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Agenda Wednesday Nov 4 La Fonda Hotel
5:30 pm Reception - La Terraza, La Fonda

Diane Denish
Lt. Governor, New Mexico

Anne Mosle
Vice President for Programs
W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Janet Hansen
Vice President & Director of Education Studies
Committee for Economic Development

Mike Daly
President
Forest City Covington/
Mesa del Sol
7:00 pm Dinner on your own  
 
Agenda Thursday Nov 5 Santa Fe Community Convention Center
7:30 am Full Breakfast  
8:00 am Welcome

Katherine Freeman
NMECDP Chair
8:10 am New Mexico’s Public Investment in Early Learning and Child Development Diane Denish
Lt. Governor, New Mexico
8:20 am Introductory Remarks

Barbara Damron, Ph.D., RN
Damron Oncology Consulting
NMECDP Advisory Board Member

Lillian Montoya-Rael
NMECDP Project Manager
8:40 am The Power to Make Change for Children – Business Perspective Dave Lawrence, Jr.
President, Early Childhood Initiative Foundation

 
 
Agenda Thursday Nov 5 Santa Fe Community Convention Center cont.
9:15 am The Science of Child Development and the Future of Early Childhood Policy Ellen Goldberg, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
University of New Mexico
9:45 am Q & A  
9:55 am The Importance of Early Childhood Investment Kathleen Sebelius (Video Message)
Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
10:05 Break  
10:15 am The Economics Supporting Investment in Early Learning – Business Perspective Robert H. Dugger, Ph.D.
Managing Partner, Hanover Investment Group, LLC
10:40 am What Economics Has to Say About Early Childhood Policy M. Rebecca Kilburn, Ph.D.
Senior Economist & Director, Child Policy RAND Corporation
11:05 am The New Mexico Children's Cabinet: Much More Than Just Another Pretty Face Dorian Dodson
Secretary, NM Department of Children, Youth & Families
11:15 am Q & A  
11:25 am Perspective on Early Childhood Investment Jeff Bingaman (Video Message)
US Senator - New Mexico
11:30 am Lunch  
12:00 pm Luncheon Keynote: Race, Culture, Identity & Achievement Eugene Garcia, Ph.D.
Vice President, Education Partnerships, Arizona State University
12:25 pm Continuing the Business Commitment
• Engaging our Policy Makers
• Call to Action		 Don Chalmers
President, Don Chalmers Ford
12:35 pm Adjournment
• What You Can Do
• What You Can Expect		 Katherine Freeman
NMECDP Chair