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Plenary Session: Innovating to Support the Workforce of Today and the Next Decade
9:15 to 10:30 a.m.
Panelists (learn more):
- Quintin Bullock – President, Community College of Allegheny County
- Robert Cherry – CEO, Partner4Work
- Erin Dalton – Director, Allegheny County Department of Human Services
- Petra Mitchell – President and CEO, Catalyst Connection
Moderator (learn more): Samantha Balbier, Director, Institute of Politics, University of Pittsburgh
Workshop Block 1
10:45 to 11:45 a.m.
Ballroom: The Future of Nonprofits: Leveraging Technology and Regional Networks for Transformative, Regenerative Impact
- Fred Brown, President & CEO, The Forbes Funds
- Emily Francis, Director, Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership
Lower Lounge: Community Partner Compensation: Strategies for Humanizing Payment Processes
- Maya Ragavan, Associate Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Research and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
- Felicia Savage Friedman, Co-Director, The Pittsburgh Study, and Founder and CEO of YogaRoots on Location
- Amy Snider, The Pittsburgh Study
Workshop Block 2
2 to 2:40 p.m.
Ballroom: Cultivating Successful Academic-Community Partnerships: The Role of CBO Research Capacity Assessment in CBPR
- Christine McClure, Senior Research Scientist, Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health
Lower Lounge: Pittsburgh Policy Initiative (PPI): the University of Pittsburgh's First Student-Run Think Tank
- Jaydep Halder, Frederick Honors College, Office of Community Engaged Learning
- Simon Wang, Frederick Honors College, Office of Community Engaged Learning
- Shanthi Bhaskar, Frederick Honors College, Office of Community Engaged Learning
- Raafay Khan, Frederick Honors College, Office of Community Engaged Learning
Workshop Block 3
2:45 to 3:25 p.m.
Ballroom: On the Ground with Community Partners, Researchers, and Residents: Learning from One Another to Foster Community Resilience
- Mary Ohmer, Associate Professor, School of Social Work
- TaMesha Jones, Program Manager, Sto-Rox Actes, Focus on Renewal
- Eszquire Harris, CEO and Creative Director, The TeaBrownSuga Network
- Crystal Sewell, McKees Rocks Resident, Participant, ReCAST
Lower Lounge: The Pittsburgh Hill/Homewood Research on Neighborhoods and Health (PHRESH)
- Tamara Dubowitz, Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
- Michelle Hunter, Research Project Coordinator, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
- Andrea Rosso, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
- La'Vette Wagner, Field Coordinator, PHRESH Project
Workshop Block 4
3:30 to 4:10 p.m.
Ballroom: Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework
- Linda Vincent, Office of Child Development
Lower Lounge: The Heart of Community Engagement: Exploring Respect, Reflexivity, Reciprocity, and Responsiveness in Practice
- Sharon Ross, Associate Professor, Department of Health and Human Development, School of Education
- Sirry Alang, Associate Professor, Department of Health and Human Development, School of Education
- Claire McLean, Department of Health and Human Development, School of Education
- La'Vette Wagner, Field Coordinator, PHRESH Project
- Goddess Johnson, Healthy Start, Inc.