On Wednesday, February 10, from 1:30-3:00 p.m. ET, the Senate Career and Technical Education Caucus will host a congressional staff briefing in cooperation with ACTE, the Industry Workforce Needs Coalition and Opportunity America titled, "Career and Technical Education: The Employer Perspective."
The event will feature a panel discussion moderated by Tamar Jacoby, President, Opportunity America, as well as voices from a range of industries that rely on skilled workers sharing how their business is connecting with workforce training and CTE programs in their communities. The briefing will be webcast live here or in the embedded video player below, and we invite ACTE members to join us virtually for this exciting conversation!
Senate CTE Caucus Co-chairs Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rob Portman (R-OH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) have been invited for remarks during the briefing. Panelists include:
- Dan Conroy, consultant & former VP of Human Resources, Nexen Group, Wisconsin
- Ed Dalrymple Jr., President, Cedar Mountain Stone Corporation & Chemung Contracting Corporation, Virginia
- Carol Conslato, Director, Queens Public Affairs, Con Edison, New York
- Jeffrey Geppert, Research Leader, Battelle Memorial Institute, Ohio
- Jamie von Voorhis, Senior Manager for Workforce Development, Jacobs Engineering, Texas
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