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Please join the Center for American Progress for a special presentation:


New Strategies for the
Education of Working Adults


Featured Panelists:

Brian Bosworth, founder and President of FutureWorks
Phyllis Eisen, Vice President, Manufacturing Institute & Executive
Director Center for Workforce Success, National Association of
Manufacturers
Dr. Jim Jacobs, Associate Director for Community College Operations,
Community College Research Center, Director, Center for Workforce
Development and Policy, Macomb Community College
Cheryl King, Director, National Commission on Adult Literacy
Thea Lee, Assistant Director, Public Policy, AFL-CIO

Moderated by:

Louis Soares, Director of the Economic Mobility Program

Mr. Bosworth proposes innovative changes to federal and state adult
education systems to help America better prepare working adults for the
21st Century economy.  The panel and participants will discuss:

*	new adult education tax incentives for individuals and firms;
*	a unique workplace approach to literacy;
*	and a revolution in the use of technology for adult basic
education.

Friday, December 7, 2007
Program: 10:00am to 11:30am
Admission is free.

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Biographies

Brian Bosworth is founder and President of FutureWorks, a solutions
oriented economic development consultancy. He has over 30 years of
leadership experience in higher education and economic and workforce
development as a policy-maker, practitioner, and consultant. Recently,
Mr. Bosworth has targeted research and consulting around issues of
post-secondary education for working adults, career credentials for
occupational education, and adult basic skill development. In
partnership with the National Governors' Association, FutureWorks
provided assistance to several states promoting postsecondary access and
success for working adults. Mr. Bosworth's paper: "A Demand-Side
Strategy to Meet Indiana's Workforce Basic Skills Challenge," helped to
shape the state's adult education and workforce strategy. FutureWorks
has also expanded its research and consulting with community and
technical colleges throughout the U.S., especially on issues related to
access and success (as measured by degree completion) for working
adults. Mr. Bosworth serves as an adviser to the Lumina Foundation for
Education.

Phyllis Eisen is senior vice president of the Manufacturing Institute of
the National Association of Manufacturers and executive director of the
Center for Workforce Success, the education, training and research arm
of the NAM. The Manufacturing Institute's mission is to tell the story
of today's manufacturing to the press and policy makers. The Center's
purpose is to find innovative workforce solutions for U.S. manufacturers
enabling them to compete in a competitive global economy. Currently, the
Center's work is focused on helping the NAM members recruit, train,
advance, and retain skilled employees and provide policy makers with
up-to-date information on current and future workforce trends in the
manufacturing sector. Initiatives include building a comprehensive
knowledge base and action agenda for good practices in workforce
development with NAM affiliates, and expanding business leadership
across the country to actively speak out and support policies that
expand educational opportunities aimed at building a competitive U.S.
workforce. The Center, along with the NAM, spearheads the national
manufacturing careers campaign Dream It. Do It. designed to change
outdated images of manufacturing and encourage young adults to consider
modern manufacturing as a career option. The Center also sponsors
GetTech.org, which prepares middle school youth for a technology-driven
future by encouraging them to take more math and science.

Before establishing the CWS, Eisen lobbied for the NAM on a variety of
business concerns as senior policy director.

Before coming to the NAM, Ms. Eisen was a consultant to the American
Motor Vehicles Association and Mack Trucks. Prior to that position, she
was vice president of the National Immigration Forum in Washington,
D.C., an organization that pulled together diverse ethnic, business and
labor groups around immigration and refugee concerns. She also taught in
the public school system as a high school social studies and special
education teacher for over a decade.

Ms. Eisen earned her undergraduate degree in political science and
education at the University of Maryland in 1964 and pursued additional
graduate work in public policy, political science and education at both
George Washington University and the University of Maryland.

Ms. Eisen serves on the Board of Directors for the National Center for
Education and the Economy, the Precision Manufacturing Association
Foundation, and on the executive committee of the Washington, DC chapter
of the Industrial Relations Research Association. She currently serves
on the Department of Labor's Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship. She
recently received the Harry S. Truman award for distinguished service
from the American Association of Community Colleges. Ms. Eisen speaks
across the country and in international forums on education and training
policy and is regularly quoted in both the print and electronic media.
She is a life-long resident of D.C.

Dr. James Jacobs is the Associate Director for Community College
Operations at the Community College Research Center, and the Director of
the Center for Workforce Development and Policy at Macomb Community
College in Michigan.

Dr. Jacobs is a national expert on workforce development and community
colleges. Currently, he is the Vice President for Partnerships and
Collaborations for the National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE),
a national postsecondary organization of occupational education and
workforce development specialists. For NCWE, he is one of the
coordinators of the Breaking Through initiative, which links adult basic
education to occupational programs at community colleges. He is on the
National Advisory Board for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership
(MEP) program of the United States Department of Commerce. Dr. Jacobs
has conducted many specific examinations of community college programs
at CCRC and for other organizations, such as the National Science
Foundation and the Ford Foundation. He has also conducted major studies
on the impact of new manufacturing technologies on skill requirements of
firms both for the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department
of Labor. He has authored several technical articles and papers in
community college journals and has been a regular presenter at community
college conferences and meetings. He is an editor of The Journal of
Career and Technical Education. 

Cheryl King serves as the Study Director for the National Commission on
Adult Literacy, an independent, blue-ribbon board representing business,
education, and government whose purpose is to advocate change and
improve adult education and literacy services in America. Prior to
working with the Commission, King held various positions in Kentucky
state government including Commissioner, Kentucky Adult Education; and
Deputy Secretary, Cabinet for Workforce Development. With the passage of
the Adult Education Act in 2000, King was named Vice President, Kentucky
Adult Education, with the Council on Postsecondary Education. In this
role King led Kentucky's adult education system through a strategic
reorganization effort that resulted in increased enrollment and GED
completions and more adults transitioning to postsecondary education.
King began her career as a classroom teacher and also served as a
principal and district administrator for the Owensboro Public School
District in Kentucky. She holds a doctorate in General Administrative
Leadership from Vanderbilt University and resides in Owensboro, KY.

Thea Lee is Policy Director and Chief International Economist at the
AFL-CIO, where she oversees research and strategies on domestic and
international economic policy. Previously, she worked as an
international trade economist at the Economic Policy Institute in
Washington, D.C. and as an editor at Dollars & Sense magazine in Boston.
She received a Bachelors degree from Smith College and a Masters degree
in economics from the University of Michigan. Ms. Lee is co-author of A
Field Guide to the Global Economy, published by the New Press. Her
research projects include reports on the North American Free Trade
Agreement, on the impact of international trade on U.S. wage inequality,
and on the domestic steel and textile industries. She has been named one
of Washington's top grassroots lobbyists by The Hill newspaper and has
appeared on numerous television and radio shows, including the Lehrer
News Hour; CNN; Good Morning America; NPR's All Things Considered and
Marketplace; and the PBS documentary, Commanding Heights. She has
testified before several committees of the U.S. House of Representatives
and the Senate on various trade topics. She serves on several advisory
committees, including the State Department Advisory Committee on
International Economic Policy and the Export-Import Bank Advisory
Committee. She is also on the Board of Directors of the Worker Rights
Consortium and the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Louis Soares is the Director of the Economic Mobility Program. Louis
brings more than 15 years of private, nonprofit and public sector
experience. He has worked as a nonprofit director, educator, policy
analyst, volunteer, and advocate across the fields of workforce,
education, and economic development. A leader in workforce development
and human capital issues, Louis has published articles and op-eds on
workforce and innovation. Prior to joining the CAP, he served as
Director of Business Development at the Rhode Island Economic
Development Corporation where he managed Rhode Island's business
attraction, export assistance, government contracting, and small
business initiatives from 2003 to 2006. As Director of Education and
Training for the Rhode Island Technology Council from 2000-2002, Louis
developed and managed a workforce training strategy for a 240-member
trade association, which included implementing education-business
partnerships at the high school, college, and corporate levels to align
with relevant workplace skills. He also was a small business consultant
with the U.S. Peace Corps in Romania in 1995 and 1996. Louis brings to
us expertise in state strategy and incentives for economic development,
adult literacy, and workforce development. He holds a Master's Degree in
Public Administration from Harvard University and a Bachelor's Degree in
Business Economics from Brown University. He lives with his wife,
Elizabeth, in Alexandria, VA and enjoys travel books.

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