- Oren Cass
alter the conditions in which it operates."
"If we want different outcomes, we must
March 18, 2019 // Washtenaw Community College // Morris Lawrence Building
Join other learners and leaders for a hands-on, productive day of discussion and planning for our preferred future as Michigan residents, employers, employees, and students.
Day Schedule
7:00 – 8:00 am:
Registration Check-in, Breakfast (included), Networking
Morning/Part of Afternoon (after lunch):
Awesome informational, 8-15 minute speed talks with Q&A to get awareness, thoughts, and long-term conversations started
Noon:
Lunch (included) + Keynotes
Visioning Framework:
Introduction to the visioning methodology we will tap into for the afternoon group sessions
Afternoon Group Session:
Group-based, interactive, breakout discussions facilitated by subject matter experts where each group creates their vision of what we should look like as a community by the year 2030
4:30 pm:
End of event
After The Event:
1) Steering committee compiles the actionable and measurable Master 2-, 5-, and 10-year Plan
2) Call for participants to join Working Groups
3) Working Groups take ownership of executing the Master 2-, 5-, and 10-year Plan
Talk Titles
The hidden talent pool
The systemic factors
The data we must be aware of
HR practices and human capital trends
Implicit bias / race / socio-economic policies
Housing
Bridging education, policy, & business
Youth pipeline and employment as a poverty buster
The education components
How do you talk/hire/interact with the various hidden talent groups
Funding sources and resources (e.g. Marshall Plan, Apprenti, MI Bright Future)
Place based education
Affordability
Policy
A.L.I.C.E. Data
Career pathways & lifelong learning
Businesses must be involved and at the table
Equity and disparities
Educated worker of the future
Community based solutions
Hidden talent pool success stories
Community based solutions
Outcomes:
At The Event:
Comprehensive understanding of the workforce issues affecting our state
Interactions and networking with professionals from business owners, leaders, employees, educators, policy-makers, economic and social services organizations, and members of the hidden talent pool
Group-generated, sustainable and actionable year 2030 vision of a Workforce Pipeline Strategic Plan that spells out our collective vision and commitments for solving the workforce pipeline problem in our community
After The Event:
2-, 5-, 10-year Workforce Pipeline Strategic Master Plan with actionable and measurable outcomes created by the Steering Committee
Quarterly updates provided by the working groups that are executing the Master Plan
A strong, local workforce and community
An actively employed hidden talent pool
Economic sustainability and success for our businesses and our residents
Key Note Speakers
State of Michigan Governor
Keynote #1: Governor Gretchen Whitmer
Former CIO & VP @ Duo Security
Keynote #2: Raffaele Mautone
Speakers
Listen to, learn from, and interact with our spectacular speaker lineup!
United Way | CEO
Pam Smith
U of Michigan Ginsberg Center | Director
Mary Jo Callan
Washtenaw Intermediate School District | Superintendent
Dr. Scott Menzel
Washtenaw County Community & Economic Development | Director
Teresa Gillotti
Workforce Intelligence Network | Executive Director
Michele Ureste
We The People Growers Association | Executive Director
Melvin Parson
Michigan Works Southeast | Deputy Director
Shamar Herron
Golden Limousine | CEO
Sean Duval
Washtenaw Community College | President
Dr. Rose Bellanca
Eastern Michigan University | Professor & Director
Decky Alexander
Washtenaw Community College | Dean
Brandon Tucker
Workforce Intelligence Network | Senior Research Manager
Michelle Wein
U of Michigan | PhD Student
Mollie Bush
Washtenaw Intermediate School District | Director
Scott Heister
Amesite | CEO
Dr. Ann Marie Sastry
Washtenaw Community College | VP
Dr. Michelle Mueller
Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition | Director
Dr. Ethan Lowenstein
Washtenaw Community College | Director
Shelly Zervos
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital | President
Bill Manns
Graphic Recording
Brittany Barnhart will create a series of large illustrations (approximately 36″ x 60″ each) that synthesize, summarize, and preserve in a visual format, the valuable information we will learn and engage with from our speakers.
Visioning Framework for Group Sessions
Paul Saginaw is the co-Founder of Zingerman’s and an expert in strategic visioning, especially in transitions. He will help us set the framework of how we will determine our vision of what we want our community to look like when 2030 arrives.
Group Session Co-Facilitators
Our co-facilitators will play an important role in our afternoon group session at fostering dialog, providing a guiding hand, and helping each of the groups formulate their vision of what we should look like as a workforce based community in 2030 (which the steering committee will break down into a master 2-, 5-, and 10-year plan).
Many of our speakers will also be joining the wonderful team below as co-facilitators.
If you are interested in being a co-facilitator: email us!
Neel Hajra
Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation
Jeff Irwin
Yodit Mesfin-Johnson
Linette Lao
Phil Santer
Millie Chu
Amy Cell
Susan Pollay
Andy LaBarre
Nell Dority
Angela Barbash
Jessica A.S. Letaw
Lauren Beriont
Kai Peter Stabell
Consortium for Conversational Conflict Resolution
Amy Goodman
Tonya Kneff
Dilip Das
Ida Abdalkhani
Chuck Warpehoski
Former A2 City Council
Brooke Boyle
Barbara Koenig
Register now, or even better, join the A2Y Regional Chamber and enjoy a reduced registration fee for the Workforce Pipeline Summit.