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Clay Yeager
Presentation OverviewDrawing on 34 years of experience serving the interests of at-risk children in the public, private and nonprofit sectors, Clay Yeager will address conference attendees with equal doses of inspiration, motivation and humor in a call to action about the importance of converging prevention, public policy and people. Yeager will discuss experiences from his career beginning as a juvenile probation officer; as a principal architect of Pennsylvania's movement to embed the Blueprints for Violence Prevention into statewide policy during the late 1990s, designing the first corporate-led sponsorship of science-based prevention efforts in the nation; and as President and CEO of Nurse-Family Partnership, a Blueprint program. The message is one of inspiration and recognition for those dedicated to changing the life course of many of today's children, families and communities. Biographical SketchClay Yeager has served the interests of at-risk children for over three decades in the public, private and nonprofit sectors. He has been a chief juvenile probation officer, Director of Pennsylvania's Center for Juvenile Justice Training & Research, and during the administration of Governor Tom Ridge he served as Executive Director of the Governor's Community Partnership for Safe Children. During that time, he oversaw implementation of statewide adoption of the Blueprints for Violence Prevention, making Pennsylvania the first state in the country to embed the Blueprints into public policy. Yeager was named by Governor Ridge as the first Director of the Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was also appointed by Governor Mark Schweiker as Executive Director of the Governor's Task Force on Early Childhood Education and Care. While in the private sector, Yeager developed the first national corporate sponsored network of science-based prevention programs. He also served as President & Chief Executive officer of the Nurse-Family Partnership national office. In 2002, Yeager was the first recipient of the Visionary of Pennsylvania Award 'for helping Pennsylvania to develop one of the most far reaching and coordinated prevention strategies in the nation'. He was also recognized by the Pennsylvania General Assembly for his leadership in violence prevention and has testified before Congress on the value of implementing evidence-based prevention programs as a matter of national public policy. As a keynote speaker, Yeager has spoken to groups and organizations throughout the nation on the importance of prevention programs that work on behalf of children. He currently manages his own consulting firm specializing in promoting healthy development of children, families and communities and effective public policy through strategic partnerships with business, government and the media. Contact Information |
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