Early Education Policy Summit with Dr. Cynthia Osborne
Oct
30
2025
Oct
30
2025
“State Policies to Help Young Children Thrive”
Keynote speaker
- Cynthia Osborne, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Policy Impact Center executive director for prenatal-to-3 and professor of early childhood education and policy
Panel Moderator
- Libby Doggett, Ph.D., early learning expert and volunteer for impactful projects
Panelists:
- Brooke Freeland, early care and education advocacy public policy consultant and managing director of the Couch Family Foundation
- Choquette Hamilton, Ph.D., founder and CEO, RISE Child Development Center, Inc.
- Adrianna Cuellar Rojas, CEO, TexProtects
- Ingrid Taylor, CEO, United Way of Greater Austin
About Dr. Cynthia Osborne
Cynthia Osborne is the executive director for prenatal-to-3 in the Policy Impact Center at Vanderbilt University, where she is also a professor of early childhood education and policy in the Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations. Dr. Osborne previously served on the faculty at The University of Texas at Austin in the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
RSVP to Attend
Please confirm your attendance for our fall 2025 summit by submitting your RSVP. A reception will follow the talk and panel presentation.
About the Series
The Priscilla Pond Flawn Child & Family Laboratory is fast approaching its centennial year! Since January 1927, the UT Lab School has contributed to dozens of multifaceted research studies; supported the thriving of hundreds of children and families across generations; and created an enduring legacy of undergraduate and graduate leaders who are applying the science of child development. To celebrate a century of this educational, scientific, and community excellence, the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences and the School of Human Ecology, is bringing the community together for a series of scientific and celebratory events.
Location
Thompson Conference Center
2405 Robert Dedman Dr.
Free parking available on site