Successful advocacy efforts require daring and pioneering leadership. Both Terry Golden and Carrie Thornhill have already created a lasting legacy for effecting positive change in the District of Columbia. As Co-Chairs of Pre-K for All DC, they bring both vision and wisdom to the helm of DC’s pre-k for all movement.

Terry Golden is currently the Chairman of Bailey Capital Corporation, a private investment company. From 1995 until 2000, Golden was President and Chief Executive Officer of Host Marriott Corporation. He continues to serve on the Boards of Host Hotels and Resorts, Inc. and the Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation. Golden also currently serves as Chair of the Federal City Council and on the Board of Directors of Pepco.  

Carrie Thornhill is a former DC Board of Education At-Large Member. She has been actively and successfully engaged in public education reform, community development, and research for action, social action and community-building work for 40 years. Carrie was the founding President of the DC Childcare Corporation and a founding member of DC Agenda.

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