The Power of Partnerships - Panelists

Ben Seigle

Seedco

The Power of Partnerships

Stephanie Rubin

Pew Center on the States, Pew Charitable Trusts - Senior officer, Campaigns

Stephanie Rubin is Senior Officer, Campaigns, for Pew Center on the States. Previously, she served as state program director at Pre-K Now. As Senior Officer, Campaigns, for Pew Center on the States, she coordinates state policy and advocacy strategies across the multiple children’s policy initiatives within Pew Center on the States.

As state program director of Pre-K Now, she managed Pre-K Now's efforts to educate state policy makers, the media and the general public about the potential that pre-kindergarten offers to improve outcomes for America's young children.

Prior to joining Pre-K Now, Ms. Rubin led advocacy efforts to increase public investment in early education, after-school, mental health and child abuse prevention services at Fight Crime: Invest in Kids California.

Previously, she served as Legislative Director to California State Senator Tom Hayden and Counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Higher Education in Sacramento, California.

Ms. Rubin received her BA in History from Princeton University and her law degree from UCLA.

Partnerships for Policy Change:
Effective Strategies and Opportunities

Miriam Shark

Annie E. Casey Foundation – Associate Director

Miriam Shark is an Associate Director at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a private philanthropy dedicated to helping build better futures for disadvantaged children in the United States. Ms. Shark manages the Philanthropic Partnerships initiative to deepen and diversify Casey’s relationships with philanthropies, philanthropists and philanthropic networks. She created and leads the initiative to Strengthen Rural Families, extending Casey’s reach to vulnerable children and families in rural communities. She was one of the architects of the Foundation’s family-strengthening agenda and established a variety of partnerships and award programs designed to promote family-strengthening and family economic success strategies.

Miriam serves as Vice Chair of Kids In Distressed Situations, a national nonprofit organization that facilitates donations to low-income families by manufacturers and retailers of children’s products.

Prior to joining the Foundation, she was a Director of the Massachusetts Rate Setting Commission and served as the director of a community-based mental health center.

Miriam holds an A.B. degree from Washington University, a Ph.D. in Clinical Child Psychology from St. Louis University and an M.P.A. from Harvard University. She resides in Baltimore City.