2012 Community College Futures Assembly
January 28-31
Hilton WDW Orlando, FL

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Voices of Innovators
Saturday - January 28th 3-5pm

In order to kick off the 2012 Community College Futures Assembly theme of Leading Through Innovation, we have invited a guest panel of expert innovators in the fields of technology and aviation to share the current trends of innovations in their respective fields and how community colleges can play a vital role in these innovative endeavors. So join us for this all important Pre-conference workshop and learn from the Voices of Innovators.

Moderator

Kathryn Hund - Director of Workforce Education and Training, Kansas Department of Commerce and Board of Regents

Panel

Charles Johnson - Former President and CEO of Cessna Aircraft Company and has been an aviation executive, entrepreneur, and pilot with for over 35 years. Mr. Johnson is currently working on an electric hybrid civil aircraft. Mr. Johnson served as the President of Kansas Technical Training Initiative Board of Directors and was instrumental in the conception and construction of a $65 million business-driven technical college.

Rob Campbell - CEO of Voalte, has started five companies and worked at both Apple and Microsoft in the early days of Silicon Valley. He holds the distinction of working directly for Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford of the computer revolution. Rob is best known for his products - PowerPoint and FileMaker - both of which have reached their twenty year anniversaries.

Charles Harris - Managing Director of Sylva Ventures, has over 30 years of experience in
management, investment banking, financial and legal roles focused on using innovation to
drive business growth and shareholder value in public and private companies in a variety
of industries. Most recently, he led the successful growth, IPO and sale of semiconductor
manufacturer Intellon Corporation.

 

 
 
 
Voalte
Cessna

Social Media Panel
Sunday - January 29th 8:30-11:30am

Futures Social Media Panel is a panel of successful social media experts that will provide direction regarding current trends in social media and how community colleges can play a vital role in social media development and utilization.

Moderator

Lynda Womer - Associate Provost, Saint Petersburg College. Previously, Ms. Womer served as the Director of St. Petersburg’s eCampus. Ms. Womer currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Instructional Technology Council, an affiliated council of the American Association of Community Colleges out of Washington D.C.

Panel

Peter VanRysdam - Vice-President of 352Media Group. Author of Marketing in a Web 2.0 World: Using Social Media, Webinars, Blogs, and More to Boost Your Small Business on a Budget

Tim Cannon Ph.D. - EVP, Strategy & Alliances, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Dr. Cannon is responsible for helping guide HMH through the transformation to digital publishing and into new markets. He came to HMH from Microsoft Corp., where he most recently served as Senior Director of Business Management & Strategy for their $9 billion worldwide public sector division.


 

Social Media

Keynote Address
Sunday - January 29th 1:30-2:30pm

Gary Shapiro

President and CEO
Consumer Electronics Association


Gary Shapiro is president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, the U.S. trade association representing over 2,000 consumer electronics companies and owning and producing the continent’s largest annual tradeshow, the International CES®.

Shapiro led the industry in its successful transition to HDTV. He co-founded and chaired the HDTV Model Station and served as a leader of the Advanced Television Test Center (ATTC). He is a charter inductee to the Academy of Digital Television Pioneers, and received its highest award as the industry leader most influential in advancing HDTV. He focused on the need for and led the effort to obtain the 2009 cut-off date of analog broadcasting. Gary Shapiro

As chairman of the Home Recording Rights Coalition (HRRC), Shapiro led the manufacturers’ battle to preserve the legality of recording technology and consumer fair use rights.

Shapiro has held many exhibition industry leadership posts, and received the exhibition industry’s highest honor, the Pinnacle Award.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Northern Virginia Technology Council and the Washington Economic Club. He sits on the State Department's Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy. He has served as a member of the Commonwealth of Virginia's Commission on Information Technology and on the Board of Visitors of George Mason University. Shapiro also has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a “mastermind” for his initiative in helping to create the Industry Cooperative for Ozone Layer Protection (ICOLP).

Shapiro leads a staff of 150 employees and thousands of industry volunteers and has testified before Congress on technology and business issues more than 20 times. Washington Life magazine has named him one of the 100 most influential people in Washington. Also, CEA has won many awards as a family friendly employer and one of the best places in Virginia to work.

Shapiro authored the 2011 bestselling book The Comeback: How Innovation Will Restore the American Dream (Beaufort).

Prior to joining the association, Shapiro was an associate at the law firm of Squire Sanders. He also has worked on Capitol Hill, as an assistant to a member of Congress. He received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate with a double major in economics and psychology from Binghamton University. He is married to Dr. Susan Malinowski, a retina surgeon.

 

General Session
Tuesday - January 31st 10-11:30am

Gary Shapiro

J. Noah Brown

President and CEO
Association of Community College Trustees

J. Noah Brown was named the fourth president and chief executive officer of the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) by the association’s Board of Directors and assumed his new responsibilities on October 1, 2005. An experienced association executive specializing in public policy, legislative advocacy, and strategic planning, Noah is a nationally recognized authority on community college governance, a contributor to national publications, and a speaker on a broad range of topics to large audiences. His experience spans more than 29 years in the nation’s capital working in the nonprofit sector.

Noah provides national leadership on behalf of more than 6,000 elected and appointed officials governing 1,200 community colleges throughout the United States. Much of his work has focused on strengthening the strategic connections between community college boards and the array of national and state organizations important to supporting the mission of community colleges. In addition to its focus on advocacy, ACCT also provides trustee education and board leadership services to its member boards.

Noah serves an ex officio member of the Board for Community Colleges for International Development, Inc., and Board of Directors for the Council for Resource Development (CRD). He also serves on the Board for the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), and the Board of Directors for the Association Mutual Health Insurance Company (AMHIC), where he serves as Secretary on the Executive Committee. Noah represents ACCT on the Washington Higher Education Secretariat and Committee for Education Funding. He is an appointed member on the Steering Committee for the United States - Denmark Partnership for Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education. He serves on the Executive Advisory Council for Sungard Higher Education. Noah previously served a three-year term (through 2010) as Commissioner on the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, U.S. Department of State.

Noah holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, and an Honorary Associate of Arts from Atlantic Cape Community College in New Jersey. He is married and the father of two daughters.