Regional Empowerment, Economic Growth: Accessing Technology in the Delta Region

Speaker Bios and Presentations

Welcome & Introduction to Program

Dr. Angeline Godwin Dvorak

President & CEO

Mississippi Technology Alliance / Institute for Technology Development

Monica Moman-Saunders, Chair, Borad on Minorities & Women

ASME International

Best Practices: Worforce Readiness

Moderator: Lynn McGee, Program Manager, Foundation for the Mid South

Panelists: Tim Stephenson, Founder & Director, East Program

Scott Cox, Industrial Coordinator, Louisiana Technical College

David Boliek, CEO, ExplorNet

Best Practices: Bridging the "Digital Divide"

Moderator: Monieca West, Director, Economic Development, Southwestern Bell

Panelists: Mike Stagg, Founder & Director, Digital Louisiana

Harris Johnson, P.E., Manager of Information Technology Outreach, Georgia Tech Economic Development Institute

Implementation Assets: Accessing State-Federal Resources

Moderator: Alan Branson, Vice President, Business Development,

Enterprise Corporation of the Delta

Panelists: John Edwards, State Director, USDA Rural Development

Jerry Foster, Regional Counsel, Economic Development Administration

The TEAM DelTA Project: Products, Processes, and Future Visions

Moderator: Dr. John Ahlen, Arkansas Science & Technology Authority

Panel: Sylvia Goldman, Project Director, Institute for Technology Development

Ann Guissinger, Vice President, Louisiana Partership for Technology & Innovation

Garrett Martin, Senior Program Officer, Enterprise Corporation of the Delta

Community Technology Strategy: Making it Happen

Moderator: Trent Williams, Principal, Regional Technology Strategies

Panelists: Stanley Goldsmith, Program Manager, Virginia's Region 2000

Dr. Louis Torntzky, Fellow, Southern Technology Council

Bringing it all Back Home

Dr. Angeline Godwin Dvorak, Mississippi Technology Alliance / Institute for Technology Development

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