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Leadership Middle Tennessee: Session I
September 17-18, 2014 – Rutherford County
Education and Workforce Development- MTSU and Rutherford County
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Session Chairs:
Richard Stone (615) 870-9985
Tom Keith (502) 551-0737
Patti James (615) 904-8207
Beverly Keel (615) 898-2578
Chip Hoover (615) 869-1483
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Session objective: To gather ideas about how Rutherford County is taking a multifaceted approached to developing its workforce at all levels.
WEDNESDAY:
1:00Hotel Check-in:Doubletree Hotel
1850 Old Fort Parkway
Murfreesboro, TN
Contact: Pam Little (615) 895-5555
Directions: Take I-24 east from Nashville to Exit 78-B; go 3 lights and the Doubletree will be on your left. Coming from Wilson, Sumner, Maury or Williamson counties, take SR 840 to I-24 east toward Chattanooga.
1:45Board transportation (Our transportation carrier for the year is Anchor Tours)
Transportation Sponsor: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations—U.S. and Canada Commercial Tire (Kurt Danielson) and Manufacturing (Barry Owens).
2:00Welcome to Rutherford County
Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce
Patti James – Overview of agenda in Rutherford County
What Rutherford County has to Offer
Brian Hercules, V.P. of Economic Development for Rutherford County Chamber
2.45Three-Minute Moment #1 –Diane Berty
3:00Board transportation
3:30“Post-Secondary Education in Middle Tennessee”
MTSU – Student Union Building
Faye Johnson, Assistant to the Provost for Special Initiatives
4:15Science Building
Dr. Greg Van Patten, Chair of the Department of Chemistry
5:00College of Mass Communications/Recording Industry Management
Beverly Keel (2014), Chair of Recording Industry Management
Room—Comm 104
5:45Board transportation
6:00Jeff Hendrix Stadium Club
Receptionwith Alumni and local officials at MTSU
SPONSORED BY: Johnson Controls, Inc. (Joe Bond-2015)
6:30Dinner
SPONSORED BY: Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corp. (Chris Jones and Ron Washington (2004)), Consolidated Utility District (William Dunnill), Murfreesboro Electric Department (Steve Sax)
Tom Keith (2014) –Welcome & Introduction of Alumni and Special Guests
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Special Guests:
Ernest Burgess, County Mayor
Mary Esther Reed, Smyrna Mayor
Sam Tune, Eagleville Mayor
Rep. Dawn White
Sen. Bill Ketron
Sen. Jim Tracy
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Patti James (2006)-Dessert Speaker Introduction
Catherine Glover, President, Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry/Tennessee Manufacturers Association
7:45Board transportation
8:00Doubletree
THURSDAY:
8:00Board Transportation (MUST BE CHECKED OUT OF ROOM)
8:15Saint Thomas - Rutherford Hospital
Three Minute Moment #2 –Gordon Ferguson
8:30“Primary to Secondary Education in Tennessee”
Breakfast Sponsored by: Saint Thomas - Rutherford Hospital
Moderator:
Tara MacDougall (2013), CEO of The Discovery Center at Murfree Springs
Panelists:
Bill Spurlock, Principal atOakland HighSchool (16 Career and Educational Pathways & International Baccalaureate Diploma Program)
Graham Thomas–Director of Community Relationship at TNAchieves
Amelia Bozeman, Executive Director ofBusiness Education Partnership
9:30Three-Minute Moment #3 –Meredith Benton
9:45Board transportation
10:00“Vocational Education in Tennessee”
Tennessee College of Applied Technology
Dr. Lynn Kreider, Director of TCAT Murfreesboro - Welcome
Carol Puryear, Associate Vice Chancellor for Instruction and Special Projects
11:00Board transportation
11:30Bridgestone N.A. Training Center
Three-Minute Moment #4 –Kurt Winstead
11:45“Cooperative Training“
Lunch Sponsored by: Newk’s Express Café (Molly Ann Trollinger)
Panelists:
Beth Duffield, V.P., Workforce Development, Rutherford County Chamber
Keith Hamilton, Manager North America Manufacturing Education Center (Bridgestone)
Dr. Marylou Apple, President, Motlow State Community College
1:00Board transportation
1:30“Cooperative Training”
Nissan N.A.Tour
Speakers:
Randy Knight, Vice President, Plant Management
3:00Three-Minute Moment #5 –Joe Bond
3:15Caucus-Susan Galbreath and Kevin Roddey
3:45Board Transportation
4:15Adjourn
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