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FUTUREWORK: SPONSORS

31ST ANNUAL EMERGING ISSUES FORUM
FEBRUARY 8-9, 2016

We also encourage our sponsors to promote student engagement and offer many such opportunities to get involved. We thank the following members of our 2016 FutureWork Working Group for generously contributing a Forum ticket to allow a college student to attend the Forum:

Reuben Blackwell
President & Chief Executive Officer
Rocky Mount OIC, Inc.

Cari Boyce
Vice President, Environmental & Energy Policy
Duke Energy

Catherine Moga Bryant
Director of Governance and Strategic Planning, Division of Workforce Solutions
NC Department of Commerce

Sherry Carpenter
Vice President, Workforce Development Services
Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina, Inc.

Sandra Merkel DeJames
Head of Business Relations and Development
Novozymes

Gene Delsener
Senior Vice President, Investment Advisor Solutions
Fidelity Investments

Dan Gerlach
President
Golden Leaf Foundation

Tony Habit
President
NC New Schools

Jo Anne Honeycutt
Career & Technical Education Director
NC Department of Public Instruction

Hon. Verla Insko
Representative
NC General Assembly

Rajeev Jaswal
Senior Director, IT
Red Hat

Nickolas Justice
Executive Director
PowerAmerica Institute

Nichola Lowe
Associate Professor, Department of City & Regional Planning
UNC Chapel Hill

Hon. Floyd McKissick
Senator
NC General Assembly

MaryBe McMillan
Secretary/Treasurer
North Carolina State AFL-CIO

Jessica Mitsch
Director, Global Campus Operations
The Iron Yard

Jerry Pedley
President
Mertek Solutions, Inc.

Jose Picart
Executive Director, Raleigh Colleges & Community Collaborative
NC State University

Richard Purcell
Associate Manager
Public Consulting Group

Maria Rapoza
Vice President of Science & Technology Development Program
NC Biotechnology Center

Abdul Rasheed
Board Member
IEI National Advisory Board

Dianne Reid
President
Chatham Economic Development Corporation

Sepi Saidi
President & Chief Executive Officer
Sepi Engineering & Construction, Inc.

Jay Schalin
Director of Policy Analysis
The John William Pope Center

Patrick Woodie
President
NC Rural Center