Thank you to the Dayton Foundation’s Del Mar Encore Fellows
Preschool Promise is committed to equity and inclusion and that also means ensuring racial and generational diversity in our employees! We recently were honored to host Don Ambrose, President of Del Mar Healthcare, and our partners at the
Dayton Foundation to celebrate all
Del Mar Encore Fellows.
In 2017, The Dayton Foundation started the Del Mar Fellows program and began assigning highly skilled older adults to work on significant community issues while also changing the conversation about aging.
We are privileged to work with our Fellow, Dr. Debra Brathwaite, who has shared incredible insight with our team while leading our Preschool Promise Pathways project that is helping early childhood educators earn degrees and credentials. Debra’s passion for education has been a driving force in creating this program from scratch!
To hear Debra describe the initiative and to learn more about the work of other Del Mar Encore Fellows, check out this
video celebrating the United Nations International Day of Older Persons.
The Del Mar Encore Initiative is made possible by generous gifts from the Del Mar Healthcare Fund of The Dayton Foundation.

Robyn Lightcap
Executive Director