COMMUNITY COLLEGE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
LAUNCH AND FORUM PROGRAM
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Lite Breakfast at 8:15 a.m.
Berkeley City College, Downtown Oakland, CA
Approximately 100+ participants that will include:
• College Administrators, Faculty, Staff and Students
• Government Officials/Leaders
• Energy/Building Industry Representatives
• Workforce Development Practitioners
• Funders/Foundations/Investors
• Community Representatives
• ECC national and local staff
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
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Berkeley College, 8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Speakers:
Denise G. Fairchild, President/CEO, Emerald Cities Collaborative
Gerry Hudson, Board Chair, Emerald Cities Collaborative & Executive VP, SEIU
Dr. Deborah Budd, Interim President, Berkeley College
John Rizzo, President, Board of Trustees, City College of San Francisco
SESSION 1: RE-IMAGINING AND RE-ENGINEERING A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY
This opening plenary session sets the frame for the day. It provides a “big picture” context for the
convening. The audience should fully understand the environmental, economic and social imperatives
for pursuing a clean energy/sustainable economy and understand the size and significance of this
undertaking. At the same time, the panel will define the opportunities inherent in this emerging green
economy and what it offers relative to the distributive benefits of a stronger regional economy with
new jobs, businesses, and community revitalization. Participants should discuss their role in
addressing the big questions and opine about the importance of building partnerships for problem
solving. The key focus is on how Community Colleges are important catalysts to America’s triple
bottom-line (environment, economy and equity).
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Berkeley College, 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
60-minute panel discussion followed by 30 minute audience think tank session.
Each panelist has 5-7 minutes for opening remarks, followed by an informal,
free-flowing discussion/conversation and audience participation.
Donald Gilligan, President, National Association of Energy Service Companies
Francesca Vietor, Program Officer, Environment, San Francisco Foundation
Stephen DeBerry, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Bronze Investments
Peter Goldstein, City College of San Francisco, Vice Chancellor for Finance &
Administration
Charles Neal, Energy & Environmental Sustainability Manager, Peralta Community
College District
Melanie Nutter, Director, Department of Environment, San Francisco Office of
Economic & Workforce Dev., (invited)
Key Objectives:
1. Identify the Bay Area’s Vision, Assets and Opportunities for Creating a High
Road Sustainable Economy.
2. Highlight the Community College’s sustainability commitment and
strategies for the campus and the larger community.
3. Lift up the importance of public-private-community partnership in
developing a regional strategy.
SESSION 2: WORKFORCE AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION
No matter how large the vision or grand the plan, the transformation to a clean energy economy will
not happen without a skilled workforce. In fact, the full capacities of our education and training
infrastructure must be re-examined and re-deployed to meet the technical, professional and
community education needs of this growing economic sector. This includes skills in planning, design,
manufacturing, construction and maintenance/operation for sustaining the built and natural
environment. This session explores the workforce and community education needs of the clean energy
economy (the demand), the training and support needs of entry level and incumbent workers (the
supply), and the various programs, partnerships and strategies to connect the labor market’s supply
and demand, including community college, apprenticeship and community-based programs.
Moreover, the role of community colleges in customer/community education is also explored.
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Berkeley College, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
60-minute panel discussion followed by 30 minute audience think tank session.
Each panelist has 5-7 minutes for opening remarks, followed by an informal,
free-flowing discussion/conversation and audience participation.
Dr. Michelle Fox, Chief Strategist, Education and Workforce Development, Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Elñora Tena Webb, President, Laney College
Patrick Mulligan, Director, CityBuild
Dee Patel, Community Green Chair, U.S. Green Building Council
Mike Theriault, Secretary-Treasurer, SF Building and Construction Trades Council
Carol Zabin, Chair, California Green Collar Jobs Council, CWIB
1. Highlight the regional demand for jobs in the clean energy and sustainable
development sector – building sciences/technology, natural/environmental
sciences, environment planning, organizing and development, and business
and marketing
2. Identify the supply side issues for connecting residents to the emerging
sector
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3. Establish the importance of labor-business-community partnerships for
ensuring job quality and job access
KEYNOTE & LUNCH PROGRAM, 12:00 – 2:00p.m.
Secretary of Labor, Hilda L. Solis, U.S. Department of Labor
José M. Ortiz, Ed.D., Chancellor, Peralta Community College
Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PolicyLink
THE HIGH ROAD IMPERATIVE: EQUITY AS THE SUPERIOR GROWTH MODEL
Economic Growth, Job Creation and Business Development without an Equity Lens are no longer a
moral issue. It is a strategic economic issue. Angela Blackwell will discuss the importance of
infrastructure investments and connecting low income communities to regional economy.
SESSION 3: GROWING AND SUSTAINING EMERGING GREEN BUSINESSES
If you didn’t know before, the current campaign season is trumpeting the role of small businesses –
from manufacturers, to contractors to retailers – as the linchpin to economic growth and jobs. And
indeed, much is being said about global competitiveness and whether or not the US can match up
against China, Germany and foreign economies, especially in the emerging green economy. So far, the
verdict is not promising, but both the realization and motivation to grow a strong business sector is
palpable. What can be done, therefore, to position the business sector, especially disadvantaged,
minority and women owned enterprises to enter into the growing market opportunities? What can be
done to spur new entrepreneurship? Community Colleges are keen on technical skill training, what
other strategies are needed to strengthen a sustainable business sector?
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Berkeley College, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
60-minute panel discussion followed by 30 minute audience think tank session.
Each panelist has 5-7 minutes for opening remarks, followed by an informal,
free-flowing discussion/conversation and audience participation.
Dr. Ross Gittell, Chancellor, Community College System of New Hampshire
Bernida Reagan, Director of Community & Client Relations, Merriwether & Williams
Mike Behrmann/Andrew Keller, Revolution Energy, LLC
Utuma Belfrey, Principal, Sustainable Futures, LLC
Peter Crabtree, Dean Instruction Career & Tech Education, Laney College
Mona Masri, Senior Vice President, Citi Community Development
Nina Robinson, Portfolio Manager, Inner City Advisors
1. Introduce and recognize the leadership of industry in advancing a New
[Clean] Energy Economy;
2. Increase audience knowledge and awareness of the various perspectives and
role of the building industry in the building retrofit industry;
3. Identify the particular challenges and strategies for connecting small, women
and minority businesses to procurement opportunities
4. Showcase the role of community colleges in starting and supporting the
growth of start-ups
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SESSION 4: SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Community Colleges are important institutional anchors in their communities. The resources and
capacities of administrators, faculty, students and staff are significant enough to catalyze the renewal of
even the most underdeveloped community, if they are deployed for that purpose. But understandably,
far too often the capacities of institutions of higher learning are singularly focused on their educational
mission to the detriment of the broader sustainable community development needs. Progress is
underway, however, to engage community colleges (and other institutions of higher learning) as
catalysts of community change. This session cracks to door to the role of community colleges in
advancing the research, policy, planning, development and civic engagement work needed to build a
stronger sustainable economy.
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COMMUNITY COLLEGES AS CATALYSTS FOR CHANGE
Brian Murphy, President of De Anza College and founder of The Democracy
Commitment
Berkeley College, 3:45 - 5:30 p.m.
60-minute panel discussion followed by 30 minute audience think tank session.
Each panelist has 5-7 minutes for opening remarks, followed by an informal,
free-flowing discussion/conversation and audience participation.
Antonio Diaz, Executive Director, PODER
Joshua Arce, Executive Director, Brightline Defense Project
Amee Bearne, National Coordinator, The Democracy Commitment (TDC), American
Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)
Lynn Galal, Manager of the Green Communities and Innovator Pilots programs,
PG&E
Ruben Lizardo, Associate Director, PolicyLink
Ryan Young, Legal Counsel, The Greenlining Institute
1. Highlight the broad-based regional strategies needed to move the Bay Area
into a low fossil fuel economy.
2. Define the region’s policy environment/challenges and opportunities for
achieving a sustainable future
3. Position community colleges as catalysts for broad-based sustainable regional
development – engaging faculty, staff and students in civic life and projects.
NETWORKING RECEPTION
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Berkeley College Atrium, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
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