Growing Together: Aligning Investment for Rural Early Childhood – An AFN Summit
Join the San Antonio Area Chapter of the Asset Funders Network and our Host Committee for a one-day gathering focused on strengthening early childhood opportunities in the rural and small town communities around San Antonio.
Together, we’ll center community voices, explore local challenges, and identify actionable strategies to ensure families can work, centers can thrive, and communities can prosper.
Who Should Attend?
Funders, nonprofit leaders, early childhood providers, schools, and workforce partners, and policymakers committed to improving early childhood opportunities in rural communities.
Featured Speakers & Facilitators
Adrian Lopez, Workforce Solutions Alamo
Alice Jewell, McKenna Foundation
Austin Dickson, Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country
Brooke Couch Freeland, Couch Family Foundation
Chris Yeschke, Leakey ISD
Fran Baylor, Asset Funders Network
Kat Pipoly, Kronkosky Charitable Foundation
Katie Sirakos, Asset Funders Network
Liza Gomez, United Way of San Antonio & Bexar County
Mark Larson, Early Matters San Antonio
Meron Tekle, School Empowerment Network
Pastor James Leinneweber, Rebecca Creek Baptist Church
Perri Rosheger, H.E. Butt Foundation
Ryan Franklin, Philanthropy Advocates
Stephanie Smith, United Way of San Antonio & Bexar County
Wendy Uptain, Early Matters Texas
Yesenia Alvarez-Gonzalez, AVANCE San Antonio
Event Host Committee Members
Alice Jewell (Chair), McKenna Foundation
Andrea Figueroa, San Antonio Area Foundation
Austin Dickson, Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country
Kat Pipoly, Kronkosky Charitable Foundation
Katie Sirakos, Asset Funders Network
Perri Rosheger, H.E. Butt Foundation
Ryan Franklin, Philanthropy Advocates
Stephanie Smith, United Way of San Antonio & Bexar County
Space is limited. Register today!
