NASWA is now partnering with both LinkedIn and Grow with Google to provide new employment resources to our members. Starting January 3, Google Career Certificate Program scholarships will be available to people in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the territories. Come to this session to hear from five states currently engaged in the project's soft launch, and to learn about no-cost training in IT Support, Data Analytics, Project Management, and User Experience (UX) Design available from Google. We’ll also have exciting news about a new learning resource available to state agencies through LinkedIn’s partnership with NASWA.

Moderators:

• Lori Adams, Director, Veterans Policy, NASWA
• Charlie Terrell, Director, NLx, NASWA

Panelists:

• Efrem Bycer, Senior Manager, Public Policy and Economic Graph, LinkedIn
• Tom Colombo, Deputy Assistant Director, Division of Employment & Rehabilitation Services, Arizona Department of Economic Security
• Daryle Dudzinski, Deputy Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Labor
• Elizabeth Court, Program Integrity Manager, Washington State Employment Security Department
• Karlene Johnson, ESD Specialist III, Nevada Department of Employment, Training & Rehabilitation
• Colleen Malloy, Senior Business Development Manager, Government Partnerships, Coursera
• Lynda Parven, Administrator, Employment Security Division, Nevada Department of Employment, Training & Rehabilitation
• Jim Pfarrer, Director, Workforce Operations Division, Oregon Employment Department
• Denise Winkler, Strategic Business Executive, Public Sector, Labor, Google Cloud