Overview
The Project on Workforce at Harvard, Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), and the Education Design Lab are bringing together community college leaders from across the country for a day-long convening designed to strengthen colleges’ capacity to drive economic mobility and regional growth. Building on the research and findings in America’s Hidden Economic Engines, the event will facilitate deep learning and connections among community college leaders. It will be an opportunity to share best practices and develop joint solutions to pressing workforce challenges.
The convening will take place on Wednesday, July 24 at NOVA’s Annandale campus and feature a full day of programming. The morning will be dedicated to panel discussions with college presidents and other leaders on key topics, including establishing meaningful employer-college partnerships and leveraging industrial policy to drive innovation. In the afternoon, attendees will participate in workshops designed to develop evidence-based strategies to workforce challenges–such as leveraging real-time labor market information and new technologies, designing new financing mechanisms, and developing college leadership pipelines.
This is an in-person, invite-only event.
Date: Wednesday, July 24
Time: 8:30a - 4:30p
Location: NOVA’s Annandale Campus (8430 Center Drive Annandale, VA 22003), Ernst Community Cultural Center
Dress code: Business casual
Tentative Agenda
8:30a - 9a Breakfast
9a - 9:15p Welcome Remarks
9:15a - 12p Panel Discussions
9:15-10:15a Insights from America’s Hidden Economic Engines
Speakers:
Dr. Anne Kress, President, NOVA
Lee Lambert, Chancellor and CEO, Foothill-DeAnza Community College District, former Chancellor, Pima Community College
Bob Schwartz, Co-Editor, America’s Hidden Economic Engines
Kerry McKittrick (moderator), Co-Director, The Project on Workforce at Harvard University
10:15-10:30a Break
10:30-11:15a Building employer-college partnerships
Speakers:
Steve Jolly, Data Center Manager, Amazon Web Services
Dr. Chad Knights, Vice President of Information & Engineering Technologies, NOVA
Renee Haltom, Vice President and Regional Executive, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Kordell Williams, NOVA Alum and Data Center Engineer Operations Tech, Amazon Web Services
Joseph Fuller (moderator), Faculty Co-Director, The Project on Workforce at Harvard University
11:15a-12p Industrial policy and regional innovation
Speakers:
David Shahoulian, Director of Workforce Policy, Intel Corporation
Tracy Green, Vice President of Strategic and Institutional Development, Lorain County Community College
Margaux Fontaine, Senior Advisor for Policy Outreach, U.S. Department of Commerce
Bill Hughes (moderator), President and CEO, Education Design Lab
12p - 1p Lunch
1p - 4p Workshops
1-1:50p
Workshop A: Leveraging labor market information
Steven Partridge, Vice President of Strategy, Research, and Workforce Innovation, NOVA
Workshop B: Strengthening dual-enrollment
Dr. Paula Chrin Dibley, Chief Officer of Student Success and Strategic Innovation, Forsyth Tech
Dr. Jessica Lauritsen, Senior Education Designer, Education Design Lab
Workshop C: Connecting credit and non-credit offerings
Dr. Ian Roark, Vice Chancellor of Workforce Development & Innovation, Pima Community College
2-2:50p
Workshop A: Building student supports
Dr. Deidra Peaslee, President, Saint Paul College
Kay Francis Garland, Associate Vice President, Saint Paul College
Workshop B: Innovative financing mechanisms
Kenneth Adams, President, LaGuardia Community College
Workshop C: Developing college leaders
Dr. Rufus Glasper, President and CEO, The League for Innovation in the Community College
3-3:50p
Workshop A: Regional economic development
Dr. DeAnna R. Burt-Nanna, President, Monroe Community College
Matt Hurlbutt, President & CEO, Greater Rochester Enterprise
Workshop B: Addressing the Social Determinants of Work Through Education and Partnership
Dr. Michael Baston, President, Cuyahoga Community College
Workshop C: Leveraging AI and emerging technologies
Patricia Clay, Chief Innovation Officer of Hudson County Community College
4p - 4:30p Close
Travel Information
The convening will take place in Annandale, Virginia, conveniently located near numerous hotel options for those opting to arrive ahead of schedule or depart the following day. We have compiled a few options, below:
Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park
3111 Fairview Park Dr, Falls Church, VA 22042
Archer Hotel Falls Church
8296 Glass Alley, Fairfax, VA 22031
Homewood Suites by Hilton Falls Church
8130 Porter Rd, Falls Church, VA 22042
Directions to Venue
Northern Virginia Community College
8430 Center Drive
Annandale, VA 22003
Enter the Ernst Cultural Center, which will take you to the main lobby/atrium. Either go up the central floor staircase, or use the elevator just behind the stairs. At the top of the stairs is the Long Nguyen & Kimmy Duong Forum where the event is located.
Parking will be in a designated parking lot close to the building. More information to come.
America’s Hidden Economic Engines
This convening is inspired by the volume, America’s Hidden Economic Engines: How Community Colleges Can Drive Shared Prosperity, edited by Bob Schwartz and Rachel Lipson. To learn more about the book or to purchase a copy, please visit the Harvard Education Press website.