Built to Thrive Summit

Built to Thrive

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

For the fifth year in a row, The Children's Movement of Florida held its virtual summit to bridge the worlds of politics, business, and early childhood. The fast-paced, two-hour program elevated some of the most prominent local and national voices on healthy child development, early learning and literacy, and economic self-sufficiency for families.

These critical conversations with our audience of state leaders, parents, teachers, business leaders, and elected officials strengthen partnerships and inform both our 2025 legislative agenda and priorities for year-round outreach and engagement work.

2024 Built to Thrive Summit Archive

Keynote: Children, Caregiving, and Competitiveness

Fuller’s research spans the many issues that will shape the future of work, including the workings of the “care economy” in the United States. One focus is the impact that caregiving obligations have on workers and their career paths, as well as the surprising implications for employers. He has developed a methodology for companies to use in assessing the economic impact of care-related benefits on their bottom line through voluntary turnover and absenteeism, among other impacts.

 

Joseph Fuller

Joseph Fuller

Professor, Harvard Business School (Boston)

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Fuller presentation

 

Conversation with our Bosses for Babies

Pumariega

Madeline Pumariega

President, Miami Dade College (Miami)

Butler

Brian Butler

President & CEO, Vistra Communications (Tampa)

How to Get the Best Outcomes? Support Parents.

Eugenia

Eugenia Downing

Family Engagement Specialist, Healthy Families Polk (Lake Alfred)

Mia Cox

Mia Cox

Family Engagement Specialist II, Healthy Families Polk (Lake Alfred)

J'Ann

J'Ann Sorhaindo

Parent (Bartow)

Genesis

Genesis Maldonado-Bianco

Parent (Kissimmee)

Remarks from the Next House Speaker 

Danny Perez

Speaker Designate Danny Perez

Florida House of Representatives

Focus on Special Needs in the Legislature

Robin Bartleman

Representative Robin Bartleman

Florida House of Representatives

Faces of Florida's Early Learning Roadmap

Varnessa

Varnessa McCray

Director, Community Engagement (Gainesville)

Cari Miller

Cari Miller

Chancellor of Early Learning (Tallahassee)

Dawn Montecalvo

Dawn Montecalvo

President &CEO, Guadalupe Center, Inc. (Naples)

Herman Knopf

Herman Knopf

Senior Research Scientist, University of Florida (Gainesville)

Simone McDaniel

Simone McDaniel

Roadmap Advisory Board Member/Parent (Tallahassee)

Diana Santangelo

Diana Santangelo

Director, Thrive by Five, Community Foundation Tampa Bay (Tampa)

Nurturing Young Leaders

Rita Brown

Rita Respasse-Brown

CEO & Founder, Brownsville Preparatory Institute (Tallahassee)

Ashley Garrison

Ashley Garrison

Teacher, Brownsville Preparatory Institute (Tallahassee)

Rashad Jackson

Rashad Jackson

Kindergarten Teacher, Brownsville Preparatory Institute (Tallahassee)

Watson

Valerie Watson

Preschool Supervisor, Brownsville Preparatory Institute (Tallahassee)

Jamie

Jamie Blue

Parent (Tallahassee)

Skylar

Skylar Long

Student (Tallahassee)

Hannah

Hannah Blue-Sims

Student (Tallahassee)

Remarks from the next Senate President

Albritton

Senate President Designate Ben Albritton

Florida Senate

Hosts

MKT

Madeleine Thakur

President & CEO, The Children's Movement of Florida

Dave

David Lawrence Jr.

Founder and Board Chair, Children's Movement of Florida

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Built to Thrive 2020

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