After serving as CEO and President for nearly five years, Dr. Carol Brunson Day will pass the baton of leadership over to Dr. Felicia DeHaney, who comes to NBCDI after serving as the Interim Assistant Superintendent for Early Childhood Education and Director of School Preparedness for the District of Columbia’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education.

No stranger to NBCDI having served as Project Director for the Kellogg Foundation funded program Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids (SPARK) from 2006 to 2009, Felicia’s background in advocacy and human services prepare her well for the position. Over the past 15 years since getting her undergraduate degree at Howard University, she has worked as classroom teacher and administrator, higher education instructor and researcher. During that time she also received her Masters Degree from Columbia University and her Doctorate from Howard University.

Dr. DeHaney recognizes the challenges ahead to strengthen NBCDI’s position as a trusted and effective voice on behalf of Black children and families. “In this changing economic climate where the challenging conditions facing our children seem to be growing, we must dig deeper to find critical opportunities both to marshal support for them and to demonstrate their capacity to grow and thrive. Our agenda must support both their struggles and their strengths.”

The leadership transition will take place over the next month. Dr. DeHaney accepts the baton of leadership as she enthusiastically forges the future at the helm of NBCDI.

Over the past 42 years, NBCDI has sought to improve and advance thewelfare of Black Children and families through education and advocacy. NBCDI focuses its work on child development, early and middle school education, parenting, health and child welfare.

For additional information, please contact: Nicole Thomas at nthomas@nbcdi.org

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