Pathways and Partnerships:
Building New Jersey’s Blueprint for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Mercer Community College Conference Center, West Windsor, New Jersey Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Agenda 8:00 – 8:45 Registration & Networking ‐ Atrium Workforce Partnerships and Pathways Conference: Gathering and Overview
Patricia Donohue, President
Mercer County Community College
8:45 – 10:15 Welcome Auditorium NJ Workforce Vision: Pathways and Partnerships Aaron Fichtner, Ph.D., Deputy Commissioner
NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development
NJ Blueprint Progress: WIOA Shaping the State’s 21ST Century Talent Development Vision Michele Boronkas, Executive Director
State Employment and Training Commission
Workforce National Perspective Scott Jenkins, Director
National Governors Association
WIOA Pathways and Partnerships: Opportunities for Transformation Brooke DeRenzis, State Policy Analyst
National Skills Coalition
10:15 – 10:30 Break 10:30 – 11:45 Working Session I – Choose 1 One‐Stop Operations Governance & Planning Youth Services Auditorium Room 213 Room 214/215 11:45 – 1:00 Lunch ‐ Atrium‐Dining Room Working Session II – Choose 1 1:00 – 2:15 Serving Individuals with Disabilities Performance Accountability Career Pathways Room 213 Room 214/215 Auditorium 2:15 – 2:30 Break Working Session III – Choose 1 2:30 – 3:45 One‐Stop Operations Performance Accountability Career Pathways Auditorium Room 213 Room 214/215 Closing – Wrap‐Up 3:45 ‐ 4:00 Auditorium Michele Boronkas, Executive Director
State Employment and Training Commission
Notes: 
Please save your lanyard and conference materials if you are attending more than one day 
There is no food or drink allowed in the Conference Center Auditorium 
Rest Rooms are located on the first and second floor of the conference facility 
An elevator is located to the left of the stairway, near the Rest Rooms 
Drink and Snack Vending Machines are on the second floor, near the Rest Rooms 
The Conference Center and College Campus are Non‐Smoking Pathways and Partnerships: Building New Jersey’s Blueprint for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Wednesday, April 1, 2015 Agenda 8:00 – 8:30 Registration & Networking ‐ Atrium Workforce Partnerships and Pathways Conference: Gathering and Overview Auditorium Michele Boronkas, Executive Director
8:30 – 9:30 State Employment and Training Commission
Patricia Donohue, President
Mercer County Community College
Aaron Fichtner, Ph.D., Deputy Commissioner
NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development
State Leadership: Talent Development and High Quality Partnerships Harold J. Wirths, Commissioner
NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Rochelle Hendricks, Secretary
NJ Office of the Secretary of Higher Education
National Leadership: WIOA Opportunities for Partnerships Richard Chavez, Employment and Training Administration Region I
US Department of Labor
Joyce Thomas, Regional Administrator, Region II (NY)
US Department of Health and Human Services
National Partnerships Panel: Criteria for 21st Century Success
Auditorium Moderator: Carl Van Horn, Ph.D., Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers 9:30 – 10:45 Yvette Chocolaad
National Association of Workforce Administrators
Martin Simon
National Governors Association Stephen Wooderson
Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation
Brooke DeRenzis
National Skills Coalition
10:45 – 11:00 Break
High Quality Partnerships: New Jersey’s Innovative Foundation
11:00 – 12:15 Moderator: Dennis M. Bone, Chair, State Employment and Training Commission Regina Barbosa
Career Works, Newark Alliance
President Ray Yanuzzi Camden County College Tammy Molinelli
Bergen Workforce Investment Board/North Jersey Partners
Sandra Bleckman
Retail, Hospitality and Tourism Talent Network
Lunch – Atrium/Dining Room
Auditorium 12:15 – 1:30 1:30 – 2:45 Working Session I – Choose 1 Serving Individuals with Disabilities 2:45 – 3:00 3:00 – 4:15 Auditorium One‐Stop Operations Auditorium Performance Accountability Career Pathways Room 213 Break
Room 214/215 Working Session II – Choose 1 Governance & Planning Room 213 Youth Room 214/215 Closing – Wrap‐Up
4:15 – 4:30 Auditorium Aaron Fichtner, Ph. D., Deputy Commissioner
NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development