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Sadie Funk

National Director & Co-Founder

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Sara J. Redington

Co-Founder

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Alexandra Morales

Project & Partnership Coordinator

Bethany Maxwell

Office Administrator

Halee Hamm

Creative Director

Steering Committee

Since 2019, our Steering Committee has helped convene community members and resources, coalesce diverse partners around shared goals, and drive action toward our collective mission and vision.

Ashley Elgin

Chief Executive Officer, Lena Pope

Elizabeth Brands

President & CEO, The Morris Foundation / Read Fort Worth

Grant Coates

CEO & President, The Miles Foundation

Jay McCall

Senior Principal, The Rainwater Charitable Foundation / T3

Kara Waddell

President & CEO, Child Care Associates

Leah King

CEO, United Way of Tarrant County

Mattie Parker

Mayor, City of Fort Worth

Nicole Allen

Child Care Quality Unit Director, Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County

Rose Bradshaw

President & CEO, North Texas Community Foundation

Ximena Antunez de Mayolo

Principal, The Rainwater Charitable Foundation

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Sadie Funk

National Director & Co-Founder, Best Place for Working Parents®

Sadie Funk is the National Director and Co-Founder of The Best Place for Working Parents®.  Sadie has more than 20 years of experience driving social impact at the local, national, and international level. In her role as National Director, Sadie helps guide the strategic direction and operations at The Best Place for Working Parents.

Sadie graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas with an MS in International Management and received her BA in Anthropology with Honors from Eckerd College. She lives in Texas with her husband and two young children, Jayla and Avigail.

Sara J. Redington

Co-Founder, Best Place for Working Parents®

Sara Redington is Chief Philanthropy Officer for The Miles Foundation and Co-Founder of The Best Place for Working Parents®. With over 20 years of strategic planning, business development, and communications experience in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors, Sara oversees the vision and strategic direction for The Best Place for Working Parents® effort. Sara graduated cum laude from Vanderbilt University with a B.A. in Communications and Psychology. She lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband, Zach, and daughter, Emma Joy.