WIOA Summit 2023
Welcome & Keynote Address
- Presented by: Juan Salgado
Breakout Session One
- Better Practices in Hiring & Retention Justice Impacted Talent – Part 1
- Presented by: Jeffery Abramowitz, CEO – Petey Greene Program
- Creating Robust Career Pathways: A Conversation with Major Industry Associations
- Presented by: Mitch Dickey – TRANSFR Inc., Lee Reese – St. Clair County Intergovernmental Grants Department, Sea Fitzgerrel – The AED Foundation, Sarah Hartwick – IMA, Karen Johnson – Aviation Technical Education Council, Terry Stroh – Northern Cane County Regional Vocational System
- Apprenticeship for High School Students Enrolled in the Secondary Transitional Experience Program (this session was only offered live)
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- Presented by: Tony Fuhrmann – – Madison County Employment & Training, Darlene Ladd- Madison County Employment & Training, Payton Drury – HR Director City of Collinsville, Paula Bradford – Madison County ROE
- Ability to Benefit: Illinois’ Proposed State-Defined Process (this session was only offered live)
- Presented by: Angela Gerberding, ICCB & Whitney Thompson, ICCB
- Building a Workforce in the Healthcare Worker Shortage (this session was only offered live)
- Presented by: Eric Alvarez, Grapefruit Health
- The Work-Based Learning Continuum (this session was only offered live)
- Presented by: Marci Johnson- ISBE, Tricia Campbell- ISBE, & Heather Penczak- Education Systems Center – NIU
- Talent Pipeline Management (TPM) (this session was only offered live)
- Presented by: Kim Kuchenbrod- Apprenticeship Illinois
- Plenary Session & Lunch: Passionately Preparing the Next Generation
- Presented by: Brooks Harper -Brooks Harper Enterprises LLC
Breakout Session Two:
- It’s not about just Hiring the Best & Brightest, It’s about Retaining Talent Part 2 (this session was only offered live)
- Presented by: Jeffrey Abramowitz- Petey Greene Program
Breakout Session Two:
- Why Not Work-Based Learning?
- Presented by: Lee Reese- St. Clair County Intergovernmental Grants Department
- Increase Your Outreach with Illinois workNet Tools(this session was only offered live)
- Presented by: Kimberly Heinisch, Carter DuBois, & David Garvey- Southern Illinois University Carbondale Center for Workforce Development
- Illinois Career Pathways Dictionary (this session was only offered live)
- Presented by: Laura Monteagudo- Education Systems Center at NIU
- Maximize One Stop Tools & Partners to Assist Immigrant Refugees (this session was only offered live)
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- Presented by: Eva Locke & Rason Grant- Education Systems Center at NIU, Suzanne Klauke- Township High School District 113 Adult Education
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- Paths to College and Career: Innovative Collaboration to Address Equity and Expand Workforce Opportunities
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- Presented by: Omar Sanchez, Martha Karaviti, Jennifer Brennan, Cristina Willard & Andrea Fiebig- Harper College, Suzanne Klauke- Township High School District 113 Adult Education
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- Tips and Tools to Connect to the American Job Centers: From Isolation to Integration (this session was only offered live)
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- Presented by: Robert “Bobby” Guzman & Gabriel Pérez- scaleLIT
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Breakout Session 4
- Applying Human Centered Design in a WIOA System
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- Presented by: Kaitlyn McGovern -Afton Partners & Linsey Gillery -Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation
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- Best Practices for Developing Registered Apprenticeship Programs Through Intermediary/Navigator Collaboration
- Presented by: Nate Carlson, Jamie Corda Hadjaoui -LWIA 23, & Bonnie Moore-Lake Land College
- Workforce Mobility (this session was only offered live)
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- Presented by: Beth Gonzalez- Pace Suburban Bus
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- Unifying One Stop Partners (this session was only offered live)
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- Presented by: Eva Locke & Rason Grant- Lake County Workforce Development & Suzanne Klauke – Township High School District 113 Adult Education
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- Overview of Adult Education Bridges and ICAPS and How They Connect to the WIOA Service Matrix (this session was only offered live)
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- Presented by: Angela Gerberding -ICCB
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- Supporting New Arrivals, Refugees, and Asylees in IL (this session was only offered live)
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- Presented by: Britt Pisto -ICCB
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- Climate and Equitable Jobs Act: A Model for Equitable Workforce Training (this session was only offered live)
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- Presented by: Brian Richard -Center for Governmental Studies Northern Illinois University
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- Digital Skill Divide
- Presented by: Amanda Bergson-Shilcock- National Skills Coalition
Breakout Session 5
- WIOA Partnerships (this session was only offered live)
- Presented by: Lee Reese- St. Clair County Intergovernmental Grants Department
- Taking the Lead on Allyship: OET’s Journey for Equity and Inclusion
- Presented by: Julio Rodriguez-Office of Employment and Training (OET) Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity & Jason Rebello – Firefly Inclusion Solutions, LLC
- Exploring the Future of Illinois’ Workforce System (this session was only offered live)
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- Presented by: Drew Thomason & Tonya Fry- KEB
- ROI on Sector Partnership (this session was only offered live)
- Presented by: Kim Kuchenbrod- Apprenticeship Illinois, Kraig Kistinger- NTS National Tube Supply, & Sheryl Morris- UNITE HERE Chicago Hospitality Institute (UHCHI)
- Autism Training and Technical Assistance Project (ATTA) (this session was only offered live)
- Presented by: Aimee Julian & Brittany Boston- Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support
- IDES Labor Market Information Websites
- Presented by: Tom Austin- Illinois Department of Employment Security
- State of the State – Awards Ceremony
- Presented by: Kristin Richards- Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Brian Durham- Illinois Community College Board, Carrie Thomas- Illinois Department of Employment Security, Rahnee Patrick – Department of Human Services – Division of Rehabilitation Services
