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May 22, 2009
CBIA Selected to Attend U.S. Chamber Business LEADs Seminar in Washington, D.C.
The Connecticut Business & Industry Association’s Education Foundation was selected by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for a Competitive Workforce to attend the Business LEADs Institute, a three-day seminar in Washington, D.C., June 1 – 3. Selected for leadership in the community, an executive of CBIA’s Education Foundation will join 32 other business leaders from around the nation to learn how the business community can utilize its assets to drive positive transformation in communities across America in education and workforce training.
“Educating and training Americans for the jobs of the 21st century is essential to long-term economic growth in this country,” said Arthur J. Rothkopf, senior vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “This program will allow the business community to play an active role in improving student success and the United States’ ability to compete globally.”
The seminar, part of a $2.6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is the first of five Business LEADs Institutes which will develop and train a network of business leaders on education issues, and communications to empower them to be effective advocates for improving America’s education system.
“CBIA’s Education Foundation has proven to be deeply committed to the success of Connecticut’s community and its citizens,” said Rothkopf. “The Business LEADs program will provide leaders like Lauren Weisberg Kaufman, CBIA vice president of education and job training policy and executive director of the association’s Education Foundation, with the knowledge and resources to help prepare the next generation of young people for a rapidly changing world.”
The Institute for a Competitive Workforce (ICW) is the nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)3 affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. ICW promotes the rigorous educational standards and effective job training systems needed to preserve the strength of America's greatest economic resource, its workforce.
The U.S. Chamber is the world's largest business federation representing more than 3 million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region.
The CBIA Education Foundation is a nonprofit affiliate of CBIA, the state’s largest business organization, with 10,000 members. Its mission is to help prepare a skilled workforce for Connecticut employers through the development of public/private-sector partnerships in education and job training. For more information, visit www.cbia.com/edf .
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