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Friday, September 11
Knowledge & Growth
1:15 PM – 3:15 PM · Workforce Development that Works: Strategies and
Initiatives that Support Recruitment, Retention & Advancement for
Your Frontline Workforce, Robert King Room, Lobby Level Tower 401
Transit Workforce Center, FTA's technical assistance center for workforce development, will
explore common challenges in recruiting, hiring, retaining, training, and creating
advancement opportunities for frontline workers — particularly operators and maintainers/
mechanics.
Jack Clark
Executive Director
Transit Workforce
Center (TWC)
Michaela Boneva
Research Associate
Transit Workforce
Center (TWC)
Maurice Beard
Senior Workforce
Development
Advisor Transit
Workforce Center
(TWC)
Sponsored by
Alashia Bryant
Technical Assistance and
Outreach Associate
Transit Workforce
Center (TWC)