Agenda 1 2:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m.- 9:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m.- 1:15 p.m. 11:45 a.m.- 11:45 a.m. 10:45 a.m.- 10:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m.- Panelists: Case Study Networking Lunch Panelists: Moderator: aswell asthedesignandemploymentand railtransportation, sources ofnew revenue. attemptmega- a toas answerfuture region’s thisthe questionsecure andplanning will includeintegrated theregional connectivitycan How between and among air, road, port, Transportation andLogisticsinthe Tri-state Region Panelists: Moderator: gaps whileretaining workers. development strategiesthatrespond e T Matching Skills toJobs inthe Tri-state Region Summit Emcee: Address: Keynote Welcome: Welcome andKeynote Address is panel will explore potential regional approaches for articulating and employing workforce President and CEO, Celadon CEO, and President Paul Will Director, TollwayIllinois Executive Kristi La Assistant Vice President –Economic Development, BNSFRailwayCo. Cunningham Vann Commissioner, ofAviation ChicagoDepartment Andolino Rosemarie Illinois Governor, of State Quinn Pat Co-founder, CenterpointProperties Mullen Michael O Executive Chief and President Linda Woloshansky Chief Executive O Karin Norington-Reaves Development Workforce of Department Wisconsin Secretary, Newson Reggie Counsel, Subaru ofIndiana Automotive, Inc. Executive Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Tom Easterday Governor, Wisconsin of State Scott Walker Group Manpower President, Prising Jonas O Executive Chief and President T of Chicago’s BoothSchoolofBusiness Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics,Goolsbee UniversityAustan Chicago of Bank Director of Research and Executive Vice President,Sullivan Daniel Federal Reserve Deputy Commander, Chicago District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of Corps Army U.S. District, Chicago Commander, Deputy LTC Kevin J.Lovell, PMP Asian CarpDirector, White House CouncilonEnvironmental Quality John Goss Administrator Agency Protection Environmental U.S. Advisor, Senior Cameron Davis eresa E.Mintle f
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In this role, Mintle drove modernization of internal business systems; University of Maryland, University College, and a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Marquette from University.engineering Lovell isalsoaProject Management Professional credentialmechanical holder. in science of bachelor a and College, University Maryland, of University O Army’s Intermediate Learning Education Course at the Command and General Stathe including schools, and courses Army multiple of graduate a is Lovell Badge. Assault Air and Badge, Parachutist Medals, Star Bronze three include decorations and awards military Lovell’s repair inUzbekistan andAfghanistan. of the Global War on Terrorism, responsible for planning and supervising construction, area mine removal, and runway f T f cer Basic Course and Engineer Captains Career Courses. He holds a master of science in management from the from management in science of master a holds He Courses. Career Captains Engineer and Course Basic cer t educational program connecting students with the sciences, and has been co-chairman for the Little Company Little the for co-chairman been has and sciences, the with students connecting program educational t e Economic Club of Chicago, a member of the President’sthe of member a Chicago, of Club Economic e A Global on Council Chicago the of Circle Mintle spent 27 years in public service working at the federal, state, and city levels city and state, federal, the at working service public Chamber,in years 27 the spent Mintle joining to Prior region. the of sector economic every representing board diverse a and committee, executive an Swanson, Scott Chairman Board to reports Mintle Chamber, the of head As America. in region business-friendly most policy, public directs programs, communications, and business Shegrowth initiatives to make Chicagoland the Chamber). (the Commerce of Chamber Chicagoland T Summit Emcee of Commerce President andChiefExecutive O T eresa Mintle is the is Mintle eresa eresa E.Mintle f rst chief of sta of chief rst f fth president and chief executive o executive chief and president fth f , she set up the Emanuel Administration, joining his team his joining Administration, Emanuel the up set she , f f cer, ChicagolandChamber e eioiu Srie eas the Medals, Service Meritorious ve f College; and the Army’s Engineer f to Rahm Emanuel, mayor of f cer of the 109-year-old the of cer f airs, and airs, undergraduate degree and master’s degree in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, as well as well UniversityWisconsin-Milwaukee,as of the master’sfrom and science degree political undergraduate in degree an Wisconsin, of University Concordia from communications corporate in emphasis an with MBA an has Newson o (ex Directors of Board Corridor StreetIndustrial 30th the and UrbanLeague Milwaukee the for directors of Milwaukee-area individuals who are making a di territory. In 2005, he was honored with the with honored was he 2005, In territory. and state U.S. each from directors and commissioners, secretaries, workforce of association professional a (NAGLO), In April 2013, Newson was appointed secretary-treasurer of the National Association of Governmental Labor O From 2003to2005,Newson managedthestate Disadvantaged Enterprise Program. 2011. January since held he position a and positions leadership three DOT’stop the of Transportationone (DOT), economic advisors. Prior to his tenure at DWD, Newson as served executive assistant at the Wisconsin Department of the advisorteamto Tur’ Partners, andtheboard ofdirectors Council. oftheIllinois Advisory Export board of governors of the NAIOP Research Foundation, the board of directors of Moura Dubeux Engineering-CONE; University’sNorthwestern of board advisory the Corporation, TransportationRouse of directors of Center,board the business the on also is HeDevelopment. Regional for Alliance the of chairman Illinois the as Mullenserves currently the saleofCenterpointProperties toCalPERS for$3.46billion. the Midwest, the redevelopment of the “Joliet Arsenal” into an intermodal-based logistics park, and the negotiation of h O the within Located VocationalRehabilitation. Worker’sand Insurance, Compensation, Unemployment Rights, Equal Services, Training,Administrative and Employment divisions: six employees,and over1,600 million, over$450 of budget annual an has that agency workforce state the Newsondirects 2011. 24, October on secretary him served as deputy secretary from August 2011 until Governor Scott Walker appointed the stateagency charged withbuilding and strengthening Wisconsin’s workforce. He leads Newson Reggie Secretary WorkforceDevelopment of Department Wisconsin Panel: Matching Skills toJobs inthe Tri-state Region Secretary, Wisconsin of Department Workforce Development Reggie Newson Management and its client CalPERS to acquire and develop industrial real projects in Investment LaSalle with agreement co-investment a of negotiation the O’Hare, at leases on O’Hare International Airport, the development of major air freight facilities Mullen’sthe of negotiation the include Centerpoint careerwith o operating chief and o investment chief as served he Properties, an advisor to the Blackstone Group. 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12 Speaker Biographies Speaker Biographies 13 College andearnedhisJDfrom Indiana University SchoolofLaw. Hanover from Pencegraduated began. hostilities since year every Afghanistan and/or Iraq in soldiers Hoosier visited he congress, in while and, unemployment veteran reducing of priority a made has Pencemilitary, the of supporter HousestrongRepublicanthe StudyA of Committee. chairman Houseand Republicanas Conferencechairman serve to colleagues his by unanimously elected being him in resulted accomplishments legislative and Pence’sleadership Judiciary,A ForeignHouse the on served Pence Congress, In growth skillsandvalues hehasbrought withhimtostategovernment service. quickly established and a recordtable the of serving to his sensibility constituents Hoosier and his championing brought he 2010, in term sixth a earning and 2000 in elected First commander-in-chief of the state’s armed forces. Prior to being elected governor, Pence represented Indiana in Congress. of payday loanstores andwasaleadsponsorofthe anti-smokingordinance. racially equitable map of Chicago’s ward boundaries. Preckwinkle sponsored an ordinance that limits the establishment sponsored the Living Wage and A her a of and education needs for funding diverse greater for the fought successfully meet has She to constituents. tirelessly worked and organization ward responsive and professional a built She leadership. accountable and transparent, independent, providing by constituents her of life of quality the improved f legislation with members of the Indiana General Assembly, and also serves as the as serves also and Assembly, General Indiana the of members with legislation o executive state’schief the as branch executive the of duties the overseesHe billion. $30.6 of budget state a and 28,000 approximately of workforce employee state a governor,manages PenceAs child. Hoosier every for through success to pathway a on Indiana continuing Penceto 2013. dedicated 14, is January inaugurated and 2012 in Indiana of state the of governor 50th the elected was He experience. policy and business, small legal, with Hoosier lifelong a is Pence Mike Panel: Innovation inthe Tri-state Region Governor, State ofIndiana Mike Pence City Council as alderman of the 4th Ward. In her 19 years as alderman, Preckwinkle the to her and delivered 1991 in machine campaign Preckwinkle’sgrassrootsprevailed. tenacious political city’s the to up stood She improvement. neighborhood at As a high school teacher in Chicago, Preckwinkle ran a nonpro results. practical leadership to commitment progressivea and building, and coalition experience, on independent founded providing decades, two over for leader community dedicated a been has ToniPresidentPreckwinkle Board County Cook the Tri-state Region Panel: Town Hall -E President, CookCountyBoard Toni Preckwinkle ordable Housing Ordinances, and was a lead plainti f scal responsibility, economic development, and educational opportunity opportunity educational and development, economic responsibility, scal f ective Institutional Arrangementsin f f airs, and Agriculture and Small Business committees. Business Small and Agriculture and airs, scal responsibility, smaller government, and economic f ordable housing in her ward. She ward. her in housing ordable f f in a lawsuit to institute a more cer, recommends and reviews and recommends cer, f t organization aimed
of Board president on November 2, 2010. She taught high school history for ten years before being elected to City to elected being before years Council. She holds a bachelor’s degreeten andamaster’s degree from theUniversityfor ofChicago. history school high taught She 2010. 2, November on president Board County Cook elected Awards.Preckwinklewas Despres Leon 2009 and 1997 the and 2008, and 2005, 1999, 1997, 1995, 1993, Awardin Alderman Best IVI-IPO the her earned leadership progressive and Preckwinkle‘sindependent School of Economics, and has participated in executive programs at Stanford, INSEAD, and Yale. He speaks He languages: English, French,Yale. German, Swedish andItalian. and INSEAD, Stanford, at programs executive in participated has and Economics, of School organization focused on supporting entrepreneurial leadership. Prising holds an MBA (equivalent) from the Stockholm an Milwaukee, in Innovation of co-chair a as serves also He Inc. Wisconsin of JA and organization USA the both of Prising is a former chairman of the board of directors of Junior Achievement USA, and continues to serve on the boards and including regional manager for Asia Paci with Electrolux, he held various international positions within the consumer goods and business-to-business divisions, media. Before joining the company, Prising worked for Electrolux, a Swedish multinational. During his 10-year tenure summits. He is frequently asked to provide commentary on jobs and employment trends on national and international f nancial mismanagement in Illinois, Quinn has worked to restore to worked has Quinn Illinois, in mismanagement nancial f nally headofGlobal Sales andMarketing foroneofitsbusiness-to-businessdivisions. and workforce development, Prising is regularly invited to speak at conferences and conferences at speak to invited regularly is Prising development, workforce and diversity trends, market labor in expert recognized A America. North of president Italy; director of Manpower Global Accounts – Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and Manpowerof director managing as served has and ManpowerGroup1999 joined in position of executive vice president and president of the Americas since 2008. Prising the the held previously and ManpowerGroup2012 named in Europe.was Hepresident of aspects all oversees and company’sSouthernNorth,and South in America and business Central, billion $12 ManpowerGroup of president is Prising Jonas Panel: Matching Skills toJobs inthe Tri-state Region President, ManpowerGroup Jonas Prising Illinois” project, one of the nation’s biggest infrastructure endeavors. After decades After endeavors. infrastructure nation’sbiggest the of one project, Illinois” “Move billion $12 the includes – years six over jobs 436,000 about create or retain will which – initiative construction capital Quinn’sAct.billion Information $43 of constitutional amendment providing for gubernatorial recall and a stronger and Freedom a laws, rules ethics new of ethics passage led He review government. state in to “business-as-usual” end Commission Reform Illinois the establishing order his As 2010. in term full a to election won and 2009, 29, January on Illinois of Governor 41st the as in sworn was Quinn Pat Panel: Transportaion andLogisticsinthe Tri-state Region Governor, State ofIllinois Pat Quinn f c, managing director of Sales Companies in France and the United Kingdom,
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scal stability to Illinois through reform of the of reform through Illinois to stability scal f rst o rst f cial act, he signed an executive an signed he act, cial f ve 14 Speaker Biographies Speaker Biographies 15 graduated from Northwestern University SchoolofLawandGeorgetown University SchoolofForeign Service. Property Taxof QuinnBoard Appeals. County Cook the of commissioner as served He (1991-1995). treasurer state local enact and group), Whistleblower ordinances. consumer Quinn was elected lieutenant governor in 2002, re-elected in largest 2006, and one served term as (Illinois’ Board Utility Citizens the create House, Illinois the of size the o public and advocate families and has been replicated in 40 other states. Quinn has served the people of Illinois for 35 years as both a citizen and duty.active to members called reservists Guard National of families assist voluntarily to taxpayers enables which Act, Relief Family Military “perfecta him earned session score” governor,lieutenant fromenvironmentaladvocates.As QuinncreatedIllinois the Quinn’speople. all for unions civil legalized and conditions legislative 2012 the in issues environmental on leadership home penalty,nursing improveddeath the abolished who Quinn, under justice social on forward moved has Illinois from by around jobstoIllinois, 2014. theglobetobring thousandsofnew andisontracktodoublestateexports bilingual education, and ensuring safer, healthier schoolchildren. Quinn has met with government and business leaders the improvingbenchmarks, evaluation teacher setting include which Illinois, to of country the in reforms education boldest some deliver helped He systems. Medicaid and insurance unemployment compensation, workers’ pension, He isamemberoftheCouncilonForeign Relations andafellow oftheRoyal Society ofArts. policy.American of mainstay the as growthoperate economic should that arguing economics expeditionary knownas Capitalism; including: Inside Real Innovation; and Controlling Healthcare Costs books, several edited or co-authored, authored, has Schramm f cial. As founder of the Coalition for Political Honesty, Quinn used “petition power” to trim “petitionto power”PoliticalHonesty,used for Quinn Coalition the of founder As cial. T as corporateexecutive. of founder as business in Research years 20 Berkeley included career the His Group. at director a and Berkeley, UC at Innovation Business of Institute the at MIT,fellow at a scientist visiting a Davis, U.C. at professor Ciocca visiting Carlyse and Arthur the is He growth. economic in play they role the and high-potential new entrepreneurship, encouraging to dedicated organization Kau the of president was He University. Syracuse at professor university is Schramm J. Carl Panel: Innovation inthe Tri-state Region University Professor, Syracuse University Carl J.Schramm e fund has distributed more than $13 million to more than 25,000 Illinois military military Illinois 25,000 than more to million $13 than more distributed has fund e f a Fudto fr e yas hr h md i te ol’ premier world’s the it made he where years ten for Foundation man
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16 Speaker Biographies Speaker Biographies 17 reduced the county workforce by more than 25 percent, and authored nine consecutive budgets without increasing the years, Walkerwereit own.if his Heas county’s taxpayermoney the spend cut promiseto his kept percent,by30 debt eight next the For obligations. pension in millions for hook the on taxpayers left and core its to government county bene retirement in millions away gave that plan county a exposed media ExecutiveCounty then-Milwaukee against campaign scandal. recallTom pension a county a of result a as Ament In2002, Walkerexecutivecounty elected government.was county reform scandal-ridden to the His followedelection re-elected fourtimes. identi Truth-in-Sentencing,include: that photo legislation of pieces important authored and committees several chaired he in full-time workMarquette University.to attend leaving beforeto Milwaukee IBM for worked he school, in still While struggle and change than ever before. from theUniversity ofChicagoandaPhD ineconomicsfrom Princeton University. statistics and mathematics in BA a received Sullivan arrangements. work alternative and workers displaced to related UniversityChicago’sof issues PublicPolicy.especially of economics, School Harrislabor of area the in is Hisresearch the at member faculty PrincetonUniversity.adjunct at an taught is Northwesternalso Universityhe and addition, In f nancial development for the American Red Cross. Walker was elected to the State Assembly in 1993. While there, f cation requirements to vote, and the elimination of the statute of limitations in sexual assault cases. He was He cases. assault sexual in limitations of statute the of elimination the and vote, to requirements cation Prior to joining the Chicago Fed,at Chicago economics Priorthe of professorjoining Sullivanassistant to an was policy.monetary national formulating for responsible group the (FOMC), Committee Market Open Publicthe and A has he function, division Studies Policy research and Development Bank’sCommunity the the for responsibility to addition In Chicago. of Bank the Reserve at president Federal vice executive an and Research of director is Sullivan G. Daniel Welcome Reserve Bank ofChicago Director ofResearch andanExecutive Vice President, Federal Daniel G. Sullivan to Boys Nation in Washington, DC. Both of these programs teach young men that men young teach programs these of Both Washington,in DC. Nation Boys to Ripon. in Program State Boys Legion’sAmerican Badger the attend to selected Walkerwas school, high in While Plain for a purchase to determined Scott, young patriotic a 1976, In creation. job and growth economic of platform a on ran he base, his as background accomplished an On November 2, 2010, Scott Walker was elected as Wisconsin’s 45th Governor. Using Panel: Matching Skills toJobs inthe Tri-state Region Governor, State of Wisconsin Scott Walker h Aeia fr o gvrmn i srne ad oe ia i tdys ol of world today’s in vital more and stronger is government of form American the T e experience opened Walker’s eyes to public service. In 1986, Walker moved to f eld City Hall, went door to door soliciting donations from his neighbors. his from donations soliciting door to door went Hall, City eld f airs department. Sullivan department. airs regularlyFederal the of meetings attends
T ere, he was selected as one of two representatives two of one as selected was he ere, f ts to county workers. county to ts T e scandal rocked scandal e T f ag e 2006, Will was recognized as being “Indiana’s Best and Brightest” in accounting among professionals age 40 and under. EmployIndy (formerly the Indianapolis Private Industry Council). He is also the treasurer of the EmployIndy Board. In Chamber of Commerce, the American Trucking Associations’ National Accounting and Finance Council (NAFC), and prior to joining Celadon. He is a certi favored President Obama by 67percent. that county a in vote the Walkerof 2008, percent of April60 in nearly Re-electedreceived 2009. in surplus budget a recorded County Milwaukee economies, state and national failing year.Despite previous the from levy tax property n 03 Wlot one te elg Invto Ntok KN, ntok f eir xctvs eiae to dedicated executives senior of innovation. sustainable network driving a (KIN), Network Innovation Kellogg the founded Wolcott 2003, In York Times Management Sloan MIT in Review, appeared has Wolcott’s work Japanese. and Chinese in published been at has market and to scale idea from innovation take to use companies approaches emerging the regarding research of decade a Lippitz, Michael Dr. with book His Accelerator.Innovation GE’s and (GTC); TechnologyCouncil Global Foods Kraft the T rw rm ihn Mseig oprt Eternusi ad Innovation and Entrepreneurship Corporate Mastering Within: From Grow , andnumerous overseas publications.He isafrequent speakeratevents worldwide. e Wall Street Journal, Advertising Age, Business Week, Business Age, Advertising Journal, StreetWall e T Indiana University, he spent several years working in public accounting for KPMG for accounting public in working years several University,spent Indiana he of graduate A experience. industry transportation of years 19 than more has Will through 2010. He joinedCeladonin1993ascontroller. 1998 from secretary assistant and treasurer as served also He 1998. December since chief and president, o vice executive chairman, vice as served and 2010, o operating chief and president, chairman, vice o executive chief and president appointed Will, Paul Panel: Transportation andLogisticsinthe Tri-state Region President andCEO,Celadon Paul Will the advisory boards of Nordic Innovation for the Nordic Council, Oslo, Norway; Oslo, Council, Nordic the for Innovation Nordic of boards advisory the on is served has He and 2013. in won Program Wolcott EMBA HKUST), Kellogg’s (Japan). from Year” the School (with of “Teacher Business Keio Kong the at Hong professor visiting and a Miami, formerly Evanston, in Kellogg for entrepreneurship and Management, innovation of corporate School teaches Kellogg He University. the Northwestern of faculty the of member a and Network, Innovation Kellogg the of director executive and co-founder is Wolcott C. Robert Panel: Innovation inthe Tri-state Region Kellogg Innovation Network Co-Founder andExecutive Director, Robert C. Wolcott e KIN annual summit, KIN Global, takes place in late spring and includes leaders includes and spring late in place takes Global, KIN summit, annual KIN e f f cer since August 2007, and as executive vice president and chief and president vice executive as and 2007, August since cer ed public accountant and serves on the board of Celadon Group, Inc., Indianapolis
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18 Speaker Biographies Speaker Biographies 19 oohnk sre o mn bad, nldn: h Nrhet nin Frm Cnir ak Pre County Porter Bank, Centier Forum, Indiana NorthwestCommunity Foundation, the Indiana Board the of Proprietary Education, Ready Indiana, including: Indiana INTERN.net, Indiana’s boards, many on served Woloshansky Northwest Indiana region. the in attainment educational improving on focused which grant, Endowment Lilly successful a administered also She Workconsultant. to School national a was and Indiana, Northwest in Workprogram to School national DOE trainer andiscerti towardcreditsmaster’s and her Indiana,Purdue,from and Valparaiso Universities.certi a Sheis T the Wabash from former Governor Evan Bayh, is a member of the Society of Innovators, and was recently inducted into Purdue Technology Center. Woloshansky has testi the of member board founding a was Valparaisoand the board,Corporation, Development Economicadvisory ACT management sciencefrom Northwestern University inEvanston, Illinois. and engineering industrial in PhD and MS an and history; Chinese and European in BA a Wolcottreceived Ignite. SA provider data and app healthcare and Lumni, innovator loan student IndieGogo, leader funding crowd as such consultancy specializing in new business creation and growth. Subsidiary Clareo Capital owns equity in social enterprises signi of nonpro academia, government, business, from world the around from e Timese f cance for their organizations and for humanity. Wolcott also co-founded Clareo Partners LLC, a strategy a LLC, Partners Clareo co-founded also Wolcotthumanity. for and organizations their for cance Media Business and Industry Hall of Fame. Woloshansky has a bachelor’s degree from Indiana UniversityIndiana bachelor’sfrom degreea Fame.Woloshansky has of Hall Industry and Business Media f ed asamasterconsultantfrom Ball State University. extensive background in workforce development. Woloshansky an administered a has DOL/ and organizations, numerous founded has sector, public and private the in Woloshanskyworked initiative. has NWI READY the spearheaded has and centers, throughoutCenters seventhe Northwestof counties Indiana,learning adult 12 runs WorkOne eight overseeing Board Workforce Indiana Northwest the supports of workforce work CWI the assets. through community business and partnerships, for analysis, on climate based dynamic solutions a creates CWI (CWI). Inc. Linda Woloshansky is the president and CEO of the Center of Workforce Innovations, Panel: Matching Skills toJobs inthe Tri-state Region President andCEO,Centerof Workforce Innovations, Inc. Linda Woloshansky f ed in front of Congress on workforce issues, received a Sagamore of
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