Business, Government and Academia Partnerships: Paving the Way for the Region’s Economic Future
and Workforce Pipeline Event

Agenda

7:30am - 9:30am

Breakfast/Networking – Sponsored by CEG from 7:30am – 8:00am

Welcome

• Andrew J. Matonak, Ed.D., President – Hudson Valley Community College
• Congressman Paul Tonko, Representing the 20^th Congressional District of New York State
• Todd Shimkus, President – Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce
• Pete Bardunias, President and CEO – The Chamber of Southern Saratoga County
• Doug Leavens, Director of Career and Technical Education for the Washington – Saratoga – Warren – Hamilton – Essex BOCES
• Joseph P. Dragone, Ph.D., Superintendent of Schools – Ballston Spa Central School District

Opening Remarks

• Business:  Dennis Brobston, President –  Saratoga Economic Development Corporation
• Government:  Francis J. Murray, Jr., President and CEO – NYSERDA
• Academia:  Johanna Duncan-Poitier, Senior Vice Chancellor for Community Colleges and the Education Pipeline –  State University of New York

Panel Discussion/Q&A

Moderator: 
F. Michael Tucker, President and CEO – Center for Economic Growth

Panelists:
Bob Callender, Vice President – TRC
Daniel Pickett III, Chairman and CEO – nfrastructure
Christopher R. Dowd, President and CEO – Ballston Spa National Bank
Mike Ladd, New York State Education Client Executive – Cisco
Paul Madelone, Chief Marketing Officer – Millennium Communications LLC/Binary Communications
Dave Gross, Director, Manufacturing Technology - GLOBALFOUNDRIES

Closing Remarks

Joseph P. Dragone, Ph.D., Superintendent of Schools – Ballston Spa Central School District

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