Child Development Association Announces New Board Chair

From CDA: Roswell resident and education advocate Grace Shickler has been elected incoming chairman of the Child Development Association’s board of directors. The CDA has been providing affordable high-quality early education since 1968.

“It has been an honor and a privilege to serve on the CDA board for the past four years and I am thrilled to represent this organization as we celebrate our 50th year of providing early education to children in our community,” Grace Shickler said. “As an educator myself, I am passionate about our mission of affording all children in our community high-quality early education. It is my goal to increase public awareness about the
organization and increase diversity on our board. I encourage others in our community who are interested in serving to contact me through the CDA.”

Shickler has over 25 years of experience in the education field. Most recently she served as principal/director of early years at High Meadows School creating strong parent-teacher relationships and advocating for professional development for teachers.

Maggie DeCan, CEO and Executive Director at the CDA said, “Our school is blessed with diversity of cultures, languages and experiences from board to staff to students.

Grace was raised in a home where Spanish was spoken. She c

an communicate with all of our stakeholders as an educator, board member and someone who has walked in their shoes. We are so lucky to have her leadership to start our next half century.”

The Child Development Association provides early education programs for children enabling great starts for brighter futures. Best Start. Brightest Future. Every Child.

For more information, visit www.cdakids.org.

Photos courtesy of CDA