Advisory Board

CFI has assembled an Advisory Board of child development experts and members of the business community who are concerned about the quality of children's lives.

Our advisors help us shape our criteria, our programs and the goals and vision of the organization.

Members include:

Barbara Butler
Designer, Children's Play Structures

Peggy O'Mara
Editor and Publisher of Mothering

Jan Hunt, B.A., M.Sc.
Director, The Natural Child Project

Martha Sears, RN
Nurse, lactation consultant, co-author of several award-winning parenting books

Christopher Murray
CEO, Children's Furniture Company

Dr. William P. (Bill) Sears, MD Pediatrician, author of award-winning parenting books including The Baby Book

Pat O'Connor
Educator, Pre-school Director
Wind in the Willows Early Learning Center

Meredith Small
Professor of Anthropology at Cornell University
Author of Our Babies, Ourselves and Kids: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Raise Our Children

Louise Hart, Ed. D.
Community Educator, author of The Winning Family.

Dr. Patricia Palmer
Therapist and children's author.