology; Director Emerita, Calvin Hill Day Care Center & Kitty Lustman-Findling Kindergarten

Lori Church, M.S., Infant/Toddler Development, Bank Street College; Parent Mentor, Bridgeport Hospital NICU

Joshua A. Copel, M.D., Professor, Division of Maternal–Fetal Medicine, Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, and Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven

Joel Cruz, M. Th. Senior Director, The Institute for the Hispanic Family & Family Strengthening Programs, Catholic Charities, Hartford

Mary Kay Curtiss, CPA, MSPA, Principal, Clifton, Larson, Allen, LLP, West Hartford

Monette Ferguson, PhD, Executive Director, Alliance for Community Empowerment

Jennifer Groves Fusco, J.D., Principal, Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C., New Haven

Jane Lee, Economic Development Coach/Consultant, All Our Kin, New Haven

Sherene Mason, M.D., Pediatric Nephrologist, Connecticut Childrens, Hartford

Bonnie L. Patten, J.D., Executive Director, Truth in Advertising, Inc., Branford


Roxanne J. Coady
, Founder and Board Emeritus
President and Owner, R. J. Julia Booksellers, Madison

Karen Pritzker, Board Emeritus

 

Personal

Esta página está siendo traducida al español. Gracias por su paciencia.

ADMINISTRATION

Suzannah Holsenbeck, Executive Director
[email protected]

Debra Gorman, Office Manager
[email protected]

Paula Grimm, Development and Data Specialist
[email protected]

Abigail O’Keefe, Communications & Development
[email protected]

Vicki Roberts, Programs Assistant
[email protected]

Lynn Dorsey, Driver
[email protected]

PROGRAMS

Books for Babies

Pam Katynski Books for Babies Coordinator
[email protected]

Laura Noe Books for Babies Coordinator
[email protected]

Books for Kids

Linda Sylvester, Books for Kids Co-Coordinator
[email protected]

Evelyn Tomasello, Books for Kids Co-Coordinator
[email protected]

Early Steps to School Success-New Haven

Yazmin Benitez, Early Childhood Coordinator
at Luis Muñoz Marin School
[email protected]

Kaydean Brown, Early Childhood Coordinator
at Brennan Rogers School
[email protected]

Cherese Chambers, Early Childhood Coordinator
at Lincoln Bassett School
[email protected]

Viviana Nuñez, Early Childhood Coordinator
at Columbus Family Academy
[email protected]

Melissa Ruggiero, Early Childhood Coordinator
at Celentano School
[email protected]

Lakenya Watford, Early Childhood Coordinator
at Bryant School
[email protected]