Monday, October 26, 2015 – Chicago, IL
Videos from the Convening:
Session 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUWAvCPWmeQ
Session 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se5nJSARIfA
Session 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPR7BctetwY
Session 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9lEo8GWaOI
8:00am – 8:45am Registration & Breakfast
8:45 am – 8:55am Introduction
- Opening Remarks:
Roberta Meyers, Director, National H.I.R.E. Network
Andre Bethea, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
9 am – 10:15pm Panel 1 – Past, Present, and Future Standards of Practice: Criminal record screening in employment
- Moderator: Roberta Meyers, Director, National H.I.R.E. Network
- Lew Maltby, President, National Workrights Institute
Click here to download Lew Maltby’s Powerpoint presentation. - Fred Giles, Senior Vice President Research Division, CARCO
- Lew Maltby, President, National Workrights Institute
- Joseph Phelps, Human Resource Investigator, Johns Hopkins Health System
Click here to download Joseph Phelps’ Powerpoint presentation.
10:15 am – 10:30am Break
10:30 am – 11:30am Morning group break out session
11:30 am to 12:30 pm Panel 2 – The Bottom Line: What matters most to employers?
- Moderator: Charles Jackson, Senior Counsel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- David Rand, COO & Sales Director, Local Foods
- Simone Baptiste, Director of Human Resources, Infinity Services Management LLC
Click here to download Simone Baptiste’s Powerpoint presentation. - Bonnie Mroczek, VP of Human Resources, Butterball Farms
Click here to download Bonnie Mroczek’s Powerpoint presentation.
12:30pm – 1:25pm Lunch and networking
1:30pm – 3:00 pm Panel 3 – The Truth about Risk: Legal and practical analysis of candidates
- Moderator: Roberta Meyers, Director, National H.I.R.E. Network
- Ray McClain, Director of the Employment Discrimination Project, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Click here to download Ray McClain’s Powerpoint presentation.
3:00pm – 4:30pm Panel 4: Innovative Partnerships and Strategies that Strengthen Business and the Workforce
- Moderator: Jack Mills, Chief Workforce Strategy Officer and Director of the National Network of Sector Partners, Insight Center for Community Economic Development
- Brad Hirn, Workforce Development Manager, Growing Home
- Cleve Dixon, Sector Manager/Workforce Development, Safer Foundation
- Ric Gudell, Executive Director, Illinois Manufacturing Foundation
4:30pm – 5:00pm Conclusion – The Way Forward
- Closing Remarks: Stephanie Akhter, Policy Analyst, Council of State Governments Justice Center