Grace Reef

Grace Reef is the founder of the Early Learning Policy Group, LLC, a northern Virginia based early childhood consultant firm. A veteran political and policy strategist, Grace worked for 17 years in the U.S. Senate as a senior policy advisor on issues related to families with children for Senators George Mitchell, Tom Daschle, and Chris Dodd. “Off Capitol Hill,” Grace was the Chief of Policy & Evaluation for 7 years at the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA), currently doing business as Child Care Aware® of America. Grace’s experience ranges from child care, Head Start, and state Pre-K policy to welfare reform and family economic stability.

Grace’s work through the Early Learning Policy Group focuses on strengthening the quality of child care at the federal, state, and community level through policy analysis, strategic thinking and partnership building, effective communication and advocacy approaches, data visualization, and pursuing alternative financing approaches and business engagement to support early childhood initiatives.