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12Th Annual Kansas Workforce Summit Kansas Workforce Summit 12th Annual Kansas Workforce Summit Taking Education, Economic Development and Employment to the Next Level: Kansas, Are We Ready? January 23-24, 2013 Capitol Plaza Hotel • Sunflower Room Topeka, KS Agenda DAY 1 (January 23) Pre-Conference Meetings (as organized by individual committees) 9:00 a.m. Registration Begins 11:00 a.m. Exhibits Open 12:00 p.m. Opening Plenary Luncheon Governor Sam Brownback and Secretary of Commerce Pat George 1:00 p.m. Break and Exhibit Visitation 1:15 p.m. Connecting the Workforce System, Economic Development & Education - Our Most Critical Task Sunny Ackerman, Vice President and General Manager, Manpower, will discuss what businesses are doing to hire and retain the right talent in a world where 49% of US employers are struggling to fill mission-critical positions. She’ll make connections to how the workforce system, economic development and education can support these evolving talent strategies, creating collaborative relationships and sustainable jobs. 2:15 p.m. Dropout Prevention & School-to-Career Transition Kenneth M. Smith, President and CEO of Jobs for America’s Graduates, Inc. (JAG), will discuss the nation’s largest, most consistently applied model of dropout prevention and school-to-career transition for at-risk and disadvantaged young people. 3:00 p.m. Break and Exhibit Visitation 3:15 p.m. SHRM, NAWB and Local Workforce Investments Boards - How Do We Improve Collaboration? Laurie Moran, Chairman, NAWB Board; Ron Painter, Chief Executive Officer, NAWB; Phillip M. Hayes, Vice President of Human Resource Services and Operations for The Arnold Group (TAG), and Director, Kansas Society for Human Resource Management; and Deb Scheibler, Executive Director, Kansas WorkforceONE will discuss how their members can work more closely together to find the right employees for open positions. 4:15 p.m. Break and Exhibit Visitation 4:30 p.m. ACHIEVE Terry K. Peterson, Director, Afterschool and Community Learning Network, will discuss a statewide $2 Billion education reform package that was recently highlighted as one of the most comprehensive and successful in the last 30 years in America. 5:45 p.m. Reflections from Day 1 - Eddie Estes 6:00 p.m. Reception, Cash Bar and Exhibit Visitation 6:30 p.m. Kansas Celebration Banquet and SDA Performance Awards sponsored by Kansas Department of Commerce - Michael Copeland The Relationship of Higher Education Programs to Workforce Needs Larry Isaak, President, Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) Apple Innovative Program Award Presentation Dan Senstock, Apple Higher Education Account Executive Please submit comments and suggestions regarding the 2013 Kansas Workforce Summit to [email protected]. Agenda Day2 (January 24) 7:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast 8:00 a.m. The 2013 Legislative Update Susan Wagle, Kansas Senate President; Brian Weber, Kansas House of Representatives; Garrett Love, Kansas Senate; and Laura Kelly, Kansas Senate 8:45 a.m. Why Innovation? Why Now? Why You? Mark Chalfant, Growth Strategies Program Manager, Mid-America Manufacturing Technology (MAMTC), will discuss what innovation is, why it’s important for businesses to have this type of focus, and an introduction to a systematic method for being innovative. 9:15 a.m. Degree Completion as an Economic Development Strategy Jackie Vietti, President, Butler Community College; Suzanne Lane, Chair, Local Education Adult Resource Network (LEARN-Wichita); Suzie Ahlstrand, Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition; Sue Maes, Dean, K-State Division of Continuing Education; and Jennifer Pfortmiller, Site Manager, K-State Affiliate 2+2 Kansas Programs will discuss partnerships and alliances formed between community colleges, technical schools and universities. 10:00 a.m. Break and Exhibit Visitation 10:15 a.m. An Update from the U.S. Department of Labor, Washington D.C. Adele Gagliardi, ETA Regional 5 Director, U.S. Department of Labor, presentation followed by question and answer session. 11:00 a.m. Veterans’ Re-Employment Coordination in Kansas Colonel Barry Adams, J1, Joint Personnel Officer, will moderate a panel including Blake Flanders, Vice President, Workforce Development, KBOR; and Gregg Burden, Executive Director, Kansas Commission on Veterans’ Affairs. 11:45 a.m. Key Strategies and Commitment - Eddie Estes 12:00 p.m. Hit the Hill for Workforce Development PRESENTERS SAM BROWNBACK • Kansas Governor Governor Sam Brownback has spent his life in the service of others. He was born in Garnett, Kansas, and raised on the Linn County family farm where his mother and father still live. At Prairie View High School, Sam was elected state president of Future Farmers of America. His interest in public service continued as he attended Kansas State University. During his senior year at KSU, Sam served as student body president. After graduation, Sam decided to attend law school at the University of Kansas where he was his class president before completing his law degree in 1982. In 1986, Sam became the state’s youngest Secretary of the Kansas Department of Agriculture. During his stint as Ag Secretary, he also served as a White House Fellow in the first Bush Administration. At the age of 38, he was elected to represent the 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1996, he was elected to complete the term of U.S. Senator Bob Dole, followed by two more terms of his own. As governor, he is focused on getting the state’s economy growing again through improved regulations, controlled spending, and lower tax rates. Governor Brownback is working with Kansas business and community leaders from across the state as well as current and former state legislators to craft policy solutions. PAT GEORGE • Secretary of Commerce Pat George represented the 119th House District in the Kansas House of Representatives for eight years. A true Kansas entrepreneur, he has spent more than 25 years starting and building numerous successful ventures in Southwest Kansas. His business experiences range from his family’s automobile dealership to real estate developments to professional sports. George has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Benedictine College in addition to attending General Motors School of Automotive Management. SUNNY ACKERMAN • Manpower Sunny Ackerman serves as Vice President and General Manager of Manpower’s Mountain Central Division. In this role, she leads all aspects of the company’s commercial staffing business, including more than 80 branches in 16 states, including Colorado, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Arizona, Utah and Wyoming. Sunny also serves as Vice President and General Manager of Manpower’s US Metro Market Division. She oversees all aspects of commercial staffing business for the 10 largest markets in the US; New York, Boston, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Denver and Los Angeles. She is responsible for strategy development and implementation; employee selection, development and retention; sales and service execution; and client satisfaction and retention. Ackerman also leads Manpower’s North America Permanent Placement Solutions practice, leading the company’s branch network in the creation and delivery of innovative permanent placement solutions and project-based opportunities in the permanent placement sector. Active in her community, Ackerman serves as an advocate for the role of women in business and is a true ambassador for equality in the workplace. Presently, she serves on the Board of Directors for the Women’s Bean Project, an organization that strives to break the cycle of chronic unemployment and poverty by helping women discover their talents and develop skills by offering job readiness training opportunities. She is involved in the Economic Development Board in the Metro Denver Market and the Women’s Vision Foundation, dedicated to the advancement and development of professional women. In addition, she serves on the WiseWomen Council of the Women’s Vision Foundation, a prestigious leadership forum for top corporate executive women. She is a member of the Executive Leadership Team for America’s Heart Associate “Go Red for Women” campaign and had been selected as the Vice-Chair for the 2011 “Go Red for Women” luncheon. Sunny was recently named Denver’s “Forty Under 40,” featuring a diverse group of young, dynamic business leaders whose efforts in the office and in the community are shaping the future of the Denver area. Sunny was also recently a finalist in the “Women of the Year” award nominated by Women’s Vision Foundation and honors a corporate woman for positive, enlightened, and exemplary leadership at her company and within the community. Originally a native of South Texas, Ackerman graduated with honors from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor’s Degree. She has been a speaker at the prestigious Thunderbird School of Global Management in Phoenix, Arizona, discussing topics on global and local employment trends impacting the current workforce. KENNETH M. SMITH • Jobs for America’s Graduates, Inc. Mr. Kenneth M. Smith, has been President and CEO of Jobs for America’s Graduates, Inc., (JAG) since its inception in 1979. JAG is the nation’s largest, most consistently applied model of dropout prevention and school-to-career transition for at-risk and disadvantaged young people. JAG currently serves 42,000 at-risk young people annually in more than 900 schools in 32 states. In recognition of his knowledge of national employment and training issues, three Presidents have appointed Mr. Smith to national
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