Our Advisors​

We’re proud to work with leaders in the field of infant and early childhood mental health, pediatrics, and health care.

National Advisory Committee 2024 - 2025

Our National Advisory Committee provides recommendations and guidance for effective sustainability, replication, and scaling of HealthySteps.

  • George L. Askew, MD, FAAP, Past President and CEO, Meyer Foundation

  • Jenny Babcock, MPH, Association for Community Affiliated Health Plans

  • Michael S. Barr, MD, MBA, MACP, FRCP, MEDIS, LLC

  • Michael C. Barth, PhD, Economist and Independent Consultant; Founding Director, HealthySteps

  • Scott Berns, MD, MPH, FAAP, National Institute for Children’s Health Care Quality

  • Dominique Charlot-Swilley, PhD, Children’s National Health System; MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

  • Mary Margaret Gleason, MD, FAAP, Eastern Virginia Medical School; Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters

  • Matt Glickman, MBA, MA, Promise Venture Studio, Stanford Graduate School of Business

  • George Halvorson, Institute for InterGroup Understanding

  • Rachel Herbst, PhD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

  • Margot Kaplan‐Sanoff, EdD, Past Executive Director, HealthySteps; Boston University School of Medicine

  • Andrea Maresca, MPH, Health Management Associates

  • Yavar Moghimi, MD, AmeriHealth Caritas DC

  • Mary Ann McCabe, PhD, ABPP, The George Washington University School of Medicine

  • Ayelet Talmi, PhD, IMH‐E®️ Mentor-Clinical, University of Colorado School of Medicine; Children’s Hospital Colorado

  • Debra Waldron, MD, MPH, FAAP, American Academy of Pediatrics

  • David Willis, MD, FAAP, Georgetown Thrive Center for Children, Families and Communities

ZERO TO THREE Board HealthySteps Workgroup 2024-2025

  • Abel Covarrubias, MA, Aprendamos Intervention Team
  • Lee Beers, MD, FAAP, Children’s National Hospital
  • Mary Margaret Gleason, MD, FAAP, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
  • Brenda Jones Harden, PhD, School of Social Work, Columbia University
  • Jon Korfmacher, Chapin Hall, University of Chicago
  • Catherine Monk, PhD, Columbia University Medical Center
  • Brian Napack, MBA, 2U
  • Joy Osofsky, PhD, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University

  • Barbara Thompson, MS, Formerly Office of Military Family Readiness Policy, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

  • H. Marcel Wright, MBA, Access Telecare