Michelle McCready, Senior Vice President of Organizational Advancement
Michelle works in partnership with the executive team to oversee and manage all aspects of operations, set comprehensive goals and metrics for performance and growth, and establish policies that promote Child Care Aware of America’s culture and mission.
She served on the Executive team for over a decade in a variety of roles, Deputy Executive Director and Interim Chief Executive Officer. As Chief of Policy, she provided vision, leadership, and management of policy and evaluation division, including federal policy, state initiatives, and advocacy. She led local coalition partners, and the community to make sound policy decisions that help children and families. Michelle led the development of serval iterations of Child Care Aware of America’s strategic plan, public policy agendas, award-winning advocacy and communications campaigns, signature research reports on state child care data, quality and the cost of child care in the United States.
Michelle earned a bachelor’s degree in social welfare and policy at University of Wisconsin, Madison and her master’s degree in public policy at George Mason University and certificate in nonprofit leadership at Georgetown University.
