New CEO Takes Office at Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers

June 9, 2025 — The Board of Directors, management and staff of The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers, Inc., (FOCH), are pleased to welcome Ms. Angalie N. Dasai as our agency’s new Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer. A career education specialist with more than two decades of continuous and progressively responsible experience and expertise in the field, Ms. Dasai succeeds Mr. Daryl S. Davis, who officially retired on Friday, June 6th after more than 40 years of distinguished service and accomplishment in all aspects of educational practice, policy and training, curriculum development and implementation, program management and regulatory compliance.

Ms. Dasai accedes to her new position after serving with distinction as Executive Director of our Friends of Crown Heights Family Child Care Network, in which capacity she was directly responsible for all aspects of program management and implementation, including compliance, audits, supervision, professional development, provider recruitment, family services, and enrollment. She had also previously served our agency as Director of Coaching and Mentoring, with responsibility for supporting and motivating instructional staff, conducting classroom assessments, assisting our teaching teams with curriculum implementation and facilitating professional development trainings to achieve targeted goals.

Before joining our Friends of Crown Heights family, Ms. Dasai had formerly served as Educational Director with the Brooklyn Kindergarten Society, where she led a combination of EarlyLearn, Head Start and Universal Pre-K programs. She had also previously served as Educational Director with the Stuyvesant Heights and Miracle Academy Learning Centers.

Ms. Dasai holds the Master of Science degree in Education from Metropolitan College of New York and is Professionally Certified by the New York State Department of Education. She is additionally certified in Practice-based Coaching and is a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).