Archived Webinars
Archived Webinar
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Title:
Opportunities to Partner with the Private Sector in Early Learning
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Date:
Friday, August 10, 2012
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Time:
3 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. CT / 1 p.m. MT / Noon PT
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Contact:
Alison May
303-856-1473
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Opportunities to Partner with the Private Sector in Early Learning
Friday, August 10, 2012
3 p.m. ET/ 2 p.m. CT/ 1 p.m. MT/ noon PT
A new Committee for Economic Development (CED) report highlights the business sector call for more high-quality early learning opportunities for children from birth to age 8 to reduce the achievement gap and strengthen the workforce for a better economy and global competition. State legislators across the country understand the strong brain and child development research behind investing in early learning. With fiscal challenges facing state legislatures, the opportunity is there for legislative and private-sector leaders to partner to advance creative solutions to the early achievement gap. Business leaders in Colorado are partnering to leverage a mix of state, community and private resources to improve outcomes for children in the Children’s Corridor. If you are an Early Learning Fellow register today for the FREE Webinar.
Presenters:
Mike Petro, Committee for Economic Development
Doug Price, Rocky Mountain PBS
Moderator:
Steffanie Clothier, NCSL
Julie Poppe, NCSL
Webinar Agenda
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3:00-3:10pm |
Welcome and Opening Remarks, Introductions
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Steffanie Clothier, NCSL
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Julie Poppe, NCSL
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3:10-4:00pm |
Presentations
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Mike Petro, Committee for Economic Development. Click HERE to view the PowerPoint Presentation.
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Doug Price, Rocky Mountain PBS. Click HERE to view the PowerPoint Presentation.
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4:00-4:30pm |
Questions, Discussion and Final Thoughts
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Speaker Biographies
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Mike Petro, Acting President of the Committee for Economic Development (CED). In June 2012, CED’s Executive Committee named Michael J. Petro Acting President of this nonpartisan business led public policy organization. In this capacity, Mr. Petro is responsible for overseeing and directing all functions of CED including development, communications, and the research agenda. In addition, Mr. Petro supervises a staff of 20 individuals and reports to some 200 CED Trustees throughout the country. Throughout his 14 year career at CED, Mr. Petro has served COO-like functions and directed all outreach and implementation activities.
Prior to joining CED, Mr. Petro served as Vice President for the Center for National Policy a public policy organization. Mr. Petro has had extensive policy interactions with public and private sector leaders of various countries throughout the world.
Mr. Petro studied at Brunel University in England and is a graduate of the State University of New York at Brockport.
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Douglas M. Price, President and CEO of Rocky Mountain PBS since January 2009. Prior to that, Price had a highly successful career in banking with FirstBank Holding Company of Colorado between 1982 - 1999.
In 1995, Price became the founding chairman of Qualistar Early Learning, a nonprofit organization in Denver. Qualistar developed a standardized quality rating system for childcare facilities that is being emulated in more than 40 states. He continued to serve Qualistar until 2006. During this time, Price also served on the U.S. Treasury's Working Group on Childcare under the Clinton administration. Doug Price is a member of the Executives Partnering to Invest in Children's (EPIC) CEO Roundtable, which is made up of top business leaders from around Colorado committed to advocating for public and private investments in the early childhood sector.
Price earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Colorado with magna cum laude honors and attended the Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington.
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