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About Us

Start School Later, Inc. is a nationally recognized non-profit organization working to ensure that all public schools can set hours compatible with health, safety, equity, and learning.

We are a clearinghouse dedicated to championing the cause of healthy school starts for the long-term, both nationally and locally.

ADVISORY BOARD

Dean Beebe, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director, Neuropsychology Program, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

Kimberly Charis, Project Associate, Center for Safe and Healthy Schools, National Association of State Boards of Education, Arlington, VA 

Michael Dubik, MD, Pediatric Sleep Physician, Naval Medical Center, Norfolk, VA 

Lisa Ehrlichman, RN, M.Ed Chair for Adolescent Health, California School Nurses Organization, and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, San Diego, CA     

Allison Harvey, PhD, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Clinical Psychologist, and Director of the Golden Bear Sleep and Mood Research Clinic and the University of California, Berkeley. 

Christopher Herrera, PhD, Sleep Researcher, Aspetar - Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital

Lisa J. Meltzer, PhD, Sleep researcher and clinician, 
Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO 

Edward O'Malley, PhD, Managing Director, Sleep HealthCare of Connecticut 

Steven Lockley, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Neuroscientist, Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital 
 
Wilfred R. Pigeon, PhD. Director, University of 
Rochester Sleep & Neurophysiology Lab, Rochester, NY 

Kathy Ryan, MSN, PHN, FNP, President, San Diego/Imperial Section, California School Nurses Organization and School Nurse, Lincoln High School Wellness Center, San Diego, CA

Amy Wolfson, PhD, Professor of Psychology at 
the College of Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, and author of  The Woman's Book of Sleep: A Complete Resource Guide.
OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM

Start School Later, Inc. has a multi-faceted leadership team that allows us to continue to advocate at a national, statewide and local level.

Click below to get more information on our:
  • Board of Directors
  • Executive Staff
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COALITION PARTNERS

American Sleep Apnea Association

Annapolis Education Commission

Circadian Sleep Disorders Network


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We are now an official 
Consortium Partner for 

the Healthy People 2020 initiative!

Institute of Naturopathic Sleep Medicine 

Kentucky Sleep Society

Later School Start Times for Okaloosa County

Parent Advocates for a Later Start (PALS)

Parents Advocacy Network (PAN)

Rio Americano Parent Engagement Group

SideWalks4Kids 

The Sleep Doctors Radio 

SLEEP in Fairfax 

Sleeping Resources

Straight Talk Teens N Twenties

SWAN Medical Group (Sleep Health Management)





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