11/17/2008 ~ 11/18/2008 at  Cowin Center, Teachers College

President
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes

Presentation Topic:

• Practitioners Panel: [Summary to be posted soon]

Randi Hewit is the President of the Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes where she is
currently directing a $15 million school readiness initiative targeted at Chemung County’s families of young children. Before joining the Community Foundation, Ms. Hewit was responsible for community education, fund development, and public affairs as Vice President for Community Affairs at Planned Parenthood of the Southern Tier. She is the past Vice-Chair of ProNet, a professional organization serving program officers of community foundations. She also serves on the boards of directors for Corning Children’s Center and WSKG Public Broadcasting. Ms. Hewit currently lives in Corning with her husband and young daughter.

Presentation Paper

• Symposium Gala Dinner Keynote Address

Speakers:

• Larry Aber
  NYU Steinhardt School Culture, Education, and Human Development
• Whitney Allgood (co-author)
  Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Chuck Basch
  Columbia University
• Tony Blair
  
• Martin Blank
  Coalition for Community Schools, Institute for Educational Leadership
• Charles Brecher
  Citizens Budget Commission
• Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
  Teachers College, Columbia University
• Geoffrey Canada
  Harlem Children’s Zone
• Lori Connors-Tadros
  The Finance Project
• Arne Duncan
  Chicago Public Schools
• Howard Everson
  Fordham University
• Lucy Friedman
  The After-School Corporation
• Susan Fuhrman
  Teachers College, Columbia University
• Edmund Gordon
  Teachers College, Columbia University
• Carl Hayden
  Chemung County School Readiness Project
• Randi Hewit
  Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes
• Julie Higson
  ContinYou (UK)
• Sharon Lynn Kagan
  Teachers College, Columbia University
• Helen Ladd
  Duke University
• Henry Levin
  Teachers College, Columbia University
• Roger Maldonado
  Balber Pickard Maldonado & Van der Tuin
• Milbrey McLaughlin
  Stanford University
• Larry Mishel
  Economic Policy Institute
• Pedro Noguera
  NYU Steinhardt School Culture, Education, and Human Development
• Gov. David Paterson
  State of New York
• Jane Quinn
  Children’s Aid Society
• Michael Rebell
  Teachers College, Columbia University
• Roberto Rodriguez
  Office of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy
• Richard Rothstein
  Economic Policy Institute
• Torey Silloway
  The Finance Project
• Paul Tough
  New York Times Magazine
• Randi Weingarten
  American Federation of Teachers
• Heather Weiss
  Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Tamara Wilder (co-author)
  University of Michigan
• Jay Worona
  New York State School Boards Association