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School Readiness Consulting improves the lives of young children and their families by partnering with states, cities, school districts, non‐profit organizations, and foundations in pursuit of improving school readiness. Our comprehensive approach focuses on supporting best practice in teaching and leadership, advising and communicating on behalf of system-level efforts, and executing rigorous evaluation of early childhood initiatives.

We are...

  • Expert in delivering strategic and practical support to improve early learning.

  • Deeply respectful of the perspectives of children, families, and their communities.

  • Positioned to connect innovations in early childhood practice, evaluation, and policy.

  • Committed to providing a responsive and customized approach to ensure every solution fits our partners’ unique context and needs.

Meet Our Team

  • Lindsey Allard Agnamba

    Founder and CEO

    Lindsey leads the organization and is responsible for bringing a talented team together to meet School Readiness Consulting’s mission…

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    Soumya Bhat

    Principal Associate

    Soumya works on a range of projects with a focus on strategic advising, policy, and systems change…

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  • Jennifer Caldwell

    Director

    Jennifer provides leadership and support in the areas of implementation and strategic advising…

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    Mariam Dahbi

    Senior Associate

    Mariam has expertise in language and literacy development and  teacher-child interactions…

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    BreAnna Davis Tribble

    Managing Associate

    BreAnna supports district, state and multi-state early childhood evaluation projects…

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  • Samantha Gray Keen

    Managing Associate

    Samantha advises our partners in school districts, municipalities, states, foundations and nonprofit organizations…

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    Laura Hawkinson

    Vice President of Research and Evaluation

    Laura oversees all evaluation projects…

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  • Mimi Howard

    Advisor for Strategy and Systems

    Mimi advises our partners on building systems to support children birth through eight years old….

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  • Katina Kearney- Edwards

    Director

    Katina provides equity-focused leadership, working with partners to design and implement both processes for continuous improvement and tools for building leadership and system capacity…

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    Kate McKenney

    Senior Associate

    Kate’s expertise includes early childhood program development and leadership, as well as mixed-method evaluation research…

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  • Gina McRae

    Administrative Coordinator

    Gina lends administrative support across multiple projects…

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  • Gabrielle Montgomery

    Senior Associate

    Gabby has experience in a variety of areas including the classroom, school leadership, coaching, professional learning, assessment administration, and the use of data to drive instruction…

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  • Aisha Pittman Fields

    Senior Associate

    Aisha lends expertise and support on evaluation efforts for state and national-level projects…

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  • Kristina Rodriguez

    Senior Associate

    Kristina supports the Evaluation team with various local and national Pre-K evaluation projects…

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  • Leila Sammander

    Senior Associate

    Leila provides strategic planning and systems-building technical assistance to states, districts, nonprofits, and other organizations working to advance equitable early childhood policies…

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  • Nicole Sharpe

    Director

    Nicole provides technical assistance and strategic planning support to advance early childhood systems-building efforts…

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    Judi Stevenson-Garcia

    Principal Associate

    Judi has deep knowledge of Head Start and Early HeadStart program performance standards and implementation, mixed-delivery systems, and engaging families and community stakeholders in informing policies and practices…

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    Sherylls Valladares Kahn

    Director

    Sherylls provides expertise, leadership, and support in evaluation and research efforts…

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  • Annie Watson

    Principal Associate

    Annie brings a strong commitment to intersectional equity and anti-racism to her role supporting strategic planning and systems building…

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  • Rebecca Weiss

    Senior Director of Finance and Operations

    Rebecca leads the operations team at School Readiness Consulting…

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Improve outcomes for all children.
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