Jessica Sager is the co-founder and chief executive officer of All Our Kin, a nationally recognized nonprofit that trains, supports and sustains family child care providers to ensure that children and families have the foundation for success in school and in life. Through All Our Kin, caregivers succeed as business owners; working parents find stable, high-quality care for their children; and children receive early learning experiences that lay the groundwork for achievement in school and beyond. A graduate of Barnard College and Yale Law School, Jessica co-teaches a Yale University seminar on “Child Care, Society, and Public Policy,” and serves on the board of the Low Income Investment Fund and the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund. She is an Ashoka Fellow, a Pahara Aspen Fellow, and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, and has provided commentary on child care issues for Fortune, Time, The Hill, New America, and Education Week. Most recently, she was named to the CARE 100 list of the Americans doing the most to re-imagine and re-humanize our care system.

Favorite children's book: I love "The Snowy Day" because it's a book about wonder, exploration, joy and above all, hope. Snow melts in your pocket and disappears. But if you're lucky, you get another snowy day, and you get to start all over again.

Brandi has over 15 years’ experience as an educator, strategic thinker and thought partner as an early childhood professional. Dr. King works as a champion for children and families, promoting high quality child care and practice that informs early childhood development, teaching and learning for professionals; as well as strengthening professional development initiatives for those who work with families and children from birth to age eight. Brandi is very interested in training and technical assistance (T/TA), research, and capacity building efforts which inform early childhood policy and focus on professional growth opportunities for early care professionals. Brandi thrives on supporting others in implementing the programmatic work of the organization, ensuring that team member’s abilities are acknowledged and appreciated to the greatest extent possible. Dr. King brings a diverse level of experience to the work of early childhood education, including collaborative approaches to problem solving, a broad focus on the social emotional development, health equity, and a special interest in the workforce development of all early childhood educators. She is deeply committed to organizational strategic growth, practice and policy that impacts systemic change at the local, state, and national levels. Brandi holds a doctorate of philosophy from Howard University and completed a Neuroscience postdoctoral fellowship from the University of Wisconsin.

Favorite children's book: "Please, Baby Please" by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee, has been my toddler's favorite book each night for a month straight. It brings me joy to see his eyes light up when we get to his favorite page of the book.

Dr. Tyler has spent thirty years as an operations and program leader, utilizing an anti-oppression, racial equity, and human-centered lens. Before joining All Our Kin, she served as Chief Executive Officer of Centering Healthcare Institute, a national healthcare intermediary organization, where she provided direct oversight to its operations. 

Previously, Dr. Tyler worked at the Global Foundation for Girls, a Birth and Health Equity Foundation. She has also held leadership and C-Suite positions for several other national children's and family organizations, including overseeing the operations and programmatic leadership of the largest childcare programs in New York. 

Dr. Tyler’s accomplishments include partnering with the Commission on Human Rights, where she commemorated the 50th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education, and with the Obama Administration, most notably on a racial equity project between the United States and South Africa.

Dr. Tyler taught for over 10 years at the collegiate level, focusing on children's rights, gender-based studies, maternal health, education, and early childhood development. Her credentials include a BA in education and a Master’s in social work. A trained birth and postpartum doula, she holds an MBA and a Doctorate in Maternal Health. She is one of 10 members in the country who sits on the Funders for Birth Justice & Equity council. 

Favorite children's book: "More More More Said the Baby,” by Vera B. Williams, speaks to my inner child! It celebrates the joy of living in the moment, family time, and warm snuggles.

Janna was born and raised in New Haven and attended the New Haven Public Schools. A graduate of Yale College and Harvard Graduate School of Education, Janna taught in the South Bronx through Teach For America. In addition to her work at All Our Kin, Janna co-teaches, with Jessica, a course on “Child Care, Society, and Public Policy” at Yale. Active in the New Haven community, Janna is an Associate Fellow of Jonathan Edwards College at Yale University and a founder of The Group with No Name, a civic organization that turns New Haven's residents into citizens. Janna serves as chair of the board of the Ulysses S. Grant Foundation, a sixty-seven-year old academic summer program, which brings together Yale students and New Haven middle school students on Yale's campus. She is the former chair of the advisory board of the Community Fund for Women and Girls, a component fund of The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. Janna was awarded the Yale Jefferson Award and the Roslyn S. Jaffe Grand Prize Award. She was a Zero to Three Leadership Fellow and a Public Voices Fellow at Yale. She is a Fellow of the 19th class of the Pahara-Aspen Education Fellowship and a Promising Ventures Fellow. Janna was recently awarded the Peter Jennings Award for Civic Leadership given annually to a Teach For America alum whose work has led to significant progress toward educational equity and excellence.

Favorite children's book: I love "Chrysanthemum" by Kevin Henkes because it teaches the importance of self-love and celebrating your individuality. As someone with a unique name and who felt different growing up, this book serves as a reminder to be proud of who we are and where we come from.