Welcomes National Early Childhood Leader Mina Hong
Lansing, MI – May 5, 2025 – The Early Childhood Investment Corporation (ECIC), a statewide leader in early childhood, is pleased to announce the addition of Mina Hong as Vice President of Strategic Impact to its executive team. Hong, a nationally recognized expert in early childhood, brings deep knowledge and experience that will complement ECIC’s leadership as it works toward a future where all young children and their families in Michigan can thrive.
As Vice President of Strategic Impact, Hong will play a key leadership role in ECIC’s external engagement, accelerating policy and advocacy efforts and developing strategic partnerships. Hong’s extensive experience at both the state and national levels in early childhood policy, equitable systems building, and advocacy will be essential in fostering collaboration with families, communities, state government, and other leaders to make Michigan a place where every young child has the opportunity to grow and reach their potential.
“We are thrilled to welcome Mina to our leadership team at ECIC. With her in this new role, ECIC will be able to strengthen its strategy and impact on behalf of young children and families,” said Alicia Guevara, ECIC CEO. “Mina’s passion, commitment, and expertise will help move us closer to our vision of ensuring every child and family reaches their full potential.”
Prior to joining ECIC, Hong served as a Director at Start Early, a national early childhood organization, where she led high-impact, equity-centered consulting work. Partnering with public sector leaders, advocacy groups, providers, and families, the Start Early Consulting team helps advance more equitable and responsive early childhood systems. Much of Hong’s work focused on supporting young children with disabilities and developmental delays and their families through more inclusive early childhood systems.
“I am so honored to join the ECIC team,” shared Hong. “I look forward to collaborating with partners across Michigan in pursuit of our shared goal — a high quality, integrated, and equitable early childhood system.”
Before her time at Start Early, Hong served as a Senior Policy Associate at Michigan’s Children, where she helped secure state budget and policy wins for families with young children. Hong also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. Hong holds master’s degrees in social work and public policy from the University of Michigan.
Mina Hong will officially assume her role as the Vice President of Strategic Impact on May 12, 2025.
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Created in 2005 to serve as a statewide leader in early childhood, ECIC collaborates to increase public and private investment in the earliest years of children’s lives, while elevating issues affecting young children and their families, to continuously improve Michigan’s comprehensive early childhood system. Our vision is to create a future where all young children in Michigan and their families thrive. Visit the ECIC website.