NYCETC ’09 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY FORUM
Building Skills In The Economic Recovery & Beyond

SBS PRESENTATION FROM 09 POLICY FORUM 

JEANNE MULLGRAV, COMMISSIONER NYC DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Preliminary Agenda

8:30-9:00 am Registration/ Networking

9:00-9:15 am Welcome & Introductions
Rebecca Brown Cesarani, Interim Executive Director, NYC Employment & Training Coalition
Virginia Cruickshank, Chair, NYCETC Board of Directors/ Sr. Vice President, Employment, Career and Workforce Development, FEGS Health & Human Service System

9:15-10:45 am Perspectives from NYC: What are the New Bloomberg Administration’s Priorities for Workforce Development & Welfare-to-Work Programs in the Coming Year?
Robert Walsh, Commissioner, NYC Department of Small Business Services (invited) 
Jeanne B. Mullgrav, Commissioner, NYC Department of Youth and Community Development
Robert Doar, Commissioner, NYC Human Resources Administration

10:45-11:00 am Break

11:00 am-12:00 pm Perspectives from Albany: What Does the Paterson Administration Have Planned for Workforce Development and Welfare-to-Work Policy and Programs in 2010?
Bruce Herman, Deputy Commissioner for Workforce Development, NYS Department of Labor
Russell Sykes, Deputy Commissioner, Center for Employment and Economic Supports, NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance

12:00-12:45 pm Networking Luncheon

12:45-1:45 pm Perspectives from Washington: What Changes Might We See to Workforce Development and Related Programs at the Federal Level This Year?
John Twomey, Executive Director of NYATEP, President of USAWorks!, and Immediate Past President of the National Workforce Association

1:45-2:00 pm Forum Closing