Featured Speakers: Plenary Sessions
Dr. Dana E. Crawford
Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Dana E. Crawford is a licensed clinical psychologist and leading expert in trauma-informed care, bias reduction, and cultural healing. She runs a private practice in Manhattan and is the author of Healing Bias: Your Guide to Individual, Interpersonal, and Institutional Change. Dr. Crawford is also the creator of the R.A.C.E. Cards discussion deck and the Crawford Bias Reduction Theory & Training framework.
Linda Smith
Director of Policy
Buffett Institute at the University of Nebraska
Linda Smith is the director of policy at the Buffett Institute at the University of Nebraska and a Senior Fellow at Child Care Aware of America, with a specific focus on military, rural, and tribal child care, early childhood financing, and engaging the business community in child care initiatives nationwide. In addition to her role at the Institute, Smith has an appointment as professor of education and early childhood development at the Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Dr. Walter Gilliam
Executive Director
Buffett Institute at the University of Nebraska
Walter Gilliam is the executive director of the Buffett Early Childhood Institute and the Richard D. Holland Presidential Chair in Early Childhood Development at the University of Nebraska. He is a tenured professor at the Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, and a professor adjunct at the Yale Child Study Center. He is a past vice president of ZERO TO THREE, a past president of Child Care Aware® of America, and board treasurer for the Irving Harris Foundation, a director for First Children’s Finance, All Our Kin, and the National Workforce Registry Alliance.