Miscellaneous Archives - Alliance for Early Success

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The Alliance Names Allison Gilbreath as Senior Policy Director

October 6, 2026

The Alliance for Early Success has added Allison Gilbreath to its policy team in the role of Senior Policy Director. Gilbreath is a policy and advocacy leader with more than a decade of experience advancing policies that improve the lives of children and families. Before joining the Alliance for Early Success, she served as Senior Director of Policy and Programs at Voices for Virginia’s Children.

The Alliance Names Emily Workman as Director of Responsive Support

October 5, 2026

The Alliance for Early Success has hired Emily Workman to lead its Responsive Support functions, where she will oversee customized engagements between national subject matter experts and specialized consultants with anyone working at the state level to improve state early childhood policies. She brings well over a decade of experience advising state and local leaders from across the 50 states on evidence-based early childhood and K-12 education policies.

Meet Sacred Pipe Resource Center, the Native-Led Movement Organization Serving Bismarck’s Indigenous Families

September 8, 2026

For more than a decade, Sacred Pipe resource Center has been serving urban Indigenous families in North Dakota’s Bismarck-Mandan region. The organization runs six community councils, covering Native youth, housing, health, arts and culture, civic engagement, and economic development, on a budget built almost entirely on philanthropy.

Serv and Return: Network Shares Approaches to Health Coverage for Child Care Educators

August 21, 2026

Advocates in Denver, Colorado recently asked their peers if any states, cities, or counties have included child care educators who are paid through state or federal funds such as Head Start, child care subsidies, or local pre-K—in state or municipal employee health care pools. The Alliance Listserv community jumped in to share a variety of resource.

The Alliance Names Abriana Kimbrough as Its New Grants and Systems Manager

August 17, 2026

The Alliance for Early Success has named Abriana Kimbrough as its Grants and Systems Manager—a newly created position in the organization.

In the role, Kimbrough will strengthen the Alliance’s grantmaking practices and the infrastructure behind them. Her work will make the grant process easier to navigate so grantees can spend less time on administration and more time advancing their work for young children and families.

The Alliance for Early Success Names Julia Takada as Its New Development Manager

August 17, 2026

The Alliance for Early Success has named Julia Takada as its Development Manager—a newly created position in the organization. In the role, Takada will lead the ongoing development and execution of investor engagement strategies and systems to ensure the Alliance’s continued growth.

Alliance Webinar on Applying Learning to Practice: Reflection, Case Studies, and Action Planning

July 22, 2026

Our Native Communities Learning Project has explored Native histories, community systems, and meaningful collaboration. In this final interactive session, we move beyond theory and into application. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on their own work, learn from one another’s experiences, and identify practical strategies they can bring back to their organizations and communities.

Shannon Cotsoradis Joins Alliance for Early Success Board of Directors

June 25, 2026

Longtime early childhood policy leader Shannon Cotsoradis has joined the Alliance for Early Success Board of Directors. Cotsoradis is the Director of Policy and Strategy at the Buffett Early Childhood Fund, where she leads strategic initiatives to improve outcomes for young children and families through policy and systems change.