Agenda
👉🏽 Learn about the 2023 trends and needs in child care, including COVID-19 relief efforts and impact, current data from the field, and how you can join thread in creating a future for quality child care.
PRESENTER
- Stephanie Berglund, CEO of thread
👉🏽 Be the first to hear about the latest early care and learning economic impact data. Participate in a discussion about how child care impacts our daily lives and our statewide economy.
PRESENTERS
- Kirsten Shelton, Vice President of McKinley Research Group, LLC
- Nolan Klouda, CEcD, Executive Director of Economics and Research, University of Alaska Center for Economic Development (UA CED)
👉🏽 Get inspired by a panel of local and state leaders who are creating change for the future of child care. From city ordinances and borough investments to state planning and policy change, these leaders will share how they are shaping the future for quality child care.
PRESENTERS
- Robert Barr, Deputy City Manager, City and Borough of Juneau
- Casie Warner, Program Director for HYPER (Happy Youth Programs and Educational Resources), Seward Prevention Coalition
- Eric Croft, Assistant Professor in Legal Studies, UAA; Member of the Alaska State House of Representatives from 1997-2006
- The Honorable Julie Coulombe, Alaska State House of Representatives
- Sara Mickelson, Deputy Cabinet Secretary, State of New Mexico – Early Childhood Education and Care Department
👉🏽 Discover how businesses and communities can partner to strengthen policies in support of child care.
PRESENTERS
- Linda Smith, Director of Early Childhood Initiative, Bipartisan Policy Center
- Kati Capozzi, President & CEO of the Alaska Chamber of Commerce
- Lori Capouch, Rural Development Director, North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives
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