Several new participants have been confirmed for the CEO Summit on Capitol Hill, including a strategy session with Martha Kanter, Under Secretary at the Dept. of Education. Kanter oversees the nation’s post-secondary education agenda, and as such is an important ally for the Alliance’s workforce development, community college, and other initiatives. In addition to workforce development, [...]
Summit Spotlight: Darrell West, Director of Center for Technological Innovation at Brookings Institution
A core belief of the Alliance is that innovation and technological advances are key to solving the problems facing our country, a view championed by Dr. Darrell West, Director for the Center for Technological Innovation and Vice President and Director of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. (Note: West is among the speakers at our upcoming [...]
A PBLN Back to School Discussion: The Supply Chain to the 21st Century Economy – Workforce Development and Public Higher Education in Massachusetts
A PBLN Back to School DiscussionThe Supply Chain to the 21st Century Economy: Workforce Development and Public Higher Education in Massachusetts Hosted by Robert Beal, President, The Beal Companies, LLP Chaired by Gloria Larson, President, Bentley University and Chair of the PBLN Education Working Group Remarks by David Cedrone, Associate Commissioner for Economic and Workforce Development [...]
Health Care Working Group Discussion with Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. JudyAnn Bigby
The system is broken! Join a PBLN discussion of the road to an innovation-driven business and government partnership to contain healthcare costs and make health itself part of our shared vision of a sustainable economy. Featuring: Secretary JudyAnn Bigby* Executive Office of Health and Human Services and Jack Manning President, Co-founder and CEO, Boston Capital [...]
Reports of Life in the U.S. Capitol: DC Summit Report, Part One
We are just back from PBLN’s 4th Annual CEO Forum in the US Capitol. 115 CEOs, executives, entrepreneurs and investors landed on what many in business describe as “another planet.” Already reports are coming in from participants about the possibility of innovation in a place where you would not expect anything to grow. Venture Capitalist, [...]
Vision for a Clean and Competitive Commonwealth: A PBLN CEO Forum Hosted by Zipcar
Please join PBLN on February 15, 2011 7:45 – 9:30am Featuring Secretary Richard K. Sullivan, Jr. and Undersecretary for Policy David Cash from the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Zipcar CEO Scott Griffith Join PBLN at WilmerHale, 60 State Street, 26th floor, as the Patrick Administration’s top leadership on [...]
Education Working Group Meeting
Host TBD Register | Add to calendar At this quarterly meeting, Education Working Group will discuss how business leaders can get involved in education reform efforts. Speakers and specific topic are TBD. Chaired by Gloria Larson, President of Bentley University, this group has addressed topics such as Civic Engagement and Workforce Development. Their current focus is [...]
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