Terrylynn is the Senior Director, Government Affairs and Policy for Voices for America’s Children in Washington, DC and provides strategic guidance for federal advocacy efforts in the area of early care and education.

She facilitates the Voices School Readiness Advisory Committee; educates and organizes the Voices membership about the impact of federal proposals on children in the states; and partners with members and national advocates to influence policy and practices.

Terrylynn also represent Voices legislative agenda to federally elected officials and the Administration. Prior to joining Voices, Terrylynn served as the Director of Education Policy for Advocates for Children and Youth in Maryland.

In this role she executed a strategic agenda to increase quality leadership in struggling schools, to close minority and income achievement gaps and to increase educational opportunities for disadvantaged children. She partnered with elected officials, agencies heads, and community based coalitions to promote legislative efforts that are founded on evidence-based research and practice.

Terrylynn has been committed to education reform and serving the community throughout her career. She serves on the board of Medical and Research Advisory Committee of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America. 

She serves on various national, state and local taskforces and workgroups on child care and education issues. She recently was a captain in the Obama for America campaign in Baltimore. Terrylynn earned the degrees of Doctor of Education from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Education and Counseling from McGill University.

She has a Bachelors of Science in Psychology from University of East London. She has been a board member of Tomorrow’s Voices since December 2009.

Erica was involved with the development of Tomorrow’s Voices from its beginnings.  She was part of the project team responsible for bringing this dream into reality.  She has been a member of the board of Tomorrow’s Voices since June 2007 and took over the Chairmanship in March 2008.

When she is not volunteering her time with Tomorrow’s Voices, Erica is the Director of the Economic Empowerment Zones Agency (EEZA) under the Bermuda Small Business Development Corporation and is responsible for establishing empowerment zones throughout Bermuda to bring about transformation in depressed areas. Prior to this she ran her own consultancy firm, ERF Designs, which provided consultancy services in planning, architecture, urban design and sustainable development.

She previously held the role of Director of Sustainable Development at the Cabinet Office responsible for developing and implementing Government’s first sustainable development strategy. She was also the Assistant Director of Planning for the Department of Planning, where she was responsible for the land use, zoning and development policies of Bermuda.

Erica brings extensive experience in organizational management, policy development, business continuity and risk management to any endeavour she undertakes.  

She has served as a Council member on the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in Bermuda, President of the Bermuda Amateur Softball Association, and President of the Youth Softball League, in addition to various roles on other boards and committees.

She is passionate about giving back to her country and feels her work with Tomorrow’s Voices is necessary divine work that is needed.  She is committed to her role of lobbying for services, resources, and funding for children with autism specifically, as well as generally for those with special needs and other disabilities.

Tricia is a wife and mother to 3 teenage boys with Autism.  When her children were diagnosed in 2000, she began a quest to learn as much as possible about Autism and how to help.  After finding no support in Bermuda, and meeting two other moms whose children had also just been diagnosed, she assisted those moms with starting BASE (Bermuda Autism Support and Education Society) in 2001. 

Tricia was then President of BASE for 6 years and helped to bring over 50 seminars, workshops, and hands on training to Bermuda, for parents and professionals alike.  In 2007 she assisted Thea Furbert and Erica Smith in realising their dream of having somewhere in Bermuda where families could turn to for direct assistance with their children with Autism. 

That dream was Tomorrow’s Voices!  Tricia moved back to Canada in 2008 with her children, but still has a role on the Board of Tomorrow’s Voices as a Director and is very pleased on how that dream of 3 women only a few years ago, is now a thriving reality benefiting so many children in Bermuda. 

Tricia is now President of the Autism Ontario Hamilton Wentworth Chapter in Hamilton Ontario, and is continuing to assist families and professionals who deal with Autism.  She is one of the founders of Tomorrow’s Voices having been a board member since June 2007.