Pam Hanna has been involved in early childhood for over thirty years, initially through undertaking many local and national roles in Playcentre, and then as research officer, education officer, and senior education officer in the Department of Education. Pam was the founding CEO of the Early Childhood development Unit (Nga Kaitaunaki Kohunghunga) from mid 1989 until the end of 2003. Since then she has been a consultant taking on a variety of contract work. This includes being Director of the Hana Clannad team in early childhood professional development contracts with the Ministry of Education. She has a Masterate in Education