(Pictured Above from Left to Right:  PNC's Director of Client and Community Relations Jennifer Fox, ECEA Director Liz Hibbs, Executive Director of Groundwork Ohio Shannon Jones, President and CEO of Ohio Children's Hospital Association Nick Lashutka, Ohio Senator Peggy Lehner, and Stark Education Partnership, Inc. Consultant Krista Allison)

ECEA is grateful for the opportunity to advocate on behalf of our youngest citizens at the local, state, and federal levels.  The above photo was taken at the "Vote for OHIO KIDS" Leadership Forum in Columbus, OH on September 27, 2018.  It was wonderful to network and collaborate with some of Ohio's finest early childhood advocates.  We're appreciative of Groundwork Ohio and Ohio Children's Hospital Association for organizing this nonpartisan event in order to express the importance of quality early childhood experiences to the gubernatorial candidates.

Gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray and Governor Mike DeWine are pictured in the below photos.
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(Pictured Above:  Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and the Questioning Panel at the Vote for OHIO KIDS Leadership Forum on Thursday, September 27, 2018.)

(Pictured Above:  Ohio gubernatorial candidate, Richard Cordray, and the Questioning Panel at the Vote for OHIO KIDS Leadership Forum on Thursday, September 27, 2018.)