CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Early Childhood (EC) Track
Bridging Silos: Building Stronger Systems of Care to Improve Child Outcomes
Session Coordinator: Phillip Chung, Assistant Director of Research, Evaluation and Strategic Learning, The Colorado Trust, Denver, Colorado.
Moderator: Jennifer Schroeder, President, JAS Associates, Inc., Broomfield, Colorado.
Presenters: Deidre Johnson, Program Officer, The Colorado Trust, Denver, Colorado;
Judith Meyers, President and CEO, The Children’s Fund of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut.
Federal Levers for State System Building: Perspectives from Minnesota and Ohio
Session Coordinator: Denise Mayotte, Executive Director, The Sheltering Arms Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Moderator: Sara Slaughter, Director, Education Program, McCormick Foundation, Chicago, Illinois.
Presenters: Marcia Egbert, Senior Program Officer, The George Gund Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio;
Denise Mayotte, Executive Director, The Sheltering Arms Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Doing Right By Dual Language Learners: Moving from Periphery to the Center
Session Coordinator: Huilan Krenn, Program Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Moderator: Margie McHugh, Director, Migration Policy Institute, Washington, District of Columbia.
Presenters: Linda Espinosa, Retired Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri;
Sylvia Puente, Executive Director, Latino Policy Forum, Chicago, Illinois.
QRIS and Beyond: Improving Quality for the Neediest Kids
Session Coordinators: Susan Hibbard, Early Childhood Funders Collaborative;
Al Castle, Executive Director and Treasurer, Samuel N. & Mary Castle Foundation, Honolulu, Hawaii;
Moderator/Presenter: Camille Catlett, Scientist, FPG Child Development Insitute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill;
Presenters: Al Castle, Executive Director and Treasurer, Samuel N. & Mary Castle Foundation, Honolulu, Hawaii;
Reyna Hernandez, Assistant Superintendent of English Language Learning and Early Childhood, Illinois State Board of Education, Chicago, Illinois.
Youth (Y) Track
Back on Track Through College: Helping Off-Track and Out-Of-School Youth Succeed in College
Session Coordinator: Mamadou Ndiaye, Senior Project Manager, Jobs for the Future, Boston, Massachusetts.
Moderator: Terry Grobe, Program Director, Jobs for the Future, Boston, Massachusetts.
Presenters: Parc Smith, CEO, American YouthWorks, Austin, Texas;
Richard Rhodes, President, Austin Community College, Austin TX.
Teaching Life Lessons to Immigrant Youth Through the International Language of Sport
Session Coordinator: Greg Griffith, Director of Development, U.S. Soccer Foundation, Washington, District of Columbia.
Moderator: Greg Griffith, Director of Development, U.S. Soccer Foundation, Washington, District of Columbia.
Presenters: Janelle Cavanagh, Director of National Expansion, Coaching Corps, Oakland, California;
Donovan Lee-Sin, Program Officer, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia.
Parent Organizing for Schools that Educate (Not Incarcerate): A Dallas Case Study
Session Coordinator: Ada Sanchez, Peppercorn Foundation, Tampa, Florida;
Moderator: Don Cipriani, Director, Just and Fair Schools Fund, New York, New York.
Presenters: Ginny Goldman, Executive Director, Texas Organizing Project, Houston, Texas;
Lakashia Wallace, Parent Leader, Texas Organizing Project, Dallas, Texas;
Bernadette Nutall, Trustee, Dallas Independent School District, Dallas, Texas.
Improving Outcomes for Youth in and Transitioning from Foster Care: A Grantmaking Approach to Maximizing Collective Impact
Session Coordinator: Robert Geen, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland.
Moderator/Presenter: Kent Berkley, Senior Associate Director, Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, St. Louis, Missouri.
Presenters: Kristin Williams, Director of Community Initiatives, The Sherwood Foundation, Omaha, Nebraska;
Lisa Guillette, Executive Director, Rhode Island Foster Parent Association, East Providence, Rhode Island;
Jim Casey Initiative Young Fellow youth presenter TBD.
Family & Community (FC) Track
Helping Children and Their Families Succeed in School and in Life
Session Coordinator: Sandra Avila, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland.
Moderator: Alicia Maldonado, President, Mockingbird Communications, Los Angeles, California.
Presenters: Florencia Velasco Fortner, President and CEO, Dallas Concilio, Dallas, California;
Antonia Lopez, Director, National Council of La Raza, Washington, District of Columbia.
Partnering with Communities: How Funders can Reach and Enroll Eligible but Uninsured Children
Session Coordinator: Phillip Chung, The Colorado Trust, Denver, Corlorado.
Moderator/Presenter: Deidre Johnson, Program Officer, The Colorado Trust, Denver, Colorado.
Presenters: Lynn Borup, Executive Director, Tri-County Health Network representing, The Telluride Foundation, Telluride, Colorado;
Erica Snow, Program Officer, The Colorado Health Foundation, Denver, Colorado.
Catalysts for Change: How Nonprofits Can Deliver Services and Transform Communities
Session Coordinator: Peter Bloch Garcia, Program Officer, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Seattle, Washington.
Moderator: Frances Kunruether, Project Director, Building Movement Project - Demos, New York, New York.
Presenters: Emma Torres, Executive Director, Campesinos Sin Fronteras, Somerton, Arizona;
Sister Phylis Peters, Executive Director, Proyecto Juan Diego, Brownsville, Texas;
Lorena Andrade, Executive Director, La Mujer Obrera, El Paso, Texas.
US-Mexico Border Communities Asserting a New Vision for the Border
Session Coordinator: Peter Bloch Garcia, Program Officer, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Seattle, Washington.
Moderator: Jennifer Allen, Director, AZ Border Communities Coalition, Tucson, Arizona.
Presenters: Christian Ramirez, Director, Southern Border Communities Coalition, San Diego, California;
Michael Seifert, Weaver, Rio Grande Valley Equal Voice Network, San Juan, Texas.
Cross-Cutting (CC) Track
Beyond the Numbers: How Data Can Be Used to Address the Needs and Uplift the Contributions of Immigrant Workers, Families and Communities
Session Coordinators: Felecia Bartow, Director of Special Projects, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, Sebastopol, California;
Regan Gruber Moffitt, Senior Associate for Public Policy, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Moderator: Sherece West, Ph.D., President and CEO, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Presenters: James Johnson, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina;
Terrance Mulligan, President & CEO, Napa Valley Community Foundation.
The Perilous Intersection of Immigration Enforcement and the Child Welfare System
Session Coordinator: Carol Mizoguchi, Director, Casey Family Programs, Seattle, Washington.
Moderator: Jorge Cabrrera, Senior Director, Casey Family Programs, Seattle, Washington.
Presenters: Seth Freed Wessler, Senior Research Associate, Applied Research Center, Oakland, California;
Judge Oscar Gabaldón, Presiding Judge of the 65th Judicial District Child Protection Court, El Paso, Texas;
Angie Junck, Staff Attorney, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, San Francisco, California.
Leveraging Limited Dollars: Achieving Tangible Results for Families Through Policy & Civic Engagement
Session Coordinator: Lisa Ranghelli, Director of the Grantmaking for Community Impact Project, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, Washington, District of Columbia.
Moderator: Aaron Dorfman, Executive Director, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, Washington, District of Columbia.
Presenters: William Buster, Program Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan;
Molly Schultz Hafid, Program Officer, Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock, Manhasset, New York.
Dealing with Diversity: Building Skill Sets in Institutions and Communities to Manage Demographic Change
Session Coordinator: Maki Park, Migration Policy Institute, Washington, District of Columbia.
Moderator: Daranee Petsod, Executive Director, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees.
Presenter: Margie McHugh, Director, Migration Policy Institute, Washington, District of Columbia.
Suk Rhee, Vice President, Planning and Operations, Northwest Health Foundation, Portland, Oregon.
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