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Business Leadership Support:
Business Leader Support
Jim Rohr, CEO of PNC Bank, leading $100 million PNC Grow Up Great
Chamber of Commerce CEOs from Maine to California
George Kaiser, CEO of Kaiser-Francis Oil, major supporter of early care and education in Oklahoma
Ed Basha, CEO of Basha’s Grocery Stores, led fight in Arizona for early childhood ballot initiative
Massachusetts Strategies for Children campaign business leaders: Mara Aspinall, CEO of Genzyme Genetics; Ronald Sargeant, CEO of StaplesRichard Lord, CEO of Associated Industries of Massachusetts
CEO’s of Federal Reserve Banks in Richmond, Cleveland and San Francisco made statements in support of early investments as economic development
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke – “high returns that early childhood programs can pay” – 2007 speech to Omaha Chamber of Commerce |