As a distinguished research scholar at Child Trends, Martha Zaslow conducts research focusing on professional development of the early childhood workforce and approaches to improving the quality of early childhood programs.  She served previously as director for policy at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) and also as SRCD’s interim executive director. She was a member of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee for Head Start Research and Evaluation and the Committee on Developmental Outcomes and Assessments of Young Children for the National Research Council.