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