Mayor Lloyd Winnecke and Ed Hafer of the Evansville Regional Business Committee
will host a Summit on the Economic Benefits of Early Childhood Education on Tuesday, April 24, 2012
from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Culver Family Learning Center, 1301 Judson Street. The Summit will bring
together community business leaders, government leaders and other key community leaders to learn
and discuss the economic benefit of Early Childhood Education.
The Summit will feature national speakers Rob Grunewald, Associate Economist with the Federal
Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and Tanny Crane, President and CEO of the Crane Group and Co-Chair of
the Ohio Business Roundtable Early Learning Initiative.
Crane serves as the Board Chair of the Columbus City Schools Education Foundation and is the past
Board Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Grunewald is the co-author of “Early Childhood
Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return,†an economic policy paper which has
been featured in the media, legislative hearings and seminars throughout the United States.
The summit will conclude with a question and answer session, and speakers will be available for one-
on-one interviews at 11 a.m. The media is welcome to attend the entire session to learn why early
childhood education is one of the most cost-effective and potent economic development tools available.
