Kyle DeMeo, Early Childhood Field Director
kdemeo@earlyeducationforall.org
617-330-7383

As the Early Childhood Field Director, Kyle is responsible for building, leading and training an ethnically and racially diverse statewide team of early childhood advocates - including educators and parents - to engage in awareness and advocacy activities in support of young children and their high-quality early education.

Previously, Kyle worked as a teaching assistant in an early education and care program in New York and completed her Master's degree in Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation from Boston College's Lynch School of Education. As a graduate student, Kyle conducted a community needs-assessment for an early education and care provider in Boston to help improve the program's future services.

Kyle holds a Bachelor's degree from Boston College in Human Development with a concentration in Community, Advocacy and Social Policy.


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Chad D'Entremont
, Research and Policy Director
cdentremont@earlyeducationforall.org
617-330-7389

Chad oversees the research and policy agenda for the EEA campaign and is responsible for ensuring the effective design and implementation of SFC/EEA policy goals.

Prior to joining EEA, Chad served as the Assistant Director for the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, a nationally-recognized non-partisan research center located at Teachers College, Columbia University. Chad specialized in the study of school choice and public-private partnerships with particular attention given to the role political ideologies play in shaping support for educational reforms. He has published multiple articles on the topics of charter schools, educational vouchers, tuition tax credits, and cyber schooling and is a member of the review board for the Education Policy Analysis Archives. Chad began his career in a education as an English and Global Studies teacher at the Cardigan Mountain School in Canaan, NH and as an After School Academy instructor at the Boys’ Club of New York.

Chad has a Bachelor’s degree in American studies from Williams College and a Master’s degree in Sociology and Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. He is currently working to complete his doctorate in politics and education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Titus DosRemedios, Research and Policy Associate
tdosremedios@earlyeducationforall.org
617-330-7387

Titus supports the Research and Policy team to ensure the effective implementation of SFC/EEA’s policy goals.

A committed advocate for children and youth, Titus has worked as a violence prevention educator, a Life Skills instructor with the Providence Public Schools, and a teaching assistant at the Paul Cuffee Charter School in Providence. Most recently Titus has focused his attention toward education policy and program evaluation, researching topics such as the effectiveness of summer enrichment programs and the impact of early childhood professional development on student literacy outcomes.

Titus holds a B.A. in Communication Studies and Spanish from the University of Rhode Island and an M.A. in Urban Education Policy from Brown University.

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Carolyn Lyons, Chief Operating Officer/Director of Strategic Partnerships
clyons@strategiesforchildren.org
617-330-7388

In her dual role, Carolyn is responsible for staff, financial, and infrastructure management as well as for developing a broad-based multi-lingual public awareness campaign highlighting the benefits of publicly-funded high-quality early education and the EEA Campaign and legislation. She is also working to develop additional business opportunities for Strategies for Children, Inc.

Carolyn has 10+ years of media management and marketing experience in television and internet, both locally and globally. While working at MediaOne/Continental Cablevision, she created and/or consulted with several television networks in a number of markets worldwide. Immediately prior to joining SFC/EEA, Carolyn was VP European Operations for EF Travel, a global travel and cultural affairs company.

Carolyn holds a Bachelor's degree in Managerial Finance from St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Virginia. Carolyn's studies included work at the University of Heidelberg and the Stockholm School of Economics.

Diana Meyers, Administrative Director
dmeyers@earlyeducationforall.org
617-330-7385

Diana is responsible for managing the administrative functions of the organization. She is committed to education reform and brings this passion to her work. Prior to joining Strategies for Children, Diana was a Director for a Sylvan Learning Center. She also has extensive experience working with adults with a variety of disabilities. Diana holds a Master’s degree in Education from Eastern Nazarene College.

Amy O'Leary, Campaign Director
aoleary@earlyeducationforall.org
617-330-7384

As Director of the Early Education for All (EEA) Campaign, Amy is responsible for managing all advocacy, constituency and awareness building, and policy development to a ensure a statewide system of high-quality early education and care for all children from birth to age 14, beginning with children ages three to five.

The goals of the Campaign include: voluntary, universally accessible, high-quality pre-kindergarten, for every child delivered through a mix of public and private programs; voluntary, universally accessible, high-quality full school-day public kindergarten for every child; and a statewide system to improve the training, education and compensation of the early childhood workforce and building a statewide system of high-quality early education and care for all children beginning at birth.

Amy joined the EEA team in 2002 as the Early Childhood Field Director and served most recently as the Deputy Director. Prior to joining EEA, Amy worked as a preschool teacher and Program Director at Ellis Memorial and Eldredge House, Inc. in Boston, Massachusetts. Through her work at Ellis Memorial, Amy participated in many community organizations and continues her involvement with the Boston Alliance for Early Education and the Massachusetts Association for the Education of Young Children. Amy is a member of the Children's Defense Fund Emerging Leader Fellowship and adjunct faculty at Wheelock College in Boston.

Amy holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Early Education from Skidmore College and a Master in Public Administration degree from Sawyer School of Management at Suffolk University.

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