Annual Luncheon Speakers

The Ounce of Prevention Fund hosts an Annual Luncheon; a signature event for leaders in business, early childhood development, education, government, and philanthropy. Some of today's smartest, innovative individuals from a variety of sectors have joined us as keynote speakers to articulate the importance of investments in early childhood initiatives and to share why they are personally involved.

2012

Wes Moore - Author

2011

Arne Duncan - U.S. Secretary of Education
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2010

Alison Gopnik - Professor of Psychology and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley
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2009

David Brooks - New York Times Op-Ed Columnist

2008

B. Joseph White - President, University of Illinois
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2007

William H. Gates Sr. - Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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2006

Barack Obama - United States Senator (D-IL)
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2005

George B. Kaiser - President and CEO, Kaiser Francis Oil Company and Chairman, BOK Financial Corporation

2004

Gary S. Becker, Ph.D. - Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences (1992) and Professor of Economics and Sociology, University of Chicago

2003

Martha Nussbaum, Ph.D. - Ernst Friend Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, University of Chicago

2002

James Heckman, Ph.D. - Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences (2000) and The Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago 

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