| 7:30 a.m.
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Registration and Continental Breakfast
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Plenary Presentation
Senator Florence Shapiro
Karen Rue - Superintendent of Northwest ISD
Jeff Turner - Superintendent of Coppell ISD |
| 9:45 a.m. |
Breakout Sessions "The Beginning of the
Journey through the Pipeline"
Session 1 - "Transition Models:
Preventing the Leaks in the Pipeline"
Yasmin Bhatia - CEO of Uplift Education
Kyle Richardson -
Principal, Woodrow
Wilson High School, Dallas ISD
Kathy Scherler - Program Development Specialist, Woodrow Wilson High School,
Dallas ISD
Claudia Morrell - Chief Operations Officer, NAPE (National
Alliance for Partnerships in
Equity)
Session 2 - "Not your Mama's Vocational
Education: Career Technical Education"
Wes Cunningham - CTE
Director and Principal of Frisco ISD
Janet McDade - Principal, Ben Barber Career Technology
Academy, Mansfield ISD
Jan Bray - Executive Director, Association of Career
Technical Education
Session 3 - "What about Students with Disabilities"
Yvonne Davis - Program Specialist for
Transition Services, Richardson ISD
Alexa Taylor - Altshuler Learning Enhancement Center, SMU
Jim Leonard - Pepsico |
| 11:15 a.m. |
Breakout Sessions " Moving through the
Pipeline to Post-Secondary Education"
Session 1 - "The Community
College Role in Plugging the Leaks"
Ann Beheler - Executive Director of Emerging Technology and
Grants,
Collin County Community College
Mary Brumbach - Executive Director of Strategic Funding,
Collin County Community College
Chris Darville - Adjunct Professor,
Department of Education Policy and Leadership, SMU
Session 2 - "A Stronger Nation and
College Completion Issues"
Alison Griffin -
Principal, Miles above Strategies
Michael McLendon - Associate Dean,
Simmons School of Education & Human Development, SMU
Raymund Paredes - Commissioner, Higher Education
Coordinating Board
Session 3 - "Bridges from Post-Secondary to Pre-K-12"
Tammy Richards -
CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star,
Former Associate Dean of
Operations, Finance, Enrollment,
Marketing and Communications, Lyle School of Engineering, SMU
Nikki Hanegan -
STEM Education Researcher/Former Director, Center for STEM Education
and
Research,
The University of Texas at Dallas
Adriana Gomez - Middle School Math Program, Dallas County
Community College District |
| 12:30 p.m. |
Plated Lunch |
| 1:15 p.m. |
Breakout Sessions " Moving through the
Pipeline to Post-Secondary Education"
Session 1 - "The Workforce
Voice"
Ken Fenoglio - Vice President, AT&T University
Andrea
Glispie - Senior Regional Field Director, Central
National Skills Coalition
Laurie Larrea - President, Workforce Solutions, Greater
Dallas
Session 2 - "Investing in a Stronger
Pipeline: Foundations and Non-Profits"
Dee Chambliss - Program
Officer, Educate Texas, Communities Foundations of Texas
Todd Williams - Executive Director, Commit! Dallas
Adrianna Cuellar Rojas -
Senior Program Specialist, Meadows Foundation
Session 3 - "Creating a Village"
Regina Nippert - Director, Center for
Communities and Education, SMU
Cindy Floyd - Existing Business/Workforce Development
Director, Longview Economic
Development Corporation
Kelly Kinsey -
Youth Career Development Director, Longview Economic Development Corporation
Michael McFarland - Superintendent, Lancaster ISD |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Final Session "A Call to Action"
The Honorable Mike Rawlings - Mayor, City of Dallas
Ann Smisko - Chief Academic Officer, Dallas ISD
Ann Pomykal - Director of the Texas Instruments Foundation
Carl Sewell - Sewell Automotive Companies |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Adjournment |