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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Panelists
- Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Co-Director
National Center for Children and Families,Teacher’s College, Columbia University - Netsy Firestein
Executive Director
Labor Project for Working Families - Dana Friedman
President
The Early Years Institute - Herb Greenberg
Founder/CEO
Caliper - Laurence Grummer-Strawn
Nutrition Branch Chief
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Ariane Hegewisch
Study Director
Institute for Women's Policy Research - Ruth Milkman
Professor and Academic Director
Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor studies at CUNY - Mark Schuster
William Berenberg Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School - David J. Socolow
Former Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Labor - Jane Waldfogel
Compton Foundation Centennial Professor of Social Work and Public Affairs
School of Social Work, Columbia University
Moderators
- Wendy Chavkin
Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health
Mailman School of Public Health and College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University - Wendy Chun-Hoon
D.C. Director
Family Values@Work - Vicki Shabo
Director of Work and Family Programs
National Partnership for Women and Families
Speakers
- Ellen Bravo
Executive Director
Family Values@Work - Gale Brewer
Council Member
New York City Council, District 6 - Donna Dolan
Chair
New York State Paid Leave Coalition - Netsy Firestein
Founder/Director
Labor Project for Working Families - Sherry Leiwant
Co-President
A Better Balance - Harold Levy
Managing Director, Palm Ventures
Former Chancellor, New York City Public Schools - Matthew Melmed
Executive Director
Zero to Three National Policy Center - Michael Sparer
Professor and Department Chair
Health Policy Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
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