Early Education Summit
Early Education: A Smart Investment
A Call to Action
Sponsors
American Red Cross Greater Milwaukee Chapter
Council for the Spanish Speaking, Inc.
The Davis Family Fund
Performance Builders Learning
UW-Madison Office of Child Care and Family Resources
Wisconsin Biotech and Medical Device Association
Wisconsin Child Care Resource and Referral Network
Wisconsin Early Childhood Association
Wisconsin Education Association Council
Wisconsin Head Start Association
YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee
Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation
Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators
Community Development Management Partnerships
Summit Agenda for Monday, September 25, 2006; 11:30 am - 2:00 pm
Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Jeffrey Joerres, CEO and President, Manpower, Inc.
- Jim Doyle, Governor, State of Wisconsin
Why Business Leaders Are Making Early Childhood Education a Priority
- Charles Kolb, President, Committee for Economic Development
- Dan Pedersen, President, Buffett Early Childhood Fund (Invited)
Panel Discussion - Why Wisconsin Business Needs to Lead the Way
Moderator:
- Charles Kolb, President, Committee for Economic Development
Panelists:
- Steven Barnett, Director, National Institute for Early Education Research
- Sister Joel Read, Education Committee Chair, Greater Milwaukee Committee and former President, Alverno College
- Robert Dugger, Managing Director, Tudor Investment Corporation (Invited)
- Dennis Mueller, Vice President-Operations, Quanta Services, Inc.
Call to Action - Next Steps
- Helen Johnson-Leipold, Chairman and CEO of Johnson Outdoors Inc.; Chairman of Johnson Financial Group; Chairman of The Johnson Foundation; and Founder and Chairman of Next Generation Now, a cutting-edge child development center
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Sponsors
Committee for Economic Development (CED)
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Johnson Outdoors Inc.
Johnson Diversey, Inc.
Johnson Bank
Buffett Early Childhood Fund
United Way of Greater Milwaukee
Wisconsin Council for Children and Families
Department of Workforce Development
Department of Public Instruction
Gardner Foundation
Milwaukee Area Technical College