Home Grown
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.
Archives: Team
Christina Gotfredson
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
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.
Toni Porter
Toni Porter is an Early Care and Education Consultant who focuses on policy research and evaluation with a particular focus on home-based child care (family child care and family friend and neighbor care), family-provider relationships, and early care and education improvement efforts.
Chelsea Sprayregen
Chelsea Sprayregen is the Co-founder & CEO of Pie for Providers, a nonprofit technology organization with a mission to unlock billions of dollars across fragmented government funding streams for child care providers and families. You can reach her at chelsea@pieforproviders.com
Mary Beth Salomone Testa
Mary Beth Salomone Testa is a policy consultant working with and for home-based child care providers, partners and allies to help decision-makers see the real people behind the policy change we seek.
Daynne Glover
Daynne Glover is the Project Manager at Home Grown and responsible for coordinating, convening, and mobilizing support to Home Grown’s replication sites participating in the Thriving Providers Project (TPP). Prior to this role, Daynne worked at Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ) as a Policy andOutreach Associate providing project management for New Jersey’s Pritzker
Faviola Martínez de Estrada
Faviola Martínez de Estrada is the co-founder of La Red Latina de Educación Temprana and a family, friend and neighbor caregiver. Originally from Puebla, Mexico by way of Veracruz, Mexico, Faviola advocates for access and support for FFN caregivers in her current state of Minnesota.
Anne Vilen
Anne Vilen writes about child care, education and mental health from her home in Asheville, North Carolina. Find her on X: @Anne_Vilen
Venette Pierre
Venette Pierre is the Communications Manager Home Grown. Her background includes marketing, public relations and community development. She is passionate about advocating for access to quality supports for underserved communities and storytelling through digital communications.