Jessie Rasmussen
Opening Plenary Community Response Panel
Jessie Rasmussen’s career has focused on improving outcomes for
children and families, first as an early childhood practitioner
and administrator and later as a Nebraska state senator and
state human services director in both Nebraska and Iowa. At the
Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, she played an
instrumental role in the development and passage of legislation
that established a $60 million early childhood endowment funded
through a public and private partnership. She is now president
of the Buffett Early Childhood Fund, where she manages early
childhood investments.