Lyda Beardsley

Lyda Beardsley is the executive director of the Trio Foundation, a private foundation that supports nonprofit organizations serving young children and their families in the San Francisco East Bay Area. She previously served as director of the What If Foundation and as director of Child Development Programs for the College of Marin. Beardsley has also been a representative for the Marin County Child Care Commission and advises organizations and institutions as an early childhood education consultant. During her tenure at the University of California, Berkeley, she directed the university’s child care services and supervised teacher education for the Developmental Teacher Education program. Beardsley earned both her MA and PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.

updated 2025