About Teri N. Talan

Teri N. Talan, Ed.D., is the Michael W. Louis Chair and senior policy advisor to the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership and Professor of Early Childhood Education at National Louis University. She is a passionate voice for the McCormick Center’s call to action: Leadership Matters: Invest in Leaders. She is co-author of the “Program Administration Scale,” the “Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care,” and “Building Whole Leadership.” She holds a law degree from Northwestern University as well as a doctorate in adult and continuing education and master’s in early childhood education from National Louis University. Talan’s research interests are in the areas of leadership, workforce development, systems integration, and program quality evaluation.