Cynthia A. Scheller, Ed. D, serves as the Director of Student Support Programs and Practice at the Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children. Previously, Cindy spent 23 years in public K-12 education, 包括在普罗维登斯和北金斯敦担任了近10年的公立小学校长, Rhode Island. During her time as a principal, Cindy led school reform efforts at the building level, using data to inform decision-making, resulting in significant gains in student achievement. 她的工作重点是通过分布式领导模式建立教师领导能力的重要性，以及为所有学生创造丰富的学习机会.  在担任校长之前，辛迪曾在罗德岛州的地区和州一级工作. As Supervisor of Secondary Reform Initiatives, and later Director of Professional Learning in the Providence Public Schools, Cindy led professional development, 注重通过高质量课程和差别化教学提高教师效能和学业成绩. She also established collaborative relationships with other key stakeholders, such as labor unions, 邻近地区领导人及国际扶轮教育部支持教师入职及专业发展. In these and other experiences, she applied learnings from her doctoral work at Johnson & Wales University, where she earned an Ed.D. in educational leadership. Cindy’s career began in the classroom. 她追随自己对音乐的热爱，教了八年初中音乐教育. 

Joan Wasser Gish, J.D., M.A., serves as the Director of Systemic Impact at the Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children. 琼致力于将我们正在学习的有效和成本效益的方法融入到对儿童的综合支持中, youth, and families, into policy and practice at scale. Joan works with policymakers at the federal and state levels, and with numerous national and state-level coalitions and advisory boards, to translate lessons from research and implementation into a roadmap for action. Joan also catalyzes and supports strategic partnerships for the Center. Twice appointed by the Governor to the Massachusetts Board of Early Education and Care, during her eleven year tenure, Joan helped to build systems that improved implementation quality and benefited children. Joan has worked on education, social services, and equity issues as an attorney, in a Presidential campaign, in the United States Senate, and in a community-based non profit. Joan has been published by the Washington Post, Brookings Institute, Education Week, Boston Herald, and Commonwealth Magazine, and frequently lectures at Harvard University and Boston College.