Joint hearing on regional workforce development initiatives


Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee and
Senate Labor and Industry Committee

Tuesday, October 11 | 1:30 p.m.

Luzerne County Community College, Nanticoke


Agenda

Joint public hearing on regional workforce development initiatives

1:30 pm: Opening Remarks

Senator John Yudichak, Chair
Community, Economic & Recreational Development Committee

Senator Camera Bartolotta, Chair
Labor & Industry Committee

Senator Christine Tartaglione, Minority Chair
Labor & Industry Committee

Senator Amanda Cappelletti, Minority Chair
Community, Economic & Recreational Development Committee

Recognition of Members in Attendance

1:45 pm Statewide Perspective
Dan Kuba, Acting Deputy Secretary for Workforce Development
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry

2:00 pm Panel 1 – Education, Labor, and Business

Susan Spry, Vice President of Workforce and Community Development – Testimony
Luzerne County Community College

John Naldony, Training Director
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 163

Tim Evans, Owner
Colours, Inc. [invited]

2:30 pm Panel 2 – Chambers of Commerce
Lindsay Griffin, President & CEO
Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce

Michelle Mikitish, Executive Vice President
Greater Pittston Area Chamber of Commerce

Gina Suydam, President – Testimony
Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce

Jocelyn Sterenchock, Director of Economic Development
CAN DO Greater Hazleton

Mary Malone, President – Testimony
Greater Hazleton Area Chamber of Commerce

3:15 pm Final Remarks and Adjournment

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