About Us
Founded in 2023, Early Childhood Policy Solutions LLC is a full service policy consultancy specializing in child development, family support, and early childhood education. With unparalleled knowledge of the American early childhood policy landscape, a vast network of professional and policymaker relationships, and decades of experience working with leaders across the political spectrum, ECPS is the resource you need to advance the ball for young children, their families, and the professionals who serve them.
Meet Our Founder & President
Early Childhood Policy Solutions LLC is the education policy consultancy and business home of Dr. Dan Wuori.
Recognized internationally as an expert in early childhood development and policy, Dan is an accomplished author, public speaker, and policy advisor to the nation’s governors, state lawmakers and other senior state elected and administrative officials.
Dr. Wuori joined The Hunt Institute as its founding Director of Early Learning in January of 2019, and served as Senior Director from February 2021-November 2023, helping to attract more than $10 million in philanthropic and fee-for-service work to The Institute, where – in conjunction with his work at ECPS – he continues to serve actively as Senior Early Childhood Advisor.
A former kindergarten teacher and school district administrator, Dan served as Deputy Director of South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness – the state’s comprehensive, public-private early learning initiative – from 2005-2018. In this role he worked alongside elected leaders to develop significant, bipartisan support for early childhood education and oversaw system innovations including the delivery of public prekindergarten in private, community- and faith-based preschools, improvements to the state’s IDEA Part C early intervention system, the creation of statewide program accountability standards, and the expansion of evidence-based home visiting programs.
A Past President of the SC Early Childhood Association, Dan was honored as South Carolina’s 2018 Champion for Children.
Meet Our Founder & President
Early Childhood Policy Solutions LLC is the education policy consultancy and business home of Dr. Dan Wuori.
Recognized internationally as an expert in early childhood development and policy, Dan is an accomplished author, public speaker, and policy advisor to the nation’s governors, state lawmakers and other senior state elected and administrative officials.
Dr. Wuori joined The Hunt Institute as its founding Director of Early Learning in January of 2019, and served as Senior Director from February 2021-November 2023, helping to attract more than $10 million in philanthropic and fee-for-service work to The Institute, where – in conjunction with his work at ECPS – he continues to serve actively as Senior Early Childhood Advisor.
A former kindergarten teacher and school district administrator, Dan served as Deputy Director of South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness – the state’s comprehensive, public-private early learning initiative – from 2005-2018. In this role he worked alongside elected leaders to develop significant, bipartisan support for early childhood education and oversaw system innovations including the delivery of public prekindergarten in private, community- and faith-based preschools, improvements to the state’s IDEA Part C early intervention system, the creation of statewide program accountability standards, and the expansion of evidence-based home visiting programs.
A Past President of the SC Early Childhood Association, Dan was honored as South Carolina’s 2018 Champion for Children.