Lisa Conley (she/her) is a Project Consultant at Home Grown, where she supports Thriving Providers Project replication sites in bringing guaranteed income to home based caregivers and providers. Prior to this role, Lisa worked at BrightSpark Early Learning Services in Washington State to develop programs and advocate for policy change to support Family, Friend, and
Danielle Caldwell is a distinguished early childhood professional with 30 years of experience. She is also a dedicated advocate for quality early education and equity. She currently serves as the Provider-in-Residence at the National Workforce Registry Alliance, where she leverages her expertise in home-based child care to promote race-equitable workforce practices and policy.
Dawn Holden Woods is a consultant and writer with Home Grown. She specializes in providing technical assistance and capacity building support to Black and brown-led organizations and advises philanthropy on ways to advance equity in partnership with their grantees.
Keisha Nzewi is Co-Founder and Woman in Charge of Black Californians United for Early Care and Education. Tonia McMillian is a recently retired, 29-year family child care provider, and is the Woman that Shakes Things Up at Black Californians United for Early Care and Education.
Gisela Sance is a family, friend and neighbor caregiver and a member of cohort 2 of Home Grown’s Leading from Home initiative.
Catrice Sida is a family, friend and neighbor caregiver and member of cohort 2 of the Home Grown Leading from Home initiative.
Home Grown is a national collaborative of funders committed to improving the quality of and access to home-based child care with a mission to increase access to and the quality of home-based child care.
Christina Gotfredson leads Spiral Impact a consulting firm supporting capital providers, nonprofits and entrepreneurs. For the last 15 years, Christina has worked inside nonprofits, for-profit start ups, foundations, and impact investment firms. She has worked to identify, source, manage and measure opportunities for sustainable impact in the areas of economic mobility, early childhood development, K-12
Gary Romano is the CEO of Civitas Strategies, a leading national management consulting firm. With a diverse background in public policy, science and engineering, nonprofit fundraising, and program development, Gary has dedicated his career to helping organizations increase their impact and effectiveness.
