BHEF Member Meeting (Winter 2015)

Monday, February 23, 2015 to Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Please note that the BHEF Member Meeting is invitation only
W Hotel
515 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20004

Meeting Materials

Advance Materials
Photo gallery from the meeting

Schedule Overview

Monday, February 23rd

3:00-4:15 p.m.    
Opening Program
Business-Higher Education Partnerships: Talent Solutions that Support Regional Economic Development

Panel I
Creating Business-Higher Education Partnerships for Impact
Facilitator: Wes Bush, chairman, CEO, and president, Northrop Grumman Corporation and past chair, BHEF
Panelists:
The SUNY-BHEF Applied Learning Partnership
•    Roger Ferguson, president and CEO, TIAA-CREF and chair, BHEF
•    Nancy Zimpher, chancellor, State University of New York

The Columbus Collaboratory
•    Mike Keller, executive vice president and CIO, Nationwide
•    Anil Makhija, dean and John W. Berry, Sr. chair in business, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University

4:15-5:30 p.m.        
Panel II
BHEF’s NSF-Funded Regional Higher Education-Workforce Partnerships: Promoting STEM Student Transfer and Success
Facilitator: Roger Ferguson, president and CEO, TIAA-CREF and chair, BHEF
Panelists:     
•    Djuradj Babic, director, School of Engineering and Technology, Miami Dade College
•    Joan Ferrini-Mundy, assistant director, Education and Human Resources Directorate, National Science Foundation
•    Gillian Small, vice chancellor for research, City University of New York
•    JoAnn Winson, program director, IBM University Programs  

6:00 p.m.       
Chair’s Opening Reception and Dinner

February 24, 2015

7:30 a.m.       
Breakfast

9:15 a.m.        
Plenary Session
Business Leaders for Michigan: Growing a Higher Education Marketplace
Facilitator: Hunter R. Rawlings III, president, Association of American Universities
Panelists:
•    Mike Jandernoa, former chairman and CEO, Perrigo and principal, 42 North Partners
•    Peter McPherson, president, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
•    Tim Sowton, vice president, Government Affairs and Public Policy

11:15 a.m.    
Learning Session
The Power of Data Analytics in Education and Workforce
Facilitator: Ryan Oakes, managing director, Public Service & Education, Accenture
Keynote Presenter: Armistead Sapp, executive vice president and chief technology officer, Research and Development, SAS
Panelists:     
•    Norman Bier, director, Open Learning Initiative and Core Collaborations and executive director, the Simon Initiative, Carnegie Mellon University
•    Molly Corbett Broad, president, American Council on Education
•    David Stevens, executive director, Jacob France Institute, Merrick School of Business, University of Baltimore

12:30 p.m.       
Lunch and Closing Remarks