Alliance News

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 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 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.

The Alliance for Early Success announced today that it has named team members Albert Wat and Stinson Liles to newly created Deputy Director roles. The new roles are part of the Alliance’s implementation of a new distributed leadership structure that will allow it to meet the growing and changing demand for the support it provides to state early childhood policy advocates.