Opportunities for Working Families: A Leadership Forum
Sessions Overview Audio Presentations
JW Marriott at Cherry Creek Denver, CO June 16 - 17, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
Welcome and Program Overview:
- Mary Fairchild, NCSL, Colorado [Audio of Session]
- William Pound, Executive Director, NCSL, Colorado
Opportunities for Working Families: A Common Sense Agenda Presentation
- Ralph Smith, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Maryland [Audio of Session]
Assets: The Key to Family Economic Success
- Rourke L. O'Brien, New America Foundation, Washington, D.C. [Audio of Session]
- Representative Jeanne Darneille, Washington [Audio of Session]
Developing a 21st Century Workforce
- Collie Langworthy Hutter, Owner, Click Bond, Inc., Nevada [Audio of Session]
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
State Policy to Support Low-Income Students
- Julie Bell, Director of Education, NCSL, Denver [Audio of Session]
- Joni Finney, National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, California; and the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania [Audio of Session
Earned Income Tax Credit
- Christine Nelson, Program Director, NCSL, Denver [Audio of Session]
- Elizabeth Kneebone, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
- Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson, Washington
- Sen. Jim Seymour, Iowa
Doorways to Dreams
- Ron Snell, Program Director, NCSL, Denver [Audio of Session]
- Peter Tufano, Harvard Business School, Massachusetts

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