Who we are
Our Advisors & Ambassadors
National Advisory Committee 2025 – 2026
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
- Johanna Barraza-Cannon, MPP, JBC Health Insights
- Michael S. Barr, MD, MBA, MACP, FRCP, MEDIS, LLC
- Scott Berns, MD, MPH, FAAP, Past President and CEO, National Institute for Children’s Health Care Quality
- Maja Castillo, MD, MHA, Healthfirst
- Dominique Charlot-Swilley, PhD, Children’s National Health System, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
- Mary Margaret Gleason, MD, FAAP, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
- Matt Glickman, MBA, MA, Promise Venture Studio, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- Rachel Herbst, PhD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
- Mary Ann McCabe, PhD, ABPP, The George Washington University School of Medicine
- Stephanie Smiley, MA, American Academy of Pediatrics
- Stacy Wathen, MPA, Children’s Hospital Association
- David Willis, MD, FAAP, Georgetown Thrive Center for Children, Families and Communities
ZERO TO THREE Board HealthySteps Workgroup 2025-2026
- Abel Covarrubias, MA, Aprendamos Intervention Team
- Lee Beers, MD, FAAP, Children’s National Hospital
- Andrew Garner, MD, PhD, FAAP, Partners in Pediatrics, UH Rainbow Care Network
- 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
Family Advisors
The Family Advisors are a small group of HealthySteps caregivers engaged by the National Office to provide feedback on the program and our resources. Family Advisors offer their unique insights and perspectives to improve and refine the program for all families and help to shape the mission, vision, and direction of the group.
We collaborated with Family Voices, a national family-led organization that promotes partnership with families at all levels of health care to improve services and policies for children, and with HealthySteps Specialists to inform the development and launch of the Family Advisory Group.
Each year, a new group of parents and caregivers who have participated in HealthySteps will serve on the Family Advisory Group. We typically open up applications in the summer. If you are interested in learning more about becoming an advisor, please contact [email protected].
HealthySteps Ambassadors
HealthySteps Ambassadors advise the National Office and strengthen the connection between the National Office and the national network of sites. Specific activities may include identifying needs in the field, reviewing and piloting materials, shaping professional development opportunities, and speaking with potential new sites or current sites about specific initiatives, among others.
If you are interested in becoming a HealthySteps Ambassador, please contact [email protected].