WHAT: United Way and The Lincy Foundation will host the Nevada Business Summit on Early Childhood Investment, Wednesday, Feb. 10. The summit’s purpose is to discuss effective ways to invest in early childhood education and health, so as to positively impact the community’s youth and general wellbeing. Government officials and local experts will tackle important issues and look towards solutions to the problems Nevada faces related to early childhood development.

WHO: Interviews are available with speakers and a United Way representative, including:

Dr. Pat Levitt – Director, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Provost Professor of Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Pharmacy Chair, Department of Cell and Neurobiology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC

Dr. Arthur J.  Rolnick – Senior Vice President & Director of Research, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
Dr. Ron Haskins – Co-Director, Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institution and Senior Consultant at the Annie E. Casey Foundation
Dr. Robert Dugger – Chair of the Partnership for America’s Economic Success Advisory Board and Managing Partner, Hanover Investment Group
Jeff Ogden, Vice President of Community Development for United Way of Southern Nevada

WHEN: 8:30 – 10 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010

WHERE: The Orleans Hotel & Casino, Bienville room

4 500 West Tropicana Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89103

DETAILS: The event is organized and sponsored by United Way of Southern Nevada, The Lincy Foundation, Andre Agassi Foundation For Education, the Nevada Institute for Children’s Research & Policy and the State of Nevada.