The South Dakota Business Leader Summit on Early Childhood Investment will be co-hosted by South Dakota Voices for Children and the Rapid City Chamber of Commerce.

This event will educate business and civic leaders on the compelling research regarding returns on investment in early childhood education for children from poverty and high-risk circumstances; and on the strategic importance of this investment for South Dakota's workforce.  Attendance to this meeting is by invitation only.

Agenda

Click here(DOC) for the agenda.

Summit Materials

View the invitation here (PDF)

Speakers

Art Rolnick, Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Ron Moquist, CEO, Raven Industries

Gera Jacobs, Professor of Education, University of South Dakota

Dan Leikvold, Superintendent, Lead-Deadwood Schools

John Brewer, President and CEO, Destination Rapid City

Media Coverage

See the text from coverage on South Dakota Public Radio here! (DOC)

See a blog post from Our Rapid City Schools on the Summit here!