Gabriele Fain

Ms. Fain is a technical assistance specialist on the Project LAUNCH Technical Assistance Team. She is also a senior research analyst at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), where she works on a range of TA, research, and evaluation projects for local, state, and federal agencies. Her areas of expertise include early childhood education, family child care, child development, and family literacy. Currently, Ms. Fain is the project director of the Evaluation of Preschool for All in San Mateo and San Francisco Counties, a four-year process evaluation of an initiative to expand access to high-quality preschool services in California. Prior to joining AIR in 1995, she worked as an elementary school teacher in Washington, D.C. She has a master’s degree in education and human development from the University of Maryland at College Park.