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Message From: Sent: To: Subject: Karen Czarnecki [events@mercatus.gmu.edu] 5/11/2018 12:24:49 PM Bolen, Brittany [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=31e872a691114372b5a6a88482a66e48-Bolen, Brit] Starting Soon: Debating Work Requirements, Work Availability, and Training Join uo in Rayburn 2237 to learn more about Farm Bill work requirements and why law labor force participation la problematic Email not displaying correctly? View It in your browser. Why Are There So Many Open Jok^ So Many Americans Without Jobs? Policy Solutions: Work Requirements, Work Availability, and Training Please join us at 10am in Rayburn 2237 as experts discuss work requirements, work availability, training, and how these topics effect current policy debates such as the Farm Biii and Senator Sanders' guaranteed jobs proposal. Each month, there are hundreds of thousands of open jobs in the U.S., and yet there are millions of Americans who do not have a job. Many have given up looking for work. Click here to learn more. Event Details TODAY, May 11,2018 10AM - 12PM Duck Donuts will be provided. Rayburn House Building Room 2237 Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 5 ED 002061 00083093-00001 Opt out of emails for this event in one chok. About the Event Panel 1: Examining All Angles: Work Requirements, Work Availability, and Education What are the benefits and limitations of work requirements, training programs, and subsidized work? How can we test such poiicies? Harry Holzer, LaFarge SJ Professor Professor, Georgetown University and Nonresident Senior Feliow, Brookings Jason Fichtner, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center Moderated by: Nick Timiraos, The Wall Street Journal Panel 2: What Can Help Americans Find Jobs? Expert panelists will share their experiences with locai workforce development programs and the major barriers they encounter in helping the public get back to work. Mason Bishop, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor Sharon Johnson, CEO, Shenandoah Vailey Workforce Development Board, inc. and Chairperson, Virginia Association of Workforce Directors Montez King, Executive Director, NSMS and Appointee to the President's Task Force on Apprenticeship Expansion Mardy Leathers, Director, Missouri Division of Workforce Development Moderated by: Vronique do Rugy, Mercatus Center Seating is limited, please RSVP here. For questions, please contact Jen Campbell at lcampbell@mercatus.qmu.edu or I Ex" 6 I About the Speakers Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 5 ED 002061 00083093-00002 Mason Bishop is the Principal of WorkED Consulting, LLC, a provider of workforce development and higher education consulting and management services. Previously, Bishop was the Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Employment and Training Administration for the US Department of Labor. He led nationa! workforce policy efforts and initiatives, oversaw key workforce investment programs, and assisted with congressionai reiations and legislative issues. Jason J, Fichtrter is a Senior Research Feliow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. His research focuses on Social Security, federal tax policy, federal budget policy, retirement security, and policy proposals to increase saving and investment. Previously, he served in several positions at the Social Security Administration, including as deputy commissioner of Social Security (acting), chief economist, and associate commissioner for retirement policy. Harry J. Holzer is a Nonresident Senior Feliow in Economic Studies at the Brookings institution and the LaFarge SJ Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown. He previously served as Chief Economist for the U.S. Department of Labor and professor of economics at Michigan State University. Prior to coming to Georgetown, Professor Hoizer served as Chief Economist for the U.S. Department of Labor and professor of economics at Michigan State University. Sharon Johnson is CEO for the Shenandoah Valley Workforce Development Board, Inc, and Chairperson for the Virginia Association of Workforce Directors. She has over 25 years of talent development experience working with the private sector, public workforce system, economic development, and community colleges, Sharon received her PhD in Human Capita! Development from the University of Southern Mississippi and her MS in Adult Education and Human Resource Development from James Madison University. Montez King is the Executive Director of NIMS, developing nationai standards and competency-based credentials in manufacturing trades. Montez is responsible for overseeing the administration, programs, and strategic plan of the organization, in October 2017, Montez was appointed to the President's Task Force on Apprenticeship Expansion. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 5 ED 002061 00083093-00003 Mardy Leathers was appointed to serve as the Director of the Missouri Division of Workforce Development in October 2017. He most recently served as Executive Director of the Center for Workforce Development at East Central Coliege in Union, Missouri, There, he piayed a key role in developing the statewide Community College Workforce Development Network and oversaw the college's business and industry training efforts, community education, healthcare career certification and WiOA programs. Hick Tsmiraos (moderator) is a national economics correspondent for The Wall Street Journal in Washington, DC. He has covered the housing bust and the government's response to the mortgage crisis, inciuding the bailout of finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, In 2008, he contributed to the Journal's coverage of the presidential election. He joined the Journal in 2008 and graduated from Georgetown University, where he studied government and American studies, Veronique do Rugy (moderator) is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a nationally syndicated columnist. Her primary research interests include the US economy, the federal budget, homeland security, taxation, tax competition, and financial privacy. Her popular weekly charts address economic issues ranging from lessons on creating sustainable economic growth to the implications of government tax and fiscai policies. She has testified numerous times in front of Congress on the effects of fiscal stimulus, debt and deficits, and regulation on the economy. She received her PhD in economics from the Pantheon-Sorbonne University, This event is free and open to the generaI public, This event has been planned in accordance with the widely-attended event exception to congressional gift rules and government ethics memoranda. Breakfast will be provided. Don't miss another update. Subscribe now. Donate n Copyright <&2h18, Afi rights reserved Oui mailing address is: Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 5 ED 002061 00083093-00004 6/iercatus Center 3 4 3 4 W ashington Blvcf Arlington, VA 22201 update subscription preferences j permanent opt out Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 5 ED 002061 00083093-00005