News and Events

Theme:

Growing New Jobs/Growing the
Workforce: What Will It Take?

When:

May 5 - 6, 2010

Where:

The Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC

What:

Corporate Voices held its 9th Annual Partners Meeting on May 5-6, 2010 in Washington, D.C. It brought together leaders from
the public and private sectors to examine and discuss what is a critical national issue: Growing New Jobs/Growing The Workforce -
What Will It Take?               

8:00am

Opening
- Donna Klein: Founder and Executive Chair, Corporate Voices
for Working Families

Keynote Discussion
- Mark Milliron, Ph.D.: Deputy Director, Postsecondary
Improvement U.S. Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

- Patricia Harris: Global Chief Diversity Officer, McDonald's
Corporation
- Martha Smith, Ph.D.: President, Anne Arundel Community
College

The Workforce Readiness Pipeline:
Community College/Alternative Pathways and Business Partnerships
- Elyse Rosenblum (Moderator): Vice President, Workforce
Readiness, Research & Policy, Corporate Voices for Working Families
- Michael Echols, Ph.D.: Executive Vice President of Strategic
Initiatives & the Human Capital Lab, Bellevue University 
- Rick Lafferriere: Regional Learning Manager, CVS Caremark 

- John-Anthony Meza: National Director, Corporate Citizenship,
KPMG LLP

Demographic Impacts on Jobs in the
New Economy
- John Wilcox (Moderator): Deputy Director, Corporate Voices
for Working Families
- D'Vera Cohn: Senior Writer, Pew Research Center 
- Harold "Bud" Hodgkinson, Ph.D.: President, Hodgkinson Associates, LTD
- Jennifer Ludden: National Correspondent, NPR

Related
Materials: Demographic Trends and the Federal Role in Education,
by Harold
Hodgkinson, Ph.D.

Corporate Voices Roundtables
Topics Include: Communications, Alternative Pathways for Youth, Earn
and Learn, Ready by 21, and Work and Family Balance for All Workers

Registration and Breakfast (Chinese
Room)

Morning Policy Address (Chinese
Room)
- The Honorable Cathy McMorris
Rodgers (R-WA 5): U.S. House of Representatives  

Keynote Administration Overview
- Martha Coven: Special Assistant to the President for
Mobility and Opportunity, The White House Domestic Policy Council
- Jane Oates: Assistant Secretary, Education & Training
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

Keynote Policy Panel: Aligning
Government and Business in Partnership to Address Workforce and Worklife
Policy Issues
- Tiffany Westover-Kernan (Moderator): Vice President,
Business Development & Government Relations
- Scott Cheney: Staff Director, Senate HELP Subcommittee on
Employment and Workplace Safety
- Gail Cohen: Deputy Staff Director and Chief Economist, Joint
Economic Committee
- Jeff Cruz: Senior Policy Advisor, Senate Special Committee
on Aging
- Leticia Mederos: Deputy Chief
of Staff/Legislative Director, Office of U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro 
- Kathleen Black: Tax and Finance Advisor, Senate Small
Business and Entrepreneurship Committee

The Workforce Readiness Pipeline:
K-12 Education and Business Partnerships
- Peg Walton (Moderator): Senior Director, Workforce
Readiness, Corporate Voices for Working Families

- Mary Gwen Wheeler: Director of the Office of Policy &
Management, Louisville Mayor's Office
- Deborah Williams: PNC Financial Services, Inc.
- Kathy Zandona: Director, Education, Greater Louisville, Inc.

12:30pm 

Closing Remarks
- The Honorable Michael Enzi (R-WY): U.S. Senate 

1:00pm 

Corporate Voices Open House (1020 19th Street, Suite 750)