MEGAN WAGNER-FLYNN

MEGAN WAGNER-FLYNN was appointed as director of early learning strategy at the Early Childhood Alliance (ECA), a coalition of community stakeholders with a shared vision for a more coordinated and strategic early childhood system. In her new role, Wagner-Flynn will lead, engage, and provide support to the diverse cross section of stakeholders working to improve the accessibility, affordability, and quality of childcare in Onondaga County. She will develop and advance an early learning and childcare advocacy agenda; partner with local, state, and national organizations to raise early childhood issues to the forefront and increase investment in priority areas; and promote and support the work of the Child Care Quality Improvement (CCQI) Pilot in partnership with Child Care Solutions. Wagner-Flynn most recently served as the Snow Fellow in nonprofit management at the Central New York Community Foundation. Prior to the fellowship, she served as senior program officer for the Gifford Foundation, working closely with grant applicants and recipients to ensure effective use of the foundation’s resources and to build the capacity of nonprofit organization in Central New York. A Central New York native, Wagner-Flynn earned her undergraduate degree in sociology at the SUNY Geneseo and her master’s degree in public administration from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.