Voices from the 2025 National Summit

In early November 2025, nearly 300 people from the Reach Out and Read and Nurture Connection worlds — comprising clinicians, staff, community leaders, funders, and parents — gathered in Washington, DC for the National Summit. This event convened a coalition of innovative organizations representing the nation's early childhood community, child health systems, and networks of public and private investments to share progress, ideas, hopes, and dreams.

Voices heard in this episode include:

00:00: Mark Del Monte

02:06: Dr. Lynette Fraga

07:11: Dr. Robert Needleman

07:30: Dr. Mary Ann Woodruff

07:43: Molly Fields

09:16: Dr. Lee Beers

10:31: Mark Del Monte

14:13: Katherine Beckmann and Ira Hillman

25:29: Stephanie Smiley and Dr. John Duby

35:45: Dr. David Willis