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Members:

	Skip Bates Community Loan Officer Bangor Savings Bank
	Amy Bouchard Founder and Owner Isamax Snacks
	Jim Clair CEO Goold Health Systems
	Dana Connors President Maine Chamber of Commerce
	Wayne Davis Executive Vice Preisdent Backyard Farms, LLC
	Mike Halle General Manager Hancock Lumber
	Pamela Joy V P, Community Affairs Fairpoint Communications
	John N. Markin General Manager Whatman, Inc.
	Barry McLaughlin President, Maine School Superintendents Association
	David Moser Product Development Manager Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers
	Steve Musica VP, Operations FHC
	John Peters President Downeast Energy
	John Richardson Commissioner, DECD Chair, Business Roundtable on ECI
	Rhyan Romaine Director of Resource Development York County Community College
	Cheryl Rust Owner Le Garage Restaurant
	E. Gilman Tenney Retired VP UBS Financial
	Steven Thing Chief Financial Officer FHC
	David Warren Managing Partner Verrill Dana, LLP
	Sheryl Peavey Director Early Childhood Initiative
	Donna Overcash Child and Family Policy Consultant Early Childhood Initiative

Business Roundtable on Early Childhood Investment

REPORT ON PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
EARLY CHILDHOOD INVESTMENT IN MAINE (Dec. 2008)

Presented to Governor Baldacci on March 16, 2009, this report highlights the three priorities identified by the Roundtable to most effectively improve early childhood systems in Maine. These are:

Public Private Partnerships
Public Awareness and Parent Education
Workforce Development

Please click on the link at left to read the full report, which includes a methodology for selecting the top strategies for investments in the early childhood system.

Purpose: Provide leadership on this issue
and help advise the Governor’s office
on policy decisions.

During the four meetings planned
for 2008, the Roundtable will:

Identify fundable and realistic priorities for investment in early childhood;
Determine a variety of public-private partnerships to finance the development and management early childhood systems, at the state and local levels; and
Provide recommendations to the Maine Children’s Growth Council and the Governor’s Office for sound policy direction.