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Office of Head Start

An Office of the Administration for Children & Families

Ann Linehan

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Acting Director, Office of Head Start (OHS)

Ann Linehan is the acting director of the Office of Head Start (OHS). She has held senior management positions with OHS for 15 years and has served as the deputy director since 2011.

Ann began her career as a special needs teacher for medically fragile children. She served nearly a decade as the executive director of a Massachusetts nonprofit agency that provided Head Start and child care services in eight communities. She holds undergraduate degrees in sociology and psychology and a master's in education from Boston State.