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Mark K. Shriver

SVP of U.S. Programs & Advocacy, Save the Children

Mark K. Shriver is Senior Vice President of U.S. Programs & Advocacy at Save the Children and Chief Executive Officer of Save the Children Action Network, where he leads an effort to mobilize Americans to end preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths globally and to ensure that every child in the U.S. has access to high-quality early childhood education.

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Half a year after Hurricane Harvey, education programs still on slow road to recovery

By Mark K. Shriver,

It’s been six months since Hurricane Harvey’s floodwaters receded, but the recovery needs of children and families along the Texas coast and in Greater Houston have not. Their worlds were turned upside down, with more than 1 million people displaced, over 200,000 homes damaged and more than 1,500 child care, early learning and education programs critically impacted.