Peggy Carlson serves as the Education Program Administrator at the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF). She has over twenty- five years of experience advocating for underserved youth. She is a member of the American Bar Association's National Foster Care Community of Practice and has worked closely with the US Department of Education to develop a foster care exchange platform to improve practice around educational stability for students in foster care across the nation.

Stacey Klim currently serves as the Foster Care Program Supervisor at the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. As a former foster parent, high school teacher, IEP and Public Education Advocate, public policy activist, and mother to a child with disabilities, she has worked toward helping countless students get the education and services and supports needed to achieve their educational success while promoting more inclusive opportunities for marginalized student populations.