On Thursday, May 14, Superintendent Ronald Blocker will speak at the Tech-Ed-Nomics event along with State Attorney Lawson Lamar and Sherry Reeves, Executive Director of the Manufacturers Association of Central Florida.
This event will focus on the use of career and technical education as a catalyst for workforce and economic development. Special speakers and panelists will discuss how aligning education, business, government and nonprofit groups creates the right environment for job growth. Panel members include:
·      Gary Earl, CEO, Workforce Central Florida
·       Michel Champagne, VP of Operations, Bright House Networks Central Florida
·       Alvin C. Frazier, Vice President of Corporate Services, Orlando Utility Commission
·       Ray Gilley, President and CEO, Metro Orlando Economic Development Council
·       Greg Kurth, CEO, Family Services of Metro Orlando
·       Jim Lipscomb, Advanced Operations Project Manager, Northrop Grumman – Laser Systems
·       Ann Manley, Vice President of Grants, Dr. Phillips Foundation
·       Anne Peach, Vice President of Nursing and COO, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Orlando
This Event will take place from 8:30 am to 10:00 am and will be held at Orlando Sentinel Communications, 633 North Orange Avenue, Orlando at the Company Conference Room.
For more information, please contact: Stephen Henricks, Career and Technical Education, OCPS at 407.317.3200 extension 2780
Attendees are encouraged to park in the North Employee Lot (Colonial side of the main Orlando Sentinel building) and are welcome to park in any of the Sentinel’s employee or visitor parking lots. Please enter the building through the Colonial Street entrance (North lobby).
Media: Please enter at the Orange Ave. lobby and check in with the officer on duty. A Sentinel staff member will be contacted to escort members of the media to the site of the meeting. Members of the media are not permitted to walk unescorted throughout the building and Sentinel staff members should never be filmed or photographed without prior permission.
