
Thank you to all our breakout session speakers for joining us at the Good Jobs Summit on June 21st, 2022.
Fireside Chat: Defining and Measuring Good Jobs
Rachel Korberg | @RachelKorberg
Executive Director
Families & Workers Fund
Alex Hertel Fernandez
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research & Evaluation
U.S. Department of Labor
Good Jobs in Federal Investments
Moderator:
Teresa Acuna
Deputy Director, Good Jobs Initiative
U.S. Department of Labor
Panelists:
Betony Jones
Senior Advisor for Workforce
U.S. Department of Energy
David Langdon
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Policy & Strategic Planning
U.S. Department of Commerce
Paige Shevlin
Strategic Advisor for Infrastructure Workforce Development
U.S. Department of Transportation
Building Cross Sector Partnerships for Good Jobs with Government, Labor, and Business
Moderator:
Katelyn Walker Mooney
Director, Good Jobs Initiative
U.S. Department of Labor
Panelists:
Kathleen Culhane
President
Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW)
Mike Monxhwedey
Jas Group Enterprise
Wayne Richardson
President; President and District 2 Commissioner
LIUNA Local 55; Essex County Board of County Commissioners
Saket Soni
Executive Director
Resilience Force
Equitable Pathways to Good Jobs
Moderator:
Wendy Chun Hoon
Director, Women’s Bureau
U.S. Department of Labor
Panelists:
Andrew Cortes
Executive Director
Building Futures Rhode Island
Twauna Hennessee
Community Outreach Representative
Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters
Lark Jackson
Chicago Women in Trades
Vennicia Kingston
CEO
Eagle Eye Post Construction Service
Willy Myers
Executive Secretary
Columbia Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council
Defining and Measuring Good Jobs
Moderator:
Alex Hertel Fernandez
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research & Evaluation
U.S. Department of Labor
Panelists:
Erica Bouris
Director, Economic Empowerment
International Rescue Committee
Mike Mitchell
Director of Policy and Research
Groundwork Collaborative
Kathy Stack
Senior Fellow
Tobin Center for Economic Policy, Yale University
Matt Walsh
Research Manager
Emsi Burning Glass
Jenny Weissbourd | @jennyweissbourd
Senior Program Manager for Policy and Partnerships
Families and Workers Fund
Community Collaborations for Good Jobs
Introducer:
Kim Brown
Senior Program Officer
Gates Foundation
Moderator:
Tyonka Perkins Rimawi
Senior Program Manager for Grantmaking & Community Engagement
Families and Workers Fund
Panelists:
Erica Iheme
Deputy Director
Jobs to Move America
Celeste Richie
Vice President for Workforce Development
Results for America
Emily Timm
Co-Executive Director and Co-Founder
Workers Defense Project’s Better Builder® Program
Workforce Development & Apprenticeship for Good Jobs
Moderator:
Ross Van Dongen
Accelerator for America
Panelists:
Aimee Durfee
Director of Workforce Innovation
Centerstate Corporation for Economic Opportunity
Chris Montgomery
Director
Syracuse Build
Brent Parton
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training
U.S. Department of Labor
Denise Turner Roth
President of Advisory Services
WSP USA
Ben Walsh
Mayor
City of Syracuse, New York
Melissa Wells
Special Assistant to the President of Diversity and Inclusion
NABTU
Working with Organized Labor to Build Good Jobs
Moderator:
Lynn Rhinehart
Senior Counselor
U.S. Department of Labor
Panelists:
Amanda Ballantyne
Director of the Technology Institute
AFL-CIO
Glenn Adler
SEIU
Jim Brewer
Director of Government Affairs
NABTU
Josh Sapp
Business Manager
IBEW Local 146
Edmund Wong
CEO
Culinary Academy of Las Vegas
Making Care Jobs, Good Jobs
Introducer:
Andre Oliver
Initiative Director
The James Irvine Foundation
Moderator:
Livia Lam
Program Officer for Future of Work(ers)
Ford Foundation
Panelists:
Amy Brooks
CEO
RCM of Washington
Daniel Bustillo
Executive Director
Healthcare Career Advancement Program (HCAP)
Marcia St. Hilaire Finn
Founder/CEO
Bright Start Earlycare Bilingual Center
Josephine Kalipeni
Executive Director
Family Values at Work
Haeyoung Yoon
Senior Policy Director
National Domestic Workers Alliance
Good Jobs ROI
Introducer:
Liz Diebold
Managing Director
Skoll Foundation
Moderator:
Chike Aguh | @CRAguh
Chief Innovation Officer
U.S. Department of Labor
Panelists:
Parisa Fatehi-Weeks
Senior Director, Social Impact Programs & Partnerships
Indeed
Bulbul Gupta
President and CEO
Pacific Community Ventures
Tom Hoelfel
Senior Director of Impact
HCAP Partners
Sarah Kalloch
Executive Director
Good Jobs Institute
Improving Job Quality Through Worker Safety
Moderator:
Andrew Levinson
Acting Director, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, OSHA
U.S. Department of Labor
Panelists:
Pamela Barclay
Health Scientist, OSHA
U.S. Department of Labor
Kevin Sell
Business and Strategic Executive
United Group Services
Jill Gregory
Regional Safety Manager
Harlan Electric Co.
Chris Breedlove
President
Ace Carpentry, Inc.
Brian Doherty
Secretary-Treasurer
Boston Building and Construction Trades Council