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Welcome to the Massachusetts Association of Early Education and Care!

A Voice for Early Education & Care Providers

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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.

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MADCA Staff

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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. 
 

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Board of Directors

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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.

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Stephen Huntley (Association President)

Executive Director, Valley Opportunity Council, Holyoke

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Sharon Scott Chandler (1st Vice President)

President/CEO, ABCD, Boston

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Maria Gonzalez Moeller

2nd Vice President

Chief Executive Officer, Community Group, Lawrence

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Sharon F. MacDonald

Treasurer

President/CEO, Guild of St. Agnes, Worcester

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Melissa de Sousa

Secretary

President, Little People’s College, Inc., Fairhaven

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Lauren Cook

Chief Executive Officer, Ellis Early Learning, Boston

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Birgitta Damon

Chief Executive Officer, LEO, Inc. Lynn

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Dawn DiStefano

President & CEO, Square One, Springfield

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Amy Hall

President/CEO, Child Care of the Berkshires, North Adams

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Clare Higgins

Executive Director, Community Action, Greenfield

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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

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Margaret McDonald

CEO, Clarendon Early Education Services, Lawrence

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Eric Mitchell

President & CEO, Pathways for

Children, Gloucester 

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Justin Pasquariello

Executive Director, East Boston Social Centers, East Boston

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Laura Perille

President/CEO, Nurtury Early Education, Boston

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Lucas Skorczeski

Co-Executive Director, Acre Family Child Care, Lowell

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Jay Soto

President/CEO, Worcester Comprehensive Education & Care, Worcester

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Megan Stirk

President/CEO, People, Incorporated, Fall River

MADCA

19 Harvard Street

Worcester, MA 01609

(508) 612-1085

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