Massachusetts Association of Early Education and Care!
A Voice for Early Education & Care Providers
About MADCA
The Massachusetts Association of Early Education & Care is the trade association for private community-based early education programs and before/after school providers in Massachusetts. Founded in 1972, MADCA represents the public policy and advocacy interests of over 600 early education centers, school age providers and 43 Family Child Care Systems. MADCA has been a leading voice for quality early education and care, promoting program stability, a livable wage for early educators, NAEYC accreditation and hosting conferences throughout the state geared towards professional development of early educators.
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MADCA is a leading group of a collaborative effort seeking a state investment of $100 Million to address the need to invest in the early education workforce, quality and access to care.
MADCA Staff
William J. Eddy
Executive Director
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William J. Eddy serves as Executive Director of the Massachusetts Association of Early Education & Care. Under Mr. Eddy’s leadership, the Association has grown to become the largest membership group of early education providers in the Northeast. The 600 center-based early education programs and 40 Family Child Care Systems membership - geographically spread across Massachusetts from North Adams to Boston to the Cape & Islands - collectively provide the vast majority of subsidy early education and afterschool care administered by the Department of Early Education & Care (EEC).
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Mr. Eddy is a former Worcester City Councilor and currently is chairman of Worcester’s Community Preservation Committee. Mr. Eddy and his wife Margaret reside in Worcester, together they have two children.
Board of Directors
The Association is governed by a twenty-one member Board of Directors. The Board consists of early education and out-of-school agency leaders from across Massachusetts.
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The Board is comprised of five officers, fourteen members who are elected by membership, and Family System representative, all elected for a three year term.
Stephen Huntley (Association President)
Executive Director, Valley Opportunity Council, Holyoke
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Sharon Scott Chandler (1st Vice President)
President/CEO, ABCD, Boston
Maria Gonzalez Moeller
2nd Vice President
Chief Executive Officer, Community Group, Lawrence
Sharon F. MacDonald
Treasurer
President/CEO, Guild of St. Agnes, Worcester
Melissa de Sousa
Secretary
President, Little People’s College, Inc., Fairhaven
Lauren Cook
Chief Executive Officer, Ellis Early Learning, Boston
Birgitta Damon
Chief Executive Officer, LEO, Inc. Lynn
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Dawn DiStefano
President & CEO, Square One, Springfield
Amy Hall
President/CEO, Child Care of the Berkshires, North Adams
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Clare Higgins
Executive Director, Community Action, Greenfield
Carl Howell
Chief Executive Officer, Community Team Work, Lowell
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Debbie Kneeland Keegan
Executive Director, FKO Afterschool, Winthrop
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Joseph Martin
Executive Director, Pakachoag Acres, Auburn
Margaret McDonald
CEO, Clarendon Early Education Services, Lawrence
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Eric Mitchell
President & CEO, Pathways for
Children, Gloucester
Justin Pasquariello
Executive Director, East Boston Social Centers, East Boston
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Laura Perille
President/CEO, Nurtury Early Education, Boston
Lucas Skorczeski
Co-Executive Director, Acre Family Child Care, Lowell
Jay Soto
President/CEO, Worcester Comprehensive Education & Care, Worcester
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Megan Stirk
President/CEO, People, Incorporated, Fall River