How To Get Involved

This year’s Summit will feature a unique format that will involve the assignment of a presented by: Urban Economic Development role to each attendee that represents the varied situations people find themselves in Association of WI (UEDA) the workforce development system. City of

Additionally, the morning discussions are designed as “fishbowl” conversations that will generate new ideas and strategies from the participants as attendees listen in and develop their own perspective and reactions.

Throughout the event, opportunities will be provided for attendees to engage and react to what they have heard. Feedback resulting from the small group discussions will be reported out at the end of the Summit and will inform future meetings hosted by UEDA.

If you would like to continue to participate in follow-up meetings, please stop by Thursday, November 8, 2012 the UEDA booth and sign up to receive the latest updates. Additionally, you can: 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. • Think about what you hear from the perspective of your profile – share your ideas and reflections on your worksheet and the post-it notes at each table.

• Become a member of UEDA to connect with other organizations and individuals who are working on your issues of interest. See the back of this booklet for at a Membership form, or pick up a brochure from our booth to learn about the ManpowerGroup additional benefits of becoming a UEDA member. 100 Manpower Place - Milwaukee

• Attend future UEDA quarterly gatherings for updates and follow-up on the key action items that result from this event.

Your participation is vital to ensuring that southeast Wisconsin electrifies the job market! completing

2212 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Milwaukee, WI 53212 the circuit: Telephone: (414) 562-9904 Fax: (414) 562-9906 electrifying the job market www.uedawi.org

STAFF: William Johnson, Executive Director • Kristi Luzar, Program Manager This event was made possible through the generous support of the companies and organizations listed below. Their support has contributed to UEDA Membership the continual success of the Community Development Summit each year! The Urban Economic Development Association of Wisconsin (UEDA) is a nonprofit membership association dedicated to the professional development of individuals and groups working in community and economic development. We support our members at both strategic and operational Sponsors levels, and help forge collaborations and partnerships to achieve community goals. We provide technical assistance and organizational support through training and targeted projects. Our members • BMO Harris Bank help guide our direction as we strive to connect them with colleagues, resources and new partners.

• City of Milwaukee We invite you to become a UEDA member if you are interested in programs, services or advocacy in community and economic development issues, with an emphasis on workforce issues, regional transportation, foreclosure mitigation, sustainable homeownership, commercial revitalization and • Fiserv, Inc. the regional food economy. Drop off this form at the registration table on the way out, or pick up a membership brochure at the UEDA booth in the registration area. • Forest County Potawatomi Foundation ______• Greater Milwaukee Committee Main Contact Name Email • Harley-Davidson Motor Company ______• LISC Milwaukee Organization

• ManpowerGroup ______Address • Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board ______• Milwaukee Economic Development Corporation Phone Fax

• PNC Bank ______Names and emails of additional members • U.S. Bank MEMBERSHIP TYPE • We Energies r Individual Membership $50 r Student Rate $20 r Nonprofit Corporation/Organizational $150 • Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority (This form of organizational members names two staff – please list separately) r Corporation/Government $350 (This form of organizational members names four staff – please list separately) Supporters TYPE OF ORGANIZATION • Educators Credit Union r Community Development Corporation r Business Improvement District r Financial Services (please circle: banking, business lending, investment, mortgages, other) • Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission r Nonprofit Organization ____501(c)(3) ___Other nonprofit r Government ____City ___County ____State ___Federal • Wegner CPAs r Foundation r Other______

GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE AREA r Neighborhood-Based r City-wide Media Sponsors r Regional ______r Statewide r Nationwide r Multi-state • BizTimes Media r Other ______

• Milwaukee Community Journal Comments / Requests: ______

• Waukesha Freeman ______

Thanks to Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission for the printing of this program booklet. Make checks payable to the UEDA of WI, Inc. Send form and check to 2212 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, Milwaukee, WI 2 53212, or drop off at the registration table on your way out! For payment by credit card call us at (414) 562-9904. 7 Summit Presenters & Participants

PRESENTATION: Carol Coletta, Director, ArtPlace Carol Coletta is the director of ArtPlace, a unique public-private collaboration to accelerate Welcome to the 11th Annual Community Development Summit creative place-making in communities across the U.S. The collaboration includes nine of the nation’s largest foundations, eight federal agencies, including the National Endowment for the Arts, and the nation’s six largest banks. completing Prior to being recruited to start ArtPlace, Carol was president and CEO of CEOs for Cities for seven years. The organization is a Chicago-based national network of urban leaders in 45 of the nation’s the circuit: top metro areas who are building and sustaining the next generation of great American cities. electrifying the job market

Among her accomplishments, Carol created with economist Joe Cortright, City Dividends, which for the first time connected small but specific improvements in urban performance with major On behalf of the UEDA Staff, Board of Directors and Summit Planning Committee, we financial gains. They also created a new series of measures, City Vitals, that produced new insights are pleased to sponsor this year’s annual Summit, which will focus on the challenges on what makes cities successful and developed a series of papers on talent, where it moves and collaborative opportunities available in workforce development, entrepreneurship and why. Carol is a highly sought after speaker on the success formula for cities and creative and business growth initiatives in southeastern Wisconsin. communities and is frequently interviewed as an expert on urban issues by national media. Over the past few months, we have witnessed the release of numerous high-profile EXHIBITORS reports, studies and analyses from individuals and organizations that highlight the workforce development challenges in our community. The intent of this Summit is to Be sure to stop by and visit the organizations and displays in the registration area. These groups provide a forum for informed community dialogue that is focused on solutions and provide important services and organizational resources that support the important initiatives action-directed collaborative next steps. underway in the workforce development system. Stop by and network with them to find new ways to collaborate and further your work! During today’s event, you will hear from some of the region’s most notable employers, educational institutions, workforce development agencies, local chambers, nonprofit organizations and entrepreneurs in a unique “fishbowl-style” conversation format.

2012 UEDA Summit Planning Committee Carol Coletta, an urban issues expert and Director of ArtPlace, is an accomplished city visionary and national speaker on successful initiatives cities are using to recruit, Today’s event would not have been possible without the generous assistance, hard work and develop and retain talent. In her presentation she will initiate a call to action for those commitment of these Committee members. The unselfish contribution of their time and interested and invested in energizing Milwaukee’s workforce development systems and expertise was invaluable to the successful planning and execution of this event. creating useful economic development strategies. Please join us in thanking each of them for their help! We invite all members of the community to be a part of the conversation, and more Steve Adams Leah Fiasca Barbara Markoff importantly, be a part of the solution. A key outcome of this event will be to forge SEWRPC Greater Milwaukee UEDA Board Member, collaborations and identify strategies that will use our collective resources to drive Committee U.S. Bank hiring and create a more business-friendly region. Wendy Baumann Wisconsin Women’s Business Jesse Greenlee Eric Paulsen Initiative Corp. WHEDA BizStarts Milwaukee For over ten years, the Community Development Summit has provided opportunities for nonprofit organizations, community members, business and civic groups, Deborah Blanks Melanie Holmes Jennifer Riggenbach government and elected officials from throughout the region to learn, network and Social Development Commission ManpowerGroup Milwaukee Area Workforce formulate solutions to pressing issues facing Southeastern Wisconsin. Investment Board Martha Brown Elizabeth Hummitzsch We invite you to share your thoughts and ideas, as we move forward in creating a City of Milwaukee UEDA Board Member Sharon Robinson Mueller Communications City of Milwaukee region that is economically healthy, and provides opportunities for all its citizens. Todd Clausen UEDA Board Member, Al Luna Bethany Sanchez Shannon Whitworth William Johnson Nonprofit Center Milwaukee Area Metropolitan Milwaukee UEDA Board Chair UEDA Executive Director of Milwaukee Technical College Fair Housing Council

6 3 Agenda Summit Presenters & Participants 7:30-8:00 REGISTRATION & NETWORKING Your opportunity to connect with colleagues and friends, meet new people and WELCOME & INTRODUCTION begin the discussion! Continental breakfast provided. William Johnson, Urban Economic Development Association of Wisconsin Mayor Tom Barrett, City of Milwaukee 8:00-8:30 WELCOME/OPENING REMARKS William Johnson, Executive Director of UEDA, will open the Summit by welcoming MASTER OF CEREMONIES (MC) & MODERATOR attendees and describing the framework for the event. Remarks by Mayor Tom Barrett Mitch Teich, Executive Producer, “Lake Effect”; WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio of the City of Milwaukee will also be made.

8:30-11:00 “FISHBOWL” CONVERSATIONS This section will feature a unique structure with three concurrent “fishbowl-style” “FISHBOWL” CONVERSATIONS conversations between and among a group of leaders and practitioners in (1) Education & Training, (2) Established Employers and (3) Entrepreneurs/ Small Businesses. The Education & Training Group: conversations will be moderated by Mitch Teich, Executive Producer of LakeEffect • Lauren Baker, Career & Technical Education, Milwaukee Public Schools from WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio. • Deborah Blanks, CEO, Social Development Commission • Dr. Michael Burke, President, Milwaukee Area Technical College 11:00-11:30 PRESENTATION • Kathryn Dunn, Vice President, Community Investments, Greater Milwaukee Foundation Carol Coletta, Director of ArtPlace, an accomplished city visionary and national • Scott Jansen, Talent Dividend Director, Greater Milwaukee Committee speaker, will offer insights about talent development and retention, sharing experiences • Reginald Riley, Program Manager, YWCA of Greater Milwaukee in other cities and their strategies to prepare the workforce they need. • Don Sykes, CEO & President, Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board

Established Employers Group: 11:30-12:15 SMALL PROFILE GROUP DISCUSSION • Naomi Dolohanty, Senior Vice President, Talent Acquisition, Aurora Health Care Attendees will break into small groups to provide feedback on what they learned • Melanie Holmes, Vice President, World of Work Solutions, Manpower from the morning’s conversation that could address the issues facing their profile. The small groups will also develop recommendations for actions following • John Miller, President & CEO, Goodwill Industries, Mission Support Center the Summit that could positively impact the workforce development system. • Ted Muccio, President, Pereles Brothers, Inc. • Jerry Roberts, Program Officer, Helen Bader Foundation • Julia Taylor, President, Greater Milwaukee Committee 12:15-1:00 SUMMIT WRAP / NETWORKING Small group discussion facilitators will report out their key discussion items and Entrepreneurs / Small Business Group: recommendations. Additionally, participants from the “fishbowl” conversations will • Wendy Baumann, President & CVO, Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation answer questions that were shared by attendees earlier in the program. Attendees • Randy Crump, CEO, Prism Technical will be asked to share their ideas on what needs to exist to increase collaboration and move the workforce development system forward. The event will conclude • Steve Glynn, President, Spreenkler with networking for attendees. • Eric Paulsen, Executive Director, BizStarts Milwaukee • Nelson Soler, Chief Solutions Officer, Multicultural Entrepreneurial Institute • Wallace White, Principal/CEO, W2EXCEL, LLC

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