Meet Ed

Ed Greene’s passion is focused on building culturally relevant partnerships, policies and program practices that benefit children and families in the digital age. He formerly served as VP, Children, Youth and Digital Media Literacy Initiatives at the Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network (HITN), and is currently a senior consultant with HITN Learning.

His diverse experience includes roles as a senior adviser and consultant to Cito, the Netherlands, and its Piramide Approach to Early Learning; and director of global outreach for Sesame Workshop. Ed is a former elected board member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the HighScope Educational Research Foundation, the American Camp Association, and currently serves as a trustee of the Coalition for Quality Children’s Media.

Over his forty- year career, Ed has worked directly with infants, toddlers, preschool children, adolescents and families, as well as in a variety of roles and capacities in the philanthropic, private, public sectors and higher education.

Originally from Inkster, Michigan, he attended DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., where he earned a Bachelor's of Music. He received his M.A. in Child and Human Development from Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena, Calif. and completed his Ph.D. in elementary and early childhood education at Indiana State University.

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