2023 SPEAKERS
Eli Allen
Senior Program Director, Civic Works
Janel Bailey
Co-Executive Director, LA Black Worker Center
Christine Barrow, Ph.D.
Director, Education Strategy Group
Debra Carr
Chief Executive Officer, Job Opportunities Task Force
Edgar Castillo
Senior Manager, Workforce Development Systems & Policy, UNITE-LA
Cody Dorsey
Executive Director, Baltimore Digital Equity Coalition
Katie Gilbertson
Policy Analyst, Nevada Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation (GOWINN)
Johntel Greene
Director or Legislative Affairs, Maryland Association of Community Colleges
Crystal Griffith
Director of Workforce Development and Education, The Business Council of New York State
Drew Hubbard
Executive Director, DC Workforce Investment Council
Erin Macey
Executive Director, Indiana Community Action Poverty Institute
Yolanda Macklin Crewe, Ph.D.
Director of Operations-Career Education and Workforce Programs, Virginia Community College System
Sarah Miller
Principal Adviser, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity
Ze Min Xiao
Executive Director, Center for Economic Opportunity and Belonging
Christopher Montgomery
Director, Syracuse Build
Julie Parks
Dean & Executive Director of Workforce Training & Tassell M-Tec, Grand Rapids Community College
Chrissie Powell,
Chief Growth and Impact Officer, ByteBack
Dr. Ian Roark
Vice Chancellor of Workforce Development & Innovation
Pima Community College
Julio Rodriguez
Deputy Director of the Office of Employment and Training (OET), IL Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Aquilina Soriano Versoza
Executive Director, Pilipino Worker Center of Southern California
Randy Stamper
Associate Vice Chancellor, Career Education and Workforce Programs, Virginia Community College System
Marisol Tapia Hopper
Director of Strategic Partnerships & Funding, Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County
David Troutman, Ph.D.
Deputy Commissioner for Academic Affairs and Innovation, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board