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The 2010 National Smart Start Confernce is made possible by these generous sponsors:

Kaplan Early Learning

Branagh

BCBSNC
Be Active NC

Discount School Supply

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Presenters (click names for bios)

Keynote Speaker:

Joan Lombardi, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Moderators:

Jana Martella, Executive Director of the National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education

Helene Stebbins, President of HMS Policy Research

Presenters:

Data
Janice Gruendel, Ph.D., M.Ed.,
Gruendel & Associates, LLC

Kelly Swanson, Communications and Public Policy Director, Pennsylvania Early Learning Keys to Quality

QRIS
Peggy M. Ball, Coordinator,
QRIS National Learning Network

Geoffrey Nagle, Director,
Tulane University Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

Jamie Palagi, MA., Early Childhood Service Bureau Chief
State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services

Engaging Families
Janice L. Cooper, PhD Interim Director
National Center for Children in Poverty

Chris Payne, Ph.D., Associate Director
Center for Youth, Family and Community Partnerships

Professional Development
Sharon Lynn Kagan, Ed.D., Co-Director
National Center for Children and Families

Debra Torrence,
NC Institute for Child Development Professionals

Closing Keynote
Stephanie Fanjul, President
The North Carolina Partnership for Children

 

Check back as we will be adding speakers in the weeks to come.