Moderator/Speaker: Karen LeFever, Vice President of Development, District Partnerships, Edison Schools
Mr. Kelly Leid, Executive Director, Foundation for Educational Excellence
Dr. Wayne Eckerling; Former Assistant Superintendent of Research Planning and Development, Denver Public Schools, CO
Sherrine Wilkins, Executive Director of School Services, Foundations, Inc., PA

      Savvy residential developers have discovered that successful projects require co-investing with school and municipal partners to ensure the availability of high achieving schools that will attract families to remain or return to an urban setting. Our panel will discuss how these innovative projects have succeeded in getting private developers and multiple agencies to work together fro community redevelopment purposes.