EQUIP co-manages the Data and Research Team (DART) for Thrive in 5, a public-private partnership to get the city working together to promote school readiness by age five and to prevent the achievement gap.   The Roadmap, the result of a year-long public and private collaboration that engaged over 400 individuals, lays out powerful goals and well-researched strategies to ensure that children enter school ready to succeed.  

John Lippitt, Executive Director, Thrive in 5
Katie Britton, Ready Cities Manager, Thrive in 5 (DART Co-Manager)
Ophelia Navarro, DART Co-Manager, Thrive in 5

Randy Albelda, Center for Social Policy, UMass Boston
Deborah Allen, Boston Public Health Commission
Alice Carter, Department of Clinical Psychology, UMass Boston
Dean Elson, Jumpstart
Laurie Glassman, Child Care Choices of Boston
Milena Gostanian, Crittenton Women's Union
Donna Haig Friedman, Center for Social Policy, UMass Boston
Kim Haskins, The Barr Foundation
Nigel Jacob, City of Boston
Barbara Jacobs, ABCD Head Start
Milton Kotelchuck, Department of Maternal and Child Health
Robert Kramer, Boston EQUIP
Stewart Landers, John Snow International
Elizabeth March, Children's HealthWatch
Jessica Martin, The Boston Indicators Project
Elizabeth McDonald, The Home for Little Wanderers
Mark Melnik, Boston Redevelopment Authority
Kathy Modigliani, Family Child Care Project
Joanne Roberts, Wellesley Centers for Women
Caroline Ross, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley
Jason Sachs, Boston Public Schools
Robert Sege, Boston Medical Center ACC5N-20
Stephen Soldz, Center for Research, Evaluation & Program Development, BGSP
Chris Weiland, Boston Public Schools
Corey Zimmerman, Department of Early Education and Care