Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Ginny Riopelle, Chair, Green Bay Community Partners Committee
- Barbara Lawton, Lieutenant Governor, State of Wisconsin
- Charles Kolb, President, Committee for Economic Development (CED)
- Michael Burke, Program Director, Buffett Early Childhood Fund
Panel: Why Early Childhood Should Be a Priority
Moderator: Daniel Nerad, Superintendent, Green Bay Area Public Schools
- Nan Brien, Consultant, Southern Child Welfare Training Partnership
- Elizabeth Burmaster, State Superintendent, WI Department of Public Instruction
- Dennis Winters, Chief Economic Advisor, WI Department of Workforce Development
National Context for Early Childhood Economic Development
- Keynote Introduction: Roberta Gassman, Secretary, WI Department of Workforce Development
- Keynote Address: David Lawrence, President, Early Childhood Initiative Foundation; retired Publisher, the Miami Herald
Panel: Regional Business & Community Leaders Perspectives
Moderator: Gregg Hetue, President and CEO, Brown County United Way
- Nancy Armbrust, Vice President of Education and Community Relations, Schreiber Foods
- Jon Stellmacher, Exec. Vice President and Chief Admin. Officer, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
- Mark Skogen, President and CEO, Festival Foods
- George Kerwin, President and CEO, Bellin Health Systems
Call to Action
Paul Jadin, President, Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
