Summit Speaker Lineup

Founder
Appleseed Childhood Education
President
Business of Child Care
Founder and Director
Data-Driven Economic Strategies (DDES)
Executive Vice President
Florida Chamber Foundation
EVP, Chief Policy Officer and Head of Strategic Advocacy
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Neil Bradley, executive vice president and chief policy officer at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has...(read more)
President
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Mike Carney is president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, where he oversees initiatives t...(read more)
Senior Director of Human Resources
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Arizona
Managing Director, Human Capital
Bipartisan Policy Center
Vice President, Early Childhood
Bainum Family Foundation
Senior Vice President
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Marc DeCourcey is senior vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Joining the Foun...(read more)
Corporate Director, Early Care & Education
Ballad Health
Resident Advocate
Park City, Utah
President & CEO
United WE
Communications Director
Steamboat Ski and Resort Corporation
President and CEO
Treasure Valley Family YMCA
Associate Vice President of Employee Health and LifeWork Strategies
Adventist HealthCare
Senior Vice President
Child Care Aware of America
CEO
Child Care Aware of America
Chief Executive Officer
Child Care Aware® of America
Senior Policy Analyst
New America
Founder and CEO
Rogue Valley Microdevices
Colorado Executive Director
Executives Partnering To Invest In Children
CEO
First Children's Finance
Chief Impact Officer
Executives Partnering to Invest in Children (EPIC)
Chief of Advocacy & Campaigns
Caring Across Generations
Chief Executive Officer
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Executive Director and Child Care Center Consultant/Operator
Access Early Education Foundation
Executive Director
Urban Sprouts
Ellicia Lanier is the founding Executive Director of Urban Sprouts, a diverse Reggio Emilia school f...(read more)
President and CEO
YMCA of the USA
Senior Vice President of Social Services
San Diego YMCA
Executive Director, Early Childhood Education, Policy & Programs
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Chief Executive Officer
Council for Professional Recognition
Director of Policy & Research
Common Sense Institute
Associate Manager, Early Childhood Education, Programs
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Chief Executive Officer
Low Income Investment Fund
Executive Director
David and Laura Merage Foundation
Chief of Staff
National Defense University
Colonel Chris Nyland is from Seattle, Washington. He graduated from the University of Washington and...(read more)
Co-Founder of Good Work Austin & Co-Owner
L'Oca d'Oro & Bambino
Co-Executive Director
Pulse
Vice President, People Operations
Cone Health
Executive Director
National Association for Family Child Care
U.S. Secretary of Commerce
U.S. Department of Commerce
Co-Founder
Third Bloom Consulting
President & CEO
Executives Partnering to Invest in Children (EPIC)
Chief Strategy Advisor and Founder
Civitas Strategies
Managing Director, Government Affairs
First Five Years Fund (FFYF)
Founder and CEO
Moms First
Director of Policy
Buffett Early Childhood Institute
Director, Program Strategy
Pivotal Ventures
CEO
Santa Rosa Metro Chamber
Founder & Co-Director
Pulse
Managing Director
Milken Institute
Education Reporter
POLITICO
Mackenzie Wilkes is a K-12 education reporter. She authors Morning Education, POLITICO Pro’s daily e...(read more)
Principal
Public Private Strategies
Founding Program Director
Yellow Hen Child Care
Ella Zander is an American Montessori Society certified Primary teacher and the founding Program Dir...(read more)