Joan Lombardi, Ph.D. is an Adjunct Professor and Principal Advisor, Stanford Center on Early Childhood, Stanford University. She is also a Senior Advisor and cofounder of Georgetown Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues, Georgetown University. Over the past 50 years Joan has made significant contributions in the areas of child and family policy as an innovative leader and policy advisor to national and international organizations and foundations and as a public servant. Joan served as the first Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood during the Obama Administration and the first Director of the Child Care Bureau during the Clinton Administration. Joan has served as an advisor to a range of organizations including UNICEF, WHO, UNESCO, and The World Bank Group, among others. She serves on the Executive Leadership Council of the Early Childhood Development Action Network and as a research advisor to the Moving Minds Alliance. She was a founder of Global Leaders for Young Children, hosted by the World Forum Foundation and the author of numerous publications from research to policy, from service delivery to system reform.