TODAY - ‘Montgomery Moving Forward’ Coalition to Call for Radical Shift to Single County Authority for Coordination of Workforce Development in Montgomery County
Montgomery County Maryland sent this bulletin at 10/13/2014 07:10 AM EDT
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MONTGOMERY MOVING FORWARD
Mobilizing leaders to work across sectors to solve our biggest problems together
Media Contacts: Steve Simon, 301-836-1516 x3; ssimon@veandco.com Sharon Friedman, 301-404-0171, sfriedman@nonprofitmontgomery.org
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‘Montgomery Moving Forward’ Coalition to Call for Radical Shift to Single County Authority for Coordination of Workforce Development in Montgomery County
Diverse Leadership Group Calls for Accountability to Ensure Pipeline of Qualified Workers Will be Available to Fill Good Jobs of the Future
WHAT: In the face of data pointing to an unmistakable shortage of skilled workers over the next 20 years and too many residents unable to have and hold a good job, Montgomery Moving Forward will issue a “Call to Action: Fueling our Future with Skilled Workers and Good Jobs” that calls for a new accountability for a “jobs culture” in Montgomery County. With endorsements from scores of business, community, education and local government leaders, the group will urge elected officials to begin immediately to create a single workforce development authority charged with closing the gap between good jobs and the supply of skilled employees to fill those jobs that are essential to a functioning and thriving economy.
Montgomery Moving Forward is issuing its recommendations after 18 months of study and working together to find practical solutions to one of the county’s biggest problems. The Call to Action details specific steps to be taken over the next two years.
WHEN: Monday, October 13 – 9:45 a.m.
WHERE: Social and Scientific Systems, Inc., 8757 Georgia Avenue, 12th Floor, Silver Spring
WHO: Shirley Brandman, Member, Montgomery County Board of Education
Dr. Joshua Starr, Superintendent, Montgomery County Public Schools
Dr. DeRionne Pollard, President, Montgomery College
Dr. Stewart Edelstein, The Universities at Shady Grove
James Lynch, CEO, Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.
Marilyn Balcombe, CEO, Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce
Gigi Godwin, President & CEO, Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce
Haroon Mokhtarzada, Co-founder of Webs; now Vice President, Digital Innovation, Vistaprint
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett and County Council members have also been invited to attend and are expected to address the Call to Action.
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