Cassie Landers, EdD, MPH, is a Founding Partner of Maestral International and a globally recognized expert in early childhood development, parenting, and family support. For nearly four decades, she has worked with UNICEF and other international agencies to advance policies and programs that support young children and their families across diverse global contexts.
Since 1985, Cassie has provided technical assistance to child development programs in more than 60 countries globally. A central focus of her work has been the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs that strengthen parents and caregivers as children’s primary source of care, including interventions spanning parenting education, early learning, and developmental pediatrics.
In collaboration with the Open Society Foundations, Cassie designed a Master’s degree program in Early Childhood Development at BRAC University in Bangladesh and previously served as a visiting professor at the Moscow School of Social and Economic Studies. She is currently on the faculty of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, where she teaches courses in global child development. Cassie holds a Doctorate in Education and a Master of Public Health from Harvard University and is based in the United States.