Featured Keynote Speakers
Tim Bartik, Senior Economist, W.E. Upjohn Institute, "What Works in Job Creation and Economic Development"
Harold Meyerson, Editor at Large, American Prospect, "Building an Economy That Works for All"
Featured Workshops and Speakers
*Subject to Revisions
*Subject to Revisions
Wednesday, June 1
Business Creation/Co-ops/Employee Ownership
- Jay Simecek, Program Coordinator-Succession Planning, Ohio Employee Ownership Center
- Business Owner, TBD, Succession to Employee Ownership
- Jim Anderson, Evergreen Cooperatives, Cleveland
- Minsu Longiaru, Michigan ROC, Colors Restaurant Project, Detroit
Adult Education/Older Workers
- Antoinetta Williams, AARP, 50+ Employment Program, Flint
- Peter Ruark, Michigan League for Human Services, Adult Education Issues
- Erin Kauth, Michigan Human Resources Development Inc., Using On-the-Job Training to Place Long-term Unemployed Workers
- Sonya White, Mott Community College, Operation Fast Break
Community Benefit Agreements & Local Hiring
- Barney Oursler, Pittsburgh United
- Venus Chapman, D4, Detroit
- Guy Stockard, MSHDA, Section 3 Program
State Funding for Innovative Workforce Development
- LeRoy Nicholson, Alabama AFL-CIO Labor Institute for Training
- Mike Goldman, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
Manufacturing Sector Partnerships
- Rhandi Berth, Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership
- LeRoy Nicholson, Alabama AFL-CIO Labor Institute for Training
Land Banking and Land Use in Workforce Development
- Jim Livery, Michigan Land Use Institute, Transportation and Community Development
- Craig Cooney, Career Alliance/Genesee County Land Bank Employment Initiative
Thursday, June 2
Youth Development/Employment
- Tim Terrentine, Southwest Michigan First
- Johnathan Jarrett, Mott Community College, Youth Build
- Alicia Booker, Career Alliance
- Phil Walker, Flint Strive
Automotive Communities and Workforce Education (tentative)
- Automotive Community College Consortium
- Lima Automotive Task Force
Wage Theft/Prevailing Wage Enforcement
- Marilyn Widman, Esq. Allotta Farley and Widman
- Mark Poulos, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting
Building a Community Wage Theft Campaign
- Becki Smith, National Employment Law Project
- Community Groups involved in campaigns (currently being confirmed)
Community Organizing to Win
- Rick Carter, FACT, Flint (invited)
- Barney Oursler, Pittsburgh United
