The U.S. Conference of Mayors Workforce Development Council (WDC) Board and Annual Winter Meeting. January 17-18, 2012

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1 The U.S. Conference of Mayors Workforce Development Council (WDC) Board and Annual Winter Meeting January 17-18, 2012 Capital Hilton 16 th & K Streets, NW Washington, D.C. Draft Agenda (1/6/2012 2:44 PM) Tuesday, January 17 (South American Room) 8:00 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast 9:00 9:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks TOM PHILLIPS President and CEO Capital Workforce Partners City of Hartford WDC President Washington Update and WDC Business KATHLEEN AMOROSO WIGGINS Assistant Executive Director The U.S. Conference of Mayors Budget Calendar

2 (South American Room) 9:00 10:00 a.m. WDC Business (cont d) Membership Report CHERYL WELCH CEO Fox Valley Workforce Development Board, Inc. Chair, Membership/Communications Committee Resource Committee Update STEVE CORONA President and CEO Job Works Co-Chair, WDC Resource Development Committee Youth Committee Update MARLENA SESSIONS CEO Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County Co-Chair, WDC Youth Committee Advocacy/Policy Committee Update Life After WIA White Paper ROI Task Force Senator Blumenthal s Bill ANDREW MCGOUGH Executive Director Worksystems, Inc. Co-Chair, WDC Advocacy/Policy Committee ROCHELLE DANIELS Assistant County Attorney Workforce One Employment Solutions Co-Chair, WDC Advocacy/Policy Committee 2

3 (South American Room) 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. The House Majority Proposal to Eliminate Job Training Funding: What Shifting the Budgetary Calendar from a Program Year to a Fiscal Year Really Means for the Workforce System JIM SOURWINE Consultant Capitol Hill Partners 11:00 a.m. 11:45 a.m. Peer-to-Peer Best Practice: The St. Louis Region Missouri Work Assistance Partnership Designing a seamless Welfare to Work program to help Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) find jobs, obtain better paying jobs and build a quality life for their children through a comprehensive, holistic approach. MICHAEL HOLMES Executive Director SLATE Missouri Career Center CAROLYN D. SEWARD Chief Operating Officer Better Family Life MARY BELL Program Manager St. Louis TANF 11:45 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Travel to Congressional Room 12:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION (Congressional Room) (All Mayors, CEOs, Small Business Leaders, Workforce Development Professionals Welcome) 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Lunch Opening Remarks: Pathways Back to Work THE HONORABLE HILDA L. SOLIS (Invited) Secretary United States Department of Labor 3

4 (Congressional Room) 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Job Creation and the Employability Crisis: Preparing the Future Workforce as a Competitive City Strategy America stands on the brink of an employability crisis with an oversupply of available workers and an under-supply of qualified talent. During this working session, Mayors, CEOs, Small Business Leaders and Workforce Development Professionals will share best practices and strategies on developing the workforce of tomorrow. 1:00 p.m. 1:45 p.m. First Mayors/Business Leaders Panel Business Development Best Practices in Public/Private Partnership: The Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel and NorthGate Constructors MIKE RAWLINGS Mayor of Dallas Chair, U.S. Conference of Mayors Work and Opportunity Task Force LAURIE BOUILLION LARREA President Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas LAURIE MORAN (Invited) President Danville-Pittsylvania Chamber Danville, VA 1:45 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Second Mayors/Business Leaders Panel -- Sector Strategies Model 2:30 p.m. 2:45 p.m. Break Career Coach Program MARILYN STRICKLAND Mayor of Tacoma MICHAEL B. HANCOCK Mayor of Denver 2:45 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Third Mayors/Business Leaders Panel Hard-to-Serve Populations Aligning Workforce and Economic Development in the District of Columbia/One City, One Hire VINCENT C. GRAY Mayor of District of Columbia 4

5 (Congressional Room) 2:45 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Third Mayors/Business Leaders Panel Hard-to-Serve Populations The Park Street T: An Examination of the Employment and Training System within the Park Street/West Beltline Corridor PAUL SOGLIN Mayor of Madison BILL KAMELA (Invited) Senior Director for Education and Workforce Law and Corporate Affairs Microsoft Corporation 3:30 p.m. 4:15 p.m. Fourth Mayors/Business Leaders Panel Serving At-Risk Youth PEDRO E. SEGARRA Mayor of Hartford CHARLES SMITH WIB Chair Capital Workforce Partners, Inc. Changing Minds-Changing Lives: Reconnecting At Risk Youth to Positive Pathways STEPHANIE RAWLINGS-BLAKE Mayor of Baltimore 4:15 p.m. 4:45 p.m. Final Presentation Education Strategies 55,000 Degrees: Louisville s Commitment to Preparing the Future Workforce through Educational Attainment GREG FISCHER Mayor of Louisville 4:45 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks and Next Steps 5:00 p.m. Adjourn MIKE RAWLINGS Mayor of Dallas Chair, U.S. Conference of Mayors Work and Opportunity Task Force 6:00 p.m. WDC Board Dinner ALL PARTICIPANTS ARE WELCOME (Buca di Beppo, 1825 Connecticut Avenue NW) 5

6 Wednesday, January 18 (Statler Room) 8:00 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast 9:00 a.m. 9:45 a.m. Election of Officers and Board of Trustees 9:45 a.m. 10:45 a.m. Keynote Address United Way Presentation Self-Sufficiency Dovetailed with all of the Traditional Support BRIAN GALLAGHER President and CEO United Way America 10:45 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Travel to Mayors Jobs, Education and the Workforce Standing Committee Meeting 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Mayors Jobs, Education and the Workforce Standing Committee Open: Remarks: FRANCIS SLAY Mayor of St. Louis, Chair THE HONORABLE ARNE DUNCAN Secretary of Education U.S. Department of Education 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Lunch 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. Building a Workforce Coalition to Maximize Advocacy Efforts National Council on La Raza SIMON LOPEZ Senior Director National Council of La Raza EMMA OPPENHEIM Associate Director Workforce Policy Initiatives National Council of La Raza 6

7 Wednesday, January 18 (Cont d) (Statler Room) 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. YouthBuild CHARLOTTE RICHIE Senior Vice President for Public Policy, Advocacy and Government Relations YouthBuild, USA 3:00 p.m. 3:45 p.m. Workforce Practices Collection: Emerging and Evidence-Based Strategies to Support Workforce Development Decisions CHERYL MARTIN Workforce Analyst Office of Workforce Investment U.S. Department of Labor 3:45 4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks And Next Steps 4:00 p.m. Adjourn 7