PATHWAYS TO EQUITY 2021 - VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

Mike Hansen
President, Michigan Community College Association

Mike Hansen is the President of the Michigan Community College Association (MCCA) where he works with the State’s 28 community colleges to advance MCCA’s public policy agenda. Prior to coming to the MCCA, Mike worked for the Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency where he was a chief analyst for Capital Outlay and Community Colleges. His professional background also includes teaching in the public schools. Mike has a B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.A. from Michigan State University in Labor Relations.

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Constance Carroll

• Conference Opening with President Angela Kersenbrock and Board Chair Mike Hansen including an introduction to the CCBA’s new strategic plan
• Welcome from Host Sponsor, Seminole State College 
• Featured Speaker Presentation: Dr. Constance Carroll, Chancellor, San Diego Community College District
• Learning Sessions 1 
• Break and Stretch with Dr. Ben 
• Learning Sessions 2
• Break and Networking Raffle 
• Student Scholarship Award 
• Learning Sessions 3
• Day 1 Wrap-Up 

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Mark Milliron

• Opening Welcome, Day 2 Preview 
• Presidents’ Panel: led by Dr. Mark Milliron, Senior Vice President & Executive Dean of the Teachers College at Western Governors University
• Learning Sessions 4
• Interactive Networking and Wine Tasting Tutorial 
• Learning Sessions 5
• Break and Networking Raffle 
• Student Scholarship Award 
• Learning Sessions 6
• Meet our International Partners
• Day 2 Wrap-Up

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Chris Mullin

• Opening Remarks, Day 3 Preview
• Learning Sessions 7
• Featured Speaker Presentation: Coffee and Conversation with Dr. Tonjua Williams, President of St. Petersburg College, and CCBA President Dr. Angela Kersenbrock (use your complimentary Starbucks gift card to purchase your favorite beverage and join us for a casual conversation about the role of the baccalaureate in the community college). 
• Featured Speaker Presentation: Dr. Chris Mullin of Lumina Foundation will discuss the role of data in starting and maintaining high quality baccalaureates.
• Break and Stretch with Dr. Ben 
• Learning Sessions 8
• Student Scholarship Award 
• Learning Sessions 9
• Meet our Strategic Education Partners
• Day 3 Wrap-Up

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Anthony Carnevale

• Opening Remarks 
• Learning Session 10
• Break and Stretch with Dr. Ben 
• Learning Session 11
• Presentation of Pioneer Award 
• Learning Session 12
• Break and Networking Raffle 
• Featured Speaker Presentation brought to you by Platinum Sponsor EMSI: Dr. Anthony Carnevale, Professor and Director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
• Conference Wrap-Up

Dr. Anthony Carnevale
Professor and Director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce

Dr. Carnevale currently serves as Research Professor and Director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, a position he has held since CEW was created in 2008. Between 1996 and 2006, Dr. Carnevale served as Vice President for Public Leadership at the Educational Testing Service (ETS). While at ETS, Dr. Carnevale was appointed by President George Bush to serve on the White House Commission on Technology and Adult Education.

Dr. Constance Carroll
Chancellor, San Diego Community College District

Dr. Constance M. Carroll has had a distinguished career in higher education. In 2004, she was appointed Chancellor of the San Diego Community College District, after eleven years of service as President of San Diego Mesa College.  The San Diego Community College District is composed of City College, Mesa College, and Miramar College, as well as a seven-campus Continuing Education division. With a total enrollment of 105,000 students per semester, the district is one of the largest community college districts in California and ranks sixth in the nation.

Dr. Tonjua Williams
President St. Petersburg College

Tonjua Williams, Ph.D., became St. Petersburg College’s seventh president on July 3, 2017. A St. Petersburg native, Dr. Williams began her tenure with the college in 1986, rising through the ranks in a variety of academic and administrative roles. Dr. Williams leads St Petersburg College, one of the first colleges in the United States to offer community college baccalaureate degrees. Today the college offers more than 19 baccalaureate degrees in workforce focused areas.

Dr. Chris Mullin
Strategy Director Of Data And Measurement

Christopher (Chris) Mullin, Ph.D., is the new strategy director of data and measurement for Lumina Foundation, an independent, private foundation in Indianapolis that is committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to all.

Moderator: Dr. Mark David Milliron
Senior Vice President & Executive Dean of the Teachers College at Western Governors University

Dr. Mark David Milliron is an award-winning leader, author, speaker, and consultant who works with universities, community colleges, K-12 schools, foundations, corporations, associations, and government agencies across the country and around the world. He serves as Senior Vice President and Executive Dean of the Teachers College at Western Governors University (WGU), a nonprofit online university founded by 19 U.S. governors more than 20 years ago.