Future Building Summit

IMPACT ED: How Community College Entrepreneurship Creates Equity & Prosperity 

Pre-summit survey results of challenges and opportunities and brief highlights on each topic from NACCE’s renown podcast guests with listeners in 350 U.S. cities and 27 countries and growing

Inequality - from Reality to Opportunity

• Dr. Andy Gold, Professor, Hillsborough Community College (FL) 
• Devotera Hill, Student Entrepreneur (AZ)
• Dave Zasada, Vice President, Education & CSR, Intuit

Mindset - from Stuck to Action

• Jason Hendricks, Student Entrepreneur (FL)
• Beth Kerly, Professor, Hillsborough Community College (FL) 
• Dana Swenson, Student Entrepreneur (FL)

Purpose - from Partnership to Progress

• Beth Colosimo, Executive Director, The Mill Entrepreneurship Center and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses (GS10KSB), Salt Lake City Community College (UT)
• Dr. Gene Coulson, Executive Director, EntreEd (WV)
• Dr. John Rainone, President, Dabney S. Lancaster Community College (VA)

IMPACT ED: How Community College Entrepreneurship Creates Equity & Prosperity 

Pre-summit survey results of challenges and opportunities and brief highlights on each topic from NACCE’s renown podcast guests with listeners in 350 U.S. cities and 27 countries and growing.

Accelerate - from Upskilling to Influencing 

• Dr. Sharon Pierce, President, Minneapolis Community & Technical College (MN)
• Dr. Steve Schulz, President, North Iowa Area Community College (IA)
• Dr. Betty Young, President, Hocking College (OH)

Community - from Static to Catalyst

• Judith Hogan, Dean, Business, Legal Studies & Public Services, Middlesex Community College (MA)
• Colin Lacy, Vice President of Community Partnerships, Citizen Schools
• Dr. Arlene Rodriguez, Interim Provost, Middlesex Community College (MA)
• Dr. Stephanie Santoso, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Citizen Schools

Transformation - from Trial to Expansion

• Dr. Rebecca Corbin, President & CEO, NACCE (NC)
• Phil Weilerstein, President & CEO, VentureWell (MA)
• Chip Weismiller, Founder, Everyday Entrepreneur Venture Fund 
• Stuart Weismiller, Founder, Everyday Entrepreneur Venture Fund

Future Building through Ecosystems

Ecosystem Building: Leveraging Existing Assets, Being Inclusive & Amplifying Impact through Entrepreneurship

Keynote

• Philip Gaskin, Vice President, Entrepreneurship, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (MO)

Reflections Roundtable | Q&A from the Audience

• Dr. Rebecca Corbin, President & CEO, NACCE (OH) | Moderator
• Dr. Eugene Giovannini, Chancellor, Tarrant County College District (TX)
• Deborah Hoover, President, Burton D. Morgan Foundation (OH)

Ideating on Solutions

• Bryan Mattimore, Author & Co-Founder, The Growth Engine Innovation Agency

Panel Discussions | Ideating Solutions & Connecting Existing Resources

Funders & Industry Panels: From Assets to Action

Panel 1

• Carlene Cassidy, Chief Executive Officer, Philip E. & Carole R. Ratcliffe Foundation (MD)
• Erica Lock, Vice President, Blackstone Foundation (NY)
• Thom Ruhe, President & CEO, NC IDEA Foundation (NC)

Panel 2

• Kaitlin Davis, Manager, Social Innovation, CSR, Verizon (NJ)
• Lisa MacDougall, Principal, Philanthropy & Social Impact, BDT & Company, LLC (IL)
• Lydia Logan, Vice President of Education and Skills, IBM (DC)
• Tiffany Eubanks Saunders, Managing Director, Head of Diverse Segments, Private Bank Business, Bank of America (TN)

Elected Office Panel: The Opportunity for Transformation

• Dr. Mary Churchill, Academic, Author & Innovator, Mary L. Churchill Consulting (DC)
• Elaine Marshall, Secretary of State, North Carolina (NC)
• James Roberson, Representative, North Carolina General Assembly (NC)

Policy Solutions Panel: Designing for Success with Live Ideation 

• Renee Johnson, Senior Advisor, Public Private Strategies (DC)
• Tom Downs, Principal, Downs Government Affairs (DC)
• Veronica Pugin, Senior Policy Advisor, Small Business Administration (DC)

Closing

• Andy Stoll, Senior Program Officer, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (MO)

Future Building Summit Press Conference

• Dr. Rebecca Corbin, President & CEO, NACCE (NC)
• Renee Johnson, Senior Advisor, Public Private Strategies (DC)
• Dr. Sharon Pierce, President, Minneapolis Community & Technical College (MN)