How Child Care and Early Development Shape Arizona’s Workforce

Speakers:

• Stacy Reinstein, Interim Assistant Director/Senior Administrator, Arizona Department of Economic Security
• Melinda Gulick, CEO, First Things First
• Rich Nickel, President & CEO, Education Forward Arizona
• Chad Gestson, Executive Director of NAU’s Arizona Institute for Education and the Economy 
• Steph Itelman, Executives Partnering To Invest In Children (EPIC)

 
This event brings together child care and early development subject matter experts to give further insight into the child care challenges we are seeing in Arizona. The business community plays a vital role in addressing this at a large and small scale. We will also discuss the connection between post-secondary attainment and early learning and how that contributes to Arizona’s future workforce.