Brenda Gadson Author

Valora Washington is chief executive officer of the Council for Professional Recognition and the founder of the CAYL Institute in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. She is the coauthor (with Stacie G. Goffin) of Ready or Not: Leadership Choices in Early Care and Education. Brenda Gadson specializes in working with community-based nonprofits and is the owner/operator of BMG Consulting in Ocoee, Florida. Kathryn L. Amel is associate manager of programs and operations with CAYL Institute.