Program Staff

StrongStart Executive Director

Anne Douglass, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Institute for Early Education Leadership and Innovation
Associate Professor and Program Director
College of Education & Human Development
University of Massachusetts Boston
director@eecstrongstart.org

StrongStart Learning and Quality Improvement Manager

Amanda Wiehe Lopes, Ph.D. Candidate
Institute for Early Education Leadership and Innovation
University of Massachusetts Boston
coordinator@eecstrongstart.org

StrongStart Project Director

Theodore Kokoros, M.Ed.
Institute for Early Education Leadership and Innovation
University of Massachusetts Boston
TrainingManager@eecstrongstart.org

StrongStart Statewide Coaching System Manager

Caroline Yoder Blackman, M.S.
Institute for Early Education Leadership and Innovation
University of Massachusetts Boston
MetroBostonLeadCoach@eecstrongstart.org