7:00am – 8:00am

Community Networking Coffee

7:00am – 8:15am

Registration

8:15am

Welcome
Mayor Mike Moncrief

Remarks
Commissioner Roy Brook

Introduction of Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D.
Devoyd Jennings, President, Forth Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce

Opening Remarks
Congressman Michael C. Burgess

9:00am

Workforce of the Future

• Mr. Sal Adamski, Business Development Director Workforce Solutions; Tarrant County Workforce Board

• Ms. Daphne Barlow, President and Chief Executive Director, Boys and Girls Club

• Mr. Eddie Griffin, Freelance Writer

• Ms. Cynthia Fisher Miller, Senior Director of Workforce and Education Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce

• Ms. Tacia Torres, Baord Member, Community Learning Center

• Ms. Deborreh Wallace, Customer, Industry and Government Relations Manager Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center

9:40am

Attracting Investment - Residential

• Mr. Donovan Wheatfall, Fort Worth City Council - District 5

• Ms. Tammy Pierce, Publisher, The Political Advisor

10:20am

Break

10:35am

Attracting Investment - Commercial

Ms. Alicia Fannon, Executive Director William Mann Jr. Community Development Corporation

11:15am

Encouraging Entrepreneurship

Mr. Monte Elliott, Chairman Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce

11:45am

Building Communities and Changing Perceptions

Mr. Bill Schwennsen, President, Schwennsen Financial

12:25pm

Lunch

1:00pm

Luncheon Address
Mr. Roy O. Priest, Chairman, YouthBuild USA; Former CEO of National Congress for Community Economic Development; Director for Community Development, US Department of Housing and Urban Development (Washington, DC)

1:30pm – 2:00pm

Summary and Call to Action
Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D.