Catherine Polanski is the new government-affairs director for the Washington-based National Head Start Association, the private, nonprofit organization that advocates for policies that strengthen Head Start and provides professional development to Head Start staff, among other services. Ms. Polanski was most recently a senior fellow in the National Office of Head Start, an arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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