Industry Engagement Day

Speakers

Economic Development Leadership Forum

• Dr. Bryan W. Boudouris

  Vice President, Office for Research & Economic Development

  

• Bill Poole

  Finance Director, State of Alabama

  

• Greg Barker

  President, Economic Development Partnership of Alabama

  

• Justice Smyth

  Executive Director, Tuscaloosa County Economic Development Authority

  

• Blair King

  Director of Business Development, Alabama Power Company

  

• Ellen McNair

  Secretary of Commerce, Alabama Department of Commerce

  

Workforce Development Panel

• Donny Jones

  Executive Vice President and Chief Workforce Officer, Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama

  

• Gordon Martin

  Director, James C. Kennemer Center for Innovation and Social Impact

  

• Dr. Yolanda Page

  President, Stillman College

  

• Dan Blakley

  Associate Vice President, Economic and Business Engagement

  

• Dr. Chris Cox

  Vice Chancellor of Instruction, Research and Development, Alabama Community College System

  

Presenters

• Matt Womble

  Executive Director, Alabama Water Institute

  

• Mike Oatridge

  Executive Director, Alabama Mobility and Power Center

  

• Dr. M. N. V. Ravi Kumar

  Director, Center for Convergent Bioscience & Medicine

  

• Dr. Allen Parrish

  Executive Director, Alabama Cyber Institute

  

• Justice Smyth

  Executive Director, Tuscaloosa County Economic Development Authority

  

• Dan Blakley

  Associate Vice President, Economic and Business Engagement

  

• Joe Sanchez

  Director of Partnerships, Southeast U.S. & LAC, Techstars