VA SJR181

Kathy Glazer is commended by the Virginia General Assembly upon her retirement after 14 years as president of the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation (VECF)

Served as executive director of Governor Tim Kaine's Working Group on Early Childhood Initiatives and director of the Office of Early Childhood Development, establishing the Smart Beginnings network and VECF

Worked as director of state services with the national BUILD Initiative from 2009 to 2012, focusing on comprehensive early childhood education policy

Transformed VECF from a small grant-making organization founded in 2005 into a major intermediary administering multi-million-dollar publicly funded initiatives through public-private partnerships

Holds a bachelor's degree in graphic design and communications from the University of Georgia and a master's degree in public administration from Virginia Commonwealth University