Yolanda McBride

Yolanda McBride leads policy, legislative, and advocacy efforts at Children’s Aid in a range of areas, including education, health, child welfare, and cross-systems coordination and reform. Before joining Children’s Aid, she spent nearly eight years in government at the New York City Council and the Office of the New York City Mayor creating and leading citywide initiatives. Yolanda also supported and managed for nearly 10 years research and evaluation projects at the New York University Institute for Education and Social Policy and began her career at a private family foundation. She has a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies with a minor in African American Studies from Lafayette College, a Master of Public Administration from New York University, and a certificate from Columbia University Business School’s Senior Leaders Program for Nonprofit Professionals.