ABEC Membership Meeting
Friday, August 23, 2019
9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Desert Willow Conference Center
4340 E. Cotton Center Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ 85040
AGENDA
The Business Case for Public Education Engagement
8:30 A.M. Check-in
9:15 A.M. Welcome & Table Introductions
Thomas Tyree, Yuma County School Superintendent & ABEC Board Vice Chair
Education
9:15 A.M. Where we are now: What we know and what we don’t know
Neil Giuliano, President & CEO, Greater Phoenix Leadership (GPL)
9:40 A.M. Engaging with our Future Leaders
Ashley Codispoti, Business Development Manager, McCarthy Building Companies
John Kovesdy, Project Manager, McCarthy Building Companies
10:00 A.M. The Business Case for Public Education Engagement
James Lowey, CIO, TGEN
Ted Maxwell, President & CEO, Southern Arizona Leadership Council (SALC)
Tim McDaniel, Senior Vice President Emerging Opportunities, TGEN
Bob Meyer, President & CEO, Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Mary O’Reilly, Vice President Bioscience Research Programs, Flinn Foundation
Lisa Urias, Managing Partner, CoNecs North America
Moderator: Dave Howell, Regional Director, State Government Relations, Wells Fargo Bank
and Chair, Education & Workforce Development Committee, Arizona Chamber of Commerce
11:20 A.M. Arizona Department of Education: Update and Looking to the Future
John Carruth, Chief of Staff, Arizona State Superintendent of Public Instruction
11:45 A.M. Luncheon
12:25 P.M. Luncheon Speaker: The Unbundling of Public Education
Rufus Glasper, President & CEO, League for Innovation in the Community College
12:50 P.M. 2020 Census Update & How you can help
Dan Dever U.S. Census Bureau Partnership Specialist
Brianna Hatchett U.S. Census Bureau Partnership Specialist
1:00 P.M. Adjournment
James K. Zaharis, Ed.D., Executive Vice President, Arizona Business & Education Coalition