Aly Frei, M.N. is a Project Manager for Public Strategies with over 17 years of experience in the HMRE and curriculum development and dissemination fields.  She has served as project director and implementation strategist for several multi-site federal subcontracts, including randomized-controlled clinical trials of HMRE interventions, and is a seasoned leader in implementation design, training and technical assistance.  Ms. Frei also serves as the Director of Becoming Parents Program, Inc., an agency focused on equipping expectant parents with the knowledge, skills, and support they need to be great partners over the transition to parenthood and beyond. Ms. Frei has authored and co-authored more than seven adaptations of HMRE curricula targeted at improving relationship and health outcomes for new parent couples and their children, including adaptations for cultural relevance among Spanish-speaking, married and unmarried, and socially and economically disadvantaged populations.

Ruthie Liberman, MSA is the Vice President for Public Policy at Economic Mobility Pathways (EMPath) an organization whose mission is to help people move out of poverty and to provide the tools for other organizations to do the same.  Ruthie has a Bachelor’s Degree from Pomona College in government and public policy as well as a Masters Degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. With 25 years of experience in nonprofit strategy, policy and program management, Ruthie has spent over fifteen years at EMPath (formerly known as Crittenton Women’s Union), and previously worked in major hospital settings such as Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She also ran a Pediatric and Family AIDS program at Dimock Community Health Center.  A native of California, Ruthie served as a Senate Fellow in the California Legislature and as the Director of Public Policy for Planned Parenthood Los Angeles.

Donna Wharton-Fields, MCP, a Senior Operations Associate, has more than 15 years of experience in community development and urban planning. Her current work is focused on the Opportunity NYC project, a new demonstration program designed to reduce inter-generational poverty in New York City. She has also worked on the Neighborhood Jobs Initiative and Jobs-Plus, two neighborhood-based employment projects, and the Work Advancement and Support Centers demonstration, where she has had a lead role in providing technical assistance to the sites. Her career began as a city planner for Boston’s public housing and regional transportation authority and economic development agency. In New York City, Wharton-Fields served as Director of Development for the New York City Housing Partnership and as a project manager at the New York State Urban Development Corporation. She also led a regional consensus-building project, called “One New Jersey,” for New Jersey Future, the statewide planning organization. She currently serves on the Board of the National Housing Institute/Shelterforce Magazine. Wharton-Fields holds a B.A. in Political Science and Sociology from Williams College and a Master of City Planning degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.