Jessie Rasmussen

Jessie has been with the Buffett Early Childhood Fund for 13 years, serving first as the Vice President for four years and then as President since 2011.  Jessie leads the Buffett Early Childhood Fund is promoting the opportunity for children facing the greatest odds in life to have quality experiences in the first five years of life.  Investments are made in Nebraska and nationally in three key areas- practice, policy and knowledge development.  Across her professional career, Jessie has been an early childhood practitioner, Nebraska State Senator, Director of the Governor’s Office of Children and Family Policy, Director of Health and Human Services in Nebraska, Director of Human Services in Iowa, and Director of Early Childhood Policy at the Nebraska Children and Families Foundation.