2012 APS PROUD Event 

Thank you to The Summit - 91.3 FM for conducting a live remote broadcast at last night's "Their Success Is Our Success" Event.  We greatly appreciate Tommy Bruno, the radio station's director for doing this for SEI. 

Derran Wimer, Executive Director at SEI shared his thoughts with listeners about the importance of tonight's event and announced the big goals that the Cradle to Career Alliance (formerly the P-16 Alliance) will be addressing in the coming months.  Nick Browning, President at FirstMerit Bank/Akron Region discussed the benefits of having a Cradle to Career Alliance (CCA) and how he thought members of the business community could engage in the work of this alliance.  Dr. Joe Zarconi, Vice President of Medical Education and Research at Summa Health System shared his viewpoint as to why it is important for people from different groups to participate in improving student outcomes and Jeff Ferguson, Tallmadge City Schools Superintendent discussed how the CCA will benefit a suburban district in Summit County.

In summary - the Cradle to Career Alliance is a collective, community wide effort that conduct work all along the education pipeline to significantly improve the educational outcomes for ALL students in Summit County.