Colorado EPIC | Executives Partnering to Invest in Children

is Good for
Business

What's Good for Children

Executives Partnering to Invest in Children (EPIC) enables the business community to build the workforce of tomorrow while supporting the workforce of today. Join influential business leaders bringing positive change to our communities, the workforce and the economy.

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MAKING AN EPIC DIFFERENCE

In Early Childhood

Partnering with business leaders to increase awareness & action

WHO’S INVOLVED

Supporting creation of family-friendly work environments

WE CAN HELP

Increasing access to quality, affordable early child care & education

WHAT WE DO

Envisioning

A BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL

Our network of business leaders is committed to a future where supporting families and children is a pathway to business success and economic growth. We are advocates for family-friendly workplaces and policies to ensure that children are receiving the quality child care and education they need to reach their potential while enabling their parents to thrive in the workplace.

Our membership is comprised of business leaders in our community, partnering to invest in children and leaving a legacy of true progress and lasting change that will benefit the workforce of the future.

JOIN US

Together we are initiating change and shaping the future by activating business leaders to support early childhood initiatives, to promote family-friendly work environments, and to increase access to child care and early education.

I want to GET INVOLVED I want to GET SUPPORT I want to IMPACT POLICY

200+

members
engaged

1,000,000

neuron connections
made per second in the first years of life

74,000

employees
impacted

Coming Together

THE EPIC IMPACT

Our nation is facing the largest child care and education crisis ever contributing to the largest business challenges in history. Our economy will decline if valuable employees are unable to work because their children need care.

EPIC is a catalyst in facilitating discussions and developing solutions to help businesses, workers, and children so that all will thrive.

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What People

ARE SAYING

EPIC is changing Colorado’s future for the better and driving the economy forward by tackling the challenges of affordable, high-quality child care to support our state’s workforce. Together, we can help companies support a stronger workforce today, while increasing access to quality child care and early education that will set Colorado’s workforce of tomorrow ahead of the pack.

Jared PolisColorado Governor

EPIC has been a strong voice in bringing awareness to the obstacles women in the workforce face, and their innovative work helps our state implement responsible solutions that address child care challenges faced by Colorado families and employers. We are thankful for their leadership and are proud to call them a partner.

Kristin StrohmPresident & CEO, COMMON SENSE INSTITUTE (CSI)

Quality early care and education is rare and expensive. EPIC – a coalition of smart, compassionate business leaders – is working to change that. Helping my employees address the wellbeing of their children has had a positive impact on increasing productivity and lowering turnover. Putting early care and education at the top of our national priorities is not just a moral imperative, it is also a financial one.

David MerageCEO, Consolidated Investment Group

EPIC is vital to the business community, today and into multiple future generations. There is nothing more important than giving each child born in Colorado a chance to thrive and become a future business leader within the Colorado community.

Gregory Anton CPAPartner, BDO USA

EPIC is making a significant impact to break the chain of generational poverty through early childhood intervention. Their advocacy and workplace initiatives are making a meaningful and lasting difference in the lives of so many children.

David PerezFormer President and CEO, Terumo BCT

I am a very proud founding member of EPIC. Mile High United Way knows there is no more important issue to the business community than early child care and education because it drives the Colorado economy.

Christine BeneroPresident and CEO, Mile High United Way

As longtime champions of accessible, quality early childhood education and care, PNC Bank and EPIC both understand how critical this work is not only to young people, but to the future of our community and economy.

Ryan BeiserRegional President and Head of Corporate Banking for Colorado, PNC Bank

EPIC is a unique advocacy organization that bridges the divide between the business sector and very young children. They mobilize business leaders and equip their members with resources and techniques to better support working parents.

Sue RennerVice President, MERAGE FOUNDATIONS