Susan Stepleton, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer

As President and CEO of Parents as Teachers since 2002, Susan Stepleton heads the resource base and backbone of Parents as Teachers. Prior to joining Parents as Teachers, Stepleton was with Edgewood Children's Center in St. Louis, Mo., a social service agency providing treatment, education and services to families and children, where she spent 20 years, including 12 years as executive director. She also administered the Salvation Army Hope Center for more than six years.

Stepleton holds a variety of highly visible offices at regional, state and national levels. She holds three master's degrees (German studies, business administration and social work) and a Ph.D. in public policy analysis focusing on nonprofit management and governance from St. Louis University. She is a licensed clinical social worker and a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers, and holds a lifetime Missouri Teaching Certificate in social studies.

Cheryle Dyle-Palmer, M.A.
Chief Operating Officer

Cheryle Dyle-Palmer administers Parents as Teachers' infrastructure as it increases its presence in early childhood education, and is instrumental in developing culturally sensitive curriculum and an overarching protocol for encouraging diversity. She is the chief architect of a project management system to increase internal operating efficiencies.

Before joining the National Center for Parents as Teachers in 2002, Dyle-Palmer served as vice president of children and family services for the National Benevolent Association. She is involved in many high profile organizations such as the National Council of Negro Women and Child Welfare League of America. She has 35 years of experience in community development, program and organizational development, administration and early childhood and holds a master's degree in sociology from the University of Missouri - St. Louis.

Tammy Craig
Chief Financial Officer

Tammy Craig oversees all organizational financial and human resource activities by establishing major corporate business strategies, objectives and policies for Parents as Teachers. This includes directing organizational accounting practices, financial strategy, planning and forecasts, and guiding the investment funds for Parents as Teachers. Prior to joining Parents as Teachers in 2007, Craig served as business manager for FlightSafety International, Inc.

Craig serves as board member for the Deaconess Foundation and is actively involved with Habitat for Humanity International as former board member and with St. John's Home and Community Care as former chairman, vice chairman, treasurer, secretary and board member. She holds a B.S. Accountancy at Southern Illinois University and is a registered CPA.