Events
Tomorrow’s Workforce: Strategies for Appalachia’s Future
Conference Presentations and Resources
Conference Program PDF format (700 KB)
Conference Presentations:
The Changing Policy Agenda for Higher Education: Meeting Workforce Demands—Brian Noland, Chancellor, West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
PDF format (1.2 MB)
New Views for A New Appalachian Workforce—Tony Sarmiento, Executive Director, Senior Service America, Inc.
PDF format (1.8 MB)
Creating "Second Chances" for Economic Development—Elizabeth Williams, President and CEO, Roxbury Technology Corporation
PDF format (395 KB)
The Role of Workforce and Workforce Development in Site Selection—Dennis C. Cuneo, counsel at Arent Fox, LLP, and senior advisor to Toyota Motor North America
PDF format (1.6 MB)
Developing the Green Collar Workforce—Allan M. Gentry, Chair, Technology Department, Cleveland State Community College PDF format (1.1 MB)
Southern Company Workforce Development—Susan L. Rossman, Workforce Development Coordinator for Generation and Construction, Southern Company PDF format (1.2 MB)
Milestones of the WISE Education—Oguz A. Soysal, Chair, Department of Physics and Engineering, Frostburg State University PDF format (4.6 MB)
An Overview of RJLee Education—Gary Casuccio, Vice President, RJ Lee Group PDF format (670 KB)
Getting Youth to Go and Stay: Raising Levels of Educational
Attainment—Cassius O. Johnson, Director, National and Federal Policy, Jobs for the Future PDF format (1.9 MB)
A Collaborative Statewide Approach to Educational Attainment—Joni Webb Petschauer, Director, Western North Carolina Network for Access and Success, Appalachian State University PDF format (1.9 MB)
Collaboration Across State Boundaries: Interstate Strategies of the Tri-State Regional Workforce Alliance—Phyllis Casavant, Director of Career and Workforce Development, Southeast Tennessee Development District PDF format (1.3 MB)
Reaching Out, Reaching Beyond, Reaching Ahead: Building a Competitive Workforce for the Jobs of the Future—Domenico Parisi, Director, National Strategic Planning and Analysis Research Center, Mississippi State University PDF format (2.2 MB)
Tomorrow's Workforce: Strategies for Appalachia's Future—Sharon L. Phillips, Workforce Development Specialist, WORKFORCE West Virginia PDF format (800 KB)
Reading the Tea Leaves: Divining the Needs of the Workforce— Terrance E. Suarez, President, Mountain Empire Community College PDF format (300 KB)
Corporate Responsibility and Diversity—Vyrone Cravanas, Manager of Employee Relations and Diversity Development, Tennessee Valley Authority PDF format (210 KB)
Programming Design and Development—Bobbie L. Krause, Director, Even Start/Migrant Even Start Family Literacy Program PDF format (140 KB)
Tools for Managing, Retaining & Training an Aging Healthcare Workforce—Diane Spokus, Faculty Member, College of Health and Human Development, Pennsylvania State University
PDF format (460 KB)
Star Academy Program: A Dropout Prevention Solution— Michael R. Robinson, Co-Designer, Star Academy
PDF format (595 KB)
Conference Resources:
Diversity and Recruiting Resources PDF format (140 KB)
Just the Facts! PDF format (105 KB)
Education Attainment Resources PDF format (210 KB)
Role of the Workforce in Site Selection PDF format (130 KB)
Workforce Development Resources PDF format (180 KB)
ARC Education and Training Projects, Fiscal Year 2003–present Excel file (615 KB)
ERIC Dropout Research PDF format (45 KB)
ERIC Dropout Programs PDF format (46 KB)
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