Future Building Summit Agenda
Wednesday, October 6 at NACCE's Annual Conference
How Community College Entrepreneurship creates equity and prosperity
Convening innovative thinkers and doers from higher education and philanthropy with public officials and policy makers to chart a unified course of economic recovery and equity. The Future Building Summit will conclude our Annual Conference that convenes innovative thinkers nationally. We will use facilitated ideation and design thinking strategies to chart a new course of economic recovery and equity by leveraging the assets at community colleges.
Agenda
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
IMPACT ED: How Community College Entrepreneurship Creates Equity & Prosperity
Pre-summit survey results of challenges and opportunities and brief highlights on each topic from NACCE’s renown podcast guests with listeners in 350 U.S. cities and 27 countries and growing
Inequality - from Reality to Opportunity
- Dr. Andy Gold, Professor, Hillsborough Community College (FL)
- Devotera Hill, Student Entrepreneur (AZ)
- Dave Zasada, Vice President, Education & CSR, Intuit
Mindset - from Stuck to Action
- Jason Hendricks, Student Entrepreneur (FL)
- Beth Kerly, Professor, Hillsborough Community College (FL)
- Dana Swenson, Student Entrepreneur (FL)
Purpose - from Partnership to Progress
- Beth Colosimo, Executive Director, The Mill Entrepreneurship Center and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses (GS10KSB), Salt Lake City Community College (UT)
- Dr. Gene Coulson, Executive Director, EntreEd (WV)
- Dr. John Rainone, President, Dabney S. Lancaster Community College (VA)
Accelerate - from Upskilling to Influencing
- Dr. Sharon Pierce, President, Minneapolis Community & Technical College (MN)
- Dr. Steve Schulz, President, North Iowa Area Community College (IA)
- Dr. Betty Young, President, Hocking College (OH)
Community - from Static to Catalyst
- Judith Hogan, Dean, Business, Legal Studies & Public Services, Middlesex Community College (MA)
- Colin Lacy, Vice President of Community Partnerships, Citizen Schools
- Dr. Arlene Rodriguez, Interim Provost, Middlesex Community College (MA)
- Dr. Stephanie Santoso, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Citizen Schools
Transformation - from Trial to Expansion
- Dr. Rebecca Corbin, President & CEO, NACCE (NC)
- Phil Weilerstein, President & CEO, VentureWell (MA)
- Chip Weismiller, Founder, Everyday Entrepreneur Venture Fund
- Stuart Weismiller, Founder, Everyday Entrepreneur Venture Fund
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM CT
Lunch & Keynote: Future Building through Ecosystems
Ecosystem Building: Leveraging Existing Assets, Being Inclusive & Amplifying Impact through Entrepreneurship
Keynote
- Philip Gaskin, Vice President, Entrepreneurship, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (MO)
Reflections Roundtable | Q&A from the Audience
- Dr. Rebecca Corbin, President & CEO, NACCE (OH) | Moderator
- Dr. Eugene Giovannini, Chancellor, Tarrant County College District (TX)
- Deborah Hoover, President, Burton D. Morgan Foundation (OH)
Ideating on Solutions
- Bryan Mattimore, Author & Co-Founder, The Growth Engine Innovation Agency
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CT
Panel Discussions | Ideating Solutions & Connecting Existing Resources
Funders & Industry Panels: From Assets to Action
Panel 1
- Carlene Cassidy, Chief Executive Officer, Philip E. & Carole R. Ratcliffe Foundation (MD)
- Erica Lock, Vice President, Blackstone Foundation (NY)
- Thom Ruhe, President & CEO, NC IDEA Foundation (NC)
Panel 2
- Kaitlin Davis, Manager, Social Innovation, CSR, Verizon (NJ)
- Lisa MacDougall, Principal, Philanthropy & Social Impact, BDT & Company, LLC (IL)
- Lydia Logan, Vice President of Education and Skills, IBM (DC)
- Tiffany Eubanks Saunders, Managing Director, Head of Diverse Segments, Private Bank Business, Bank of America (TN)
Elected Office Panel: The Opportunity for Transformation
- Dr. Mary Churchill, Academic, Author & Innovator, Mary L. Churchill Consulting (DC)
- Elaine Marshall, Secretary of State, North Carolina (NC)
- James Roberson, Representative, North Carolina General Assembly (NC)
Policy Solutions Panel: Designing for Success with Live Ideation
- Renee Johnson, Senior Advisor, Public Private Strategies (DC)
- Tom Downs, Principal, Downs Government Affairs (DC)
- Veronica Pugin, Senior Policy Advisor, Small Business Administration (DC)
Closing
- Andy Stoll, Senior Program Officer, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (MO)