Jennifer Stedron is Executive Director of Early Milestones Colorado, which she helped design and launch. Early Milestones harnesses the research-policy-practice loop to create equitable, sustainable solutions to challenges in learning and development, health and well-being, and family support. Previously, Jennifer was Senior Program Manager for Ascend at the Aspen Institute. She has also served as the Executive Director of Colorado’s Early Childhood Leadership Commission and the Policy Director for Early Childhood in the Office of Lieutenant Governor Joe Garcia. Jennifer has also managed bipartisan policy
efforts in K-12 education and early childhood and for the National Conference of State Legislatures.