What: The Center for Rural Pennsylvania Board of Directors will hold a public hearing on rural workforce availability and population change. Hearing presenters will address strategies that workforce development organizations, economic development organizations, and employers are taking to recruit and retain the rural workforce considering shrinking populations in rural areas. This hearing will also highlight recent research that addresses ways that communities can help reverse population decline by engaging in revitalization efforts and attracting new residents to rural areas.
Who: The Center for Rural Pennsylvania Board of Directors
Senator Gene Yaw, Chair
Representative Eddie Day Pashinski, Vice Chair
Dr. Nancy Falvo, Pennsylvania Western University Clarion, Secretary
Mr. Stephen M. Brame, Governor’s Representative, Treasurer
Senator Judy Schwank
Representative Dan Moul
Mr. Richard Esch, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Timothy Kelsey, Pennsylvania State University
Ms. Shannon M. Munro, Pennsylvania College of Technology
Dr. Charles Patterson, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Ms. Susan Snelick, Northern Pennsylvania Regional College
Mr. Darrin Youker, Governor’s Representative
Expected Speakers: Dr. Michael Reed, President, Pennsylvania College of Technology; Kevin Sunday, Director of Government Affairs, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry; Carrie Amann, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Workforce Development Association; Patti Jackson-Gehris, Chief Operating Officer, UPMC North Central Pa., and President, UPMC Williamsport; Courtney L. Fasnacht, Executive Director, Northeast Pennsylvania Manufacturers and Employers Council; Darlene J. Robbins, President, Northeast Pennsylvania Manufacturers and Employers Association and Council; George Stark, Director of External Affairs, Coterra Energy; Hope Lineman, Strategic Advisor to the Chancellor for Workforce Innovation, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education; Mark Muro, Senior Fellow, Brookings Metro, and Tony Pipa, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Center for Sustainable Development, Brookings Institution; Dr. Bing Ran, Associate Professor of Public Administration, Penn State University Harrisburg; and Dr. Joseph Hafer, Assistant Professor of Public and Nonprofit Administration, University of Memphis.
When: Thursday, May 25, 2023, 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Where: Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
Livestream: senatorgeneyaw.com
Contact: Christine Caldara Piatos, Communications Manager, Center for Rural Pennsylvania, (717) 787-9555, caldarac@rural.pa.gov