Building a Competitive Future Right from the Start
A Paid Family Leave Forum
April 25, 2012
Ford Foundation
New York, New York
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8:00 Breakfast and Registration
8:30 Introductory Remarks
Luis Ubiñas
President
Ford Foundation
Michael Sparer
Professor and Department Chair
Health Policy Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Lee Kreader
Interim Director
National Center for Children in Poverty
8:45 Framing the Day
Ellen Bravo
Executive Director
Family Values@Work
Matthew Melmed
Executive Director
ZERO TO THREE National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
Anna Wadia
Program Officer
Ford Foundation
9:30 Introductory Remarks
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Co-Director
National Center for Children and Families, Teacher’s College, Columbia University
9:35 Panel I
Jane Waldfogel
Compton Foundation Centennial Professor of Social Work and Public Affairs
School of Social Work, Columbia University
Laurence Grummer-Strawn
Nutrition Branch Chief
Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
David J. Socolow
Former Commissioner
New Jersey Department of Labor
Dana Friedman
Founder/President
The Early Years Institute
Wendy Chavkin (Moderator)
Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
10:30 Q&A
11:00 Break (light snack)
11:15 Panel II
Ruth Milkman
Professor and Academic Director
The Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies at CUNY
Herb Greenberg
Founder/CEO
Caliper
Mary McLaughlin
Senior Vice President of Human Resources
Caliper
Mark Schuster
William Berenberg Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Ariane Hegewisch
Study Director
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Wendy Chun-Hoon (Moderator)
D.C. Director
Family Values@Work
12:30 Q&A
1:00 Wrap-up
1:30 Lunch/Networking
Lynda Parmely
Hagedorn Foundation
Patrick Hain
Program Associate
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Harold Levy
Managing Director, Palm Ventures
Former Chancellor, New York City Public Schools
2:15 Building Momentum for Paid Family Leave
Netsy Firestein
Founder/Director
Labor Project for Working Families
Gale Brewer
Council Member
New York City Council, District 6
Sherry Leiwant
Co-President
A Better Balance
Donna Dolan
Chair
New York State Paid Leave Coalition
Vicki Shabo (Moderator)
Director of Work and Family Programs
National Partnership for Women and Families
3:10 Breakout sessions
4:25 Reports to Group
4:45 Wrap Up
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Building a Competitive Future Right from the Start is supported by funding from the Ford Foundation and the Annie E. Casey Foundation.