Governor Albert Bryan will join the V.I Dept. of Labor and the V.I. Workforce Development Board to host daylong workshops on all three islands on October 6-8 as part of the administration's initiatives to increase workforce development and stabilize the economy, according to a release from Gov't House.
Michael Fazio, president of Workforce 180, and Asiah Clendinen Gumbs, of the V.I. Workforce Development Board, will emcee each day of the Workforce Summit, and they will be joined by V.I. Labor Commissioner Gary Molloy and Chairman of the V.I. Workforce Development Board Michael Carty. Mr. Bryan will open each day of the summit and the keynote speaker will be Ron Painter, CEO of the National Association of Workforce Boards.
The governor will also close each session of the summit and deliver his call to action, and there will be a career fair following each day’s workshops. Mr. Bryan will also moderate a breakout session each morning on “Barriers and Solutions to Filling Virgin Islands Infrastructure Jobs.”