Team Harriet Dichter Board Secretary Harriet Dichter provides consulting services to states, advocates, and foundations. As Pennsylvania’s founding deputy secretary for the Office of Child Development and Early Learning, she gained national attention for the state’s unique new solutions and partnerships. She also was the founding executive director of the Delaware Office of Early Learning, where she accelerated the pace, quality, and accountability of the state’s comprehensive work in early childhood. Ms. Dichter also has significant nonprofit experience. Nationally, she served as a leader for the Ounce of Prevention Fund and its policy advocacy affiliate, the First Five Years Fund, and has worked as staff at the Pew Charitable Trusts. At the community level, she developed her policy, planning, implementation, and advocacy skills in organizations ranging from United Way to a child policy and advocacy nonprofit. Ms. Dichter is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.