Jessica 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.