Aug 26, 2014
Building Bridges Between Schools and Industry
Presented by: Dane County Business Council
Location: Madison Club (5 E. Wilson Street, Madison)
Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm
Join the Dane County Business Council for a summer luncheon that will feature a panel presentation on the Baraboo Success Story showcasing how their schools, municipal government, and local companies partnered to benefit high schools grads with great jobs and address a labor shortage facing area companies. You will learn about:
- Fast Forward grants for companies
- Key factors in forming partnerships between schools, industry and municipal leadership
- Successful methods used to form partnerships
- Understanding each other’s world to benefit the vision of economic development
- How to jump start the process for building bridges
- Challenges you will encounter and what to do
The panel presentation includes:
- Dr. Crystal Ritzenthaler, District Administrator, Baraboo Schools
- Lori Mueller, Director of Curriculum & Instruction
- Kim Meyer, Director of HR,Teel Plastics, Inc
- Todd Spencer, CAO, Flambeau, Inc.
- Landis Brozak,CEO, Synergy Metalworks, LLC
- Mike Palm, Mayor of Baraboo
- Scott Jansen, Wisconsin Dept of Workplace Development
- Gene Dalhoff, Madison Region Economic Partnership (MadREP)
