June 2004 -- Sharon Ferraro has accepted the appointment of Treasurer for the new Fairfax Futures Foundation in Fairfax County. This new foundation will focus on the following:

• To raise public and private funding to support quality early learning experiences for young children
• To strengthen the knowledge, skills and abilities of the early childhood workforce to ensure they are professionally equipped to meet the educational needs of children in their care
• To increase public awareness of the importance of early childhood education and its significance for school readiness, and the County's current and future economic health
• To create public-private partnerships with education, business, philanthropic and the public sector to support a County-wide vision for early childhood excellence, resulting in high quality programs for our youngest children
• To make targeted investments in early learning programs based on research and a County-wide vision