Team
Maggie provides leadership to GPG projects and brings expertise in facilitation, project management, policy analysis, collaboration and interest holder engagement, strategic planning, development of funding distribution models, and written, visual and verbal communications. Maggie supports clients to develop and utilize conceptual models and frameworks, apply strong organizational processes and structures, and work in partnership to achieve clear objectives. Key GPG projects include:
- Ongoing policy development and implementation support for the California Department of Education related to Universal PreK (UPK) and Universal Transitional Kindergarten (TK)
- Leadership for California’s Universal PreK Mixed Delivery Quality and Access Workgroup and associated Legislative report
- Facilitation, cost model development, recommendation development support for the 2018 “Developing a Single-Rate System Reimbursement Structure for California” white paper and report development for the 2022 California Department of Social Services Rate and Quality Workgroup Report
- Strategic advising to advocates focuses on identifying, coordinating, and collaborating around shared action to improve programs for and outcomes for children who are multilingual learners
- Facilitation and writing support for key sections of California’s Master Plan for Early Learning and Care
- Development and presentation of a report identifying key opportunities for philanthropic foundation investments to advance early care and education workforce priorities in California
- Development of interactive network maps of organizations, collaboratives, policies, and funding streams focusing on early care and education at the systems and policy level in California
- Additional projects to advance early care and education as well as TK-12 education in California, including support for interest holder engagement and planning to inform First 5 IMPACT, the development of California’s successful Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five Renewal (PDG-R) grant, implementation support for California’s Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 (TWB8) initiative, and support to transform California’s Accountability and Continuous Improvement system.
Outside of work, Maggie serves as the Chair of the North Lake Tahoe Regional Advisory Council and enjoys skiing, time on trails, birding and naturalism, board games, reading, and traveling.
Education:
- Master of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy at University of California Berkeley
- Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and History, University of Vermont