Who We Are

National Advisory Board

The Treehouse's Advisory Board is comprised of innovative thinkers, practitioners, advocates and social entrepreneurs, including foster care alumni, who are dedicated to improving outcomes for children who have experienced foster care. We are deeply grateful to them for giving their passion, skills, connections, and expertise to help guide TreehouseĀ as we Re-EnvisionĀ Foster Care in America.


  • Think of Us, Founder & CEO;
    Presidential Youth Council, Top 24 Change Maker;
    2017 Forbes 30 Under 30

  • CEO, Fostering Change for Children

  • Marc Freedman, MBA
    Marc Freedman, MBA

    Encore.org, Founder & former CEO

  • Life is Good Playmakers, Founder and Chief Playmaker

  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst Professor of Psychology;
    Rudd Adoption Research Program, Founder & Director

  • Daniel Heimpel
    Daniel Heimpel

    Fostering Media Connections; Chronicle of Social Change, Founder & Director

  • Alan Khazei, JD
    Alan Khazei, JD

    Be The Change, Inc., Founder & CEO; City Year, Founder & former CEO;
    Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Faculty

  • Plummer Youth Promise, Senior Child Welfare Consultant

  • Boston College School of Social Work, Professor;
    Donaldson Adoption Institute, Senior Research Fellow

  • Amnoni Myers
    Amnoni Myers

    National Urban Fellow; U.S. Children's Bureau, Child welfare policy consultant