xecutive Director of Child Care Inc., a leading early care and education policy and advocacy organization in New York City. CCI is working to promote quality early learning, healthy development and care for children, birth through school-age. Ms. Kolben is a co-convener of Winning Beginning NY, a statewide coalition to promote quality early learning opportunities for children from birth through school age. She serves on the Children's Cabinet Advisory Board appointed by the Governor. She is a coordinator of the Early Childhood Strategic, a New York City based partnership of 20 organizations and individuals working in partnership with the public sector to expand early education opportunities across the city. She also served as President and Founding Board Member of the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, a national network of organizations promoting quality child care.