Building A Thriving, Inclusive New Hampshire Economy
Agenda Day One: Economic Inclusion
Monday October 28th
Goals
- Goals - Engage participants in
- Developing a statewide network of diverse cross-sector teams in low- and moderate-income NH communities, from banking, education, philanthropy, housing and workforce development, to identify and address obstacles to economic inclusion in NH.
· Sharing promising and proven practices for Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) investment in an inclusive economy — i.e., affordable housing, financial literacy, financial inclusion and economic inclusion — in low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities.
· Learning about NH assets that support building a more inclusive, vibrant economy
· Collaboratively developing action plans to foster:
o Improved access to capital, credit and entrepreneurship for underrepresented persons.o Pathways to banking careers.
o Diversifying the K12 educational workforce, as cornerstone to building a more inclusive future economy.
o Mobilizing to provide information to college financial aid applicants and their families on living wage careers in NH most in demand.
7:45 – 8:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Registration, NHIOP Auditorium and Foyer (Resource Showcase Setup)
8:15 – 8:20 a.m. Welcome by St. Anselm College, NHIOP Auditorium
8:20 – 8:30 a.m. Welcome by New Hampshire Commissioner of Business and Economic Affairs Taylor Caswell on the
importance of full inclusion for a thriving economy, NHIOP Auditorium.
8:30 – 8:40 a.m. Welcome remarks from U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, presented by Michele Cota, special assistant for policy
and projects, on the importance of the nation’s first sustained statewide mobilization for economic inclusion
and digital equity, NHIOP Auditorium.
8:40 – 9:05 a.m. Summit Goals and Framing Remarks on Economic Inclusion by Dr. Robert McLaughlin, executive director,
National Collaborative for Digital Equity, NHIOP Auditorium.
9:05 – 9:40 a.m. Panel highlighting challenges and effective economic inclusion strategies, NHIOP Auditorium, moderated by
Wildolfo Arvelo, director, division of economic development, NH Dept. of Business and Economic Affairs.
Panelists include: Dr. Mary Ford, dean of education, Southern New Hampshire University; Katy Easterly
Martey, executive director, NH Community Development Finance Authority; Victoria Adewumi, community
liaison, City of Manchester Health Department and boardmember, Diversity Workforce Coalition; and Ulrike
Smith, CRA officer, Franklin Savings Bank.
9:05 – 9:25 a.m. Panel discussion
9:25 – 9:40 a.m. Q & A
9:40 - 10:55 a.m. Promising and proven bank Community Reinvestment Act-supported strategies for:
§ Affordable housing: facilitated by Gonzalo Puigbo, vice president, People's United Bank, NHIOP West Wing.
§ Financial literacy: facilitated by Joseph Murray (invited), vice president for public affairs, Fidelity Investments,
NHIOP Room 4001.
§ Digital equity: co-facilitated by Ulrike Smith, CRA compliance officer, Franklin Savings Bank, and Dr. Robert
McLaughlin, executive director, NCDE. NHIOP Auditorium.
10:55 - 11:30 a.m. Resource Showcase. NHIOP Auditorium.
11:30 – 12:10 p.m Lunch. NHIOP Auditorium.
12:10 - 12:25 p.m. Plenary discussion on key insights and next steps emerging from Promising and Proven CRA Strategies in NH.
NHIOP Auditorium.
12:30 - 1:45 p.m. Action planning I: Launching Economic Inclusion Strategies in New Hampshire
§ Strengthening access to capital, credit and support for diverse entrepreneurs: Greta Johansson, district
director, New Hampshire, U.S. Small Business Administration; and Katy Easterly Martey, executive director,
Community Development Finance Authority. NHIOP Room 4001.
§ Building pathways into banking careers: facilitated by Ryan Hale, government and member relations, New
Hampshire Bankers Association. NHIOP West Wing.
§ Mapping economic inclusion asset providers and disseminating about them to LMI individuals, families and
communities: co-facilitated by Kristin Crandall (invited), director for business development, PolicyMap; Kevin
Peterson, director of economic development, New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority; and
Fay Rubin, director of NH GRANIT. NHIOP Auditorium.
1:50 - 2:10 p.m. Roundtable discussion on key insights and next steps emerging from Economic Inclusion Strategies sessions.
2;10 - 2:25 p.m. Roundtables report out.
2:30 - 3:45 p.m. Action planning II: Launching Economic Inclusion Strategies in New Hampshire:
§ Fostering financial and career literacy for NH's middle and high school students and their families:
enabling lower-income students and families to make informed choices: co-facilitated by James McKim,
managing partner, Organizational Ignition; and Dr. Robert McLaughlin, executive director, NCDE.
NHIOP Auditorium. With presentations by Robert Bernier, corporate regional sales manager, EBSCO; Tori
Berube, vice president, college planning and community engagement, The NHHEAF Network Organizations.
§ Building pathways into living wage careers: co-facilitated by Dr. Wildolfo Arvelo, director, economic
development, New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs; Victoria Adewumi, community
liaison, City of Manchester Health Department and boardmember, Diversity Workforce Coalition; Julie Demers,
executive director, New Hampshire Tech Alliance; and Dr. Richard Lumadue, associate director, Skills Commons.
NHIOP West Wing.
§ Diversifying the K12 educational workforce: co-facilitated by Dr. Mary Ford, dean of education, Southern New
Hampshire University; Dr. Blake West, senior policy analysts, National Education Association; and Dr. Al Rabanera,
2016 Horace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence Recipient. NHIOP Room 4006.
3:45 – 4:15 p.m. Final plenary discussion on key insights and recommended next steps emerging from Economic Inclusion
Strategies sessions. NHIOP Auditorium.
4:15 – 4:20 pm. Wrap-up and Door Prizes! NHIOP Auditorium.
Agenda Day Two: Digital Equity
Tuesday October 29th
Engage participants in:
- Strengthening and expanding a statewide network of diverse cross-sector teams in low- and moderate-income NH communities, from banking, education, philanthropy, housing and workforce development to identify and address digital divide barriers to full economic inclusion.
- Sharing promising and proven practices for Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) investment in digital equity — i.e., affordable access to broadband, computers, tech support, content for educational and economic opportunity, software/apps, and librarian support — in low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities.
- Learning about NH assets that support each digital equity dimension.
- Collaboratively developing action plans to foster:
- Affordable access for every LMI household statewide to affordable broadband.
- Scaling refurbishment and donation of recent computers for use by LMI individuals and families.
- Strengthening tech and librarian support for LMI learners of all ages.
- Affordable access to essential resources for educational and economic opportunity (financial literacy, skill development materials for in-demand living wage jobs, etc.)
- Mobilizing communities statewide to ensure full participation in Census 2020.
7:45 – 8:15 a.m. Breakfast and registration. Foyer and NHIOP Auditorium.
8:15 – 8:20 a.m. Welcome by St. Anselm College. NHIOP Auditorium.
8:20 – 8:30 a.m. Welcome by Wildolfo Arvelo, director of economic development, NH Department of Business and Economic Affairs,
on the importance of full inclusion for a thriving economy. NHIOP Auditorium.
8:30 – 8:40 a.m. Welcome remarks from Congressman Chris Pappas on the importance of the nation’s first sustained statewide
mobilization for digital equity for all LMI learners. NHIOP Auditorium.
8:40 – 9:00 a.m. Summit Goals, Summary of Day One Participant Recommendations, and Framing Remarks on Digital Equity, by Dr.
Robert McLaughlin, executive director, National Collaborative for Digital Equity. NHIOP Auditorium.
9:00 – 9:45 a.m. Keynote address: "Improving Digital Inclusion with the Community Reinvestment Act", by Barry Wides, deputy
comptroller, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, U.S. Treasury Department. Introductory remarks by Krista
Merrill, president, New Hampshire Bankers Association. NHIOP Auditorium.
9:45 – 10:15 a.m. Panel Discussion: Are There Digital Divide Barriers to Realizing Economic Inclusion Strategies recommended
during Day One of the Summit? Panel moderated by Dr. Paul Resta, president, NCDE. NHIOP Auditorium.
Panelists include: Susan Ballard, vice-president, NCDE; Bonnie Bracey, director, digital equity resource research
and dissemination, NCDE; Dr. Ethel Gaides, director, technology support capacity development, NCDE; and Dr.
Robbie Melton, professor and interim dean of graduate and professional studies.
10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Plenary Discussion with the Panelists. NHIOP Auditorium.
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Resource Showcase. NHIOP Auditorium.
11:30 – 12:45 p.m. Promising and proven bank CRA-supported digital equity strategies:
§ Broadband I: co-facilitated by Margaret Byrnes, executive director, New Hampshire Municipal Association; and
Carol Miller, director of broadband technology, division of economic development, New Hampshire Department.
of Business and Economic Affairs (interested participants are encouraged to attend both the morning and
afternoon strands on this topic). NHIOP Auditorium.
Broadband I Panelists include: Nik Coates, town manager, Town of Bristol; Rick Hiland, Albany Selectboard, and
chair, Carroll County Broadband Initiative; Carole Monroe, former executive director, NH Roadsters/ECFiber/
ValleyNet, Dublin; Brad Roscoe, former Selectman; retired engineer and broadband activist, Chesterfield;
Shawn Tanguay, Attorney, Town of Bristol.
§ High quality digital content for educational and economic opportunity: Dr. Richard Lumadue, senior manager
and customer relations, SkillsCommons,org; and Dr. Richard Hasenyager, VP of curriculum solutions, Rosen
Classroom. NHIOP Room 4006.
§ Tech Support and Librarian Support: co-facilitated by Susan Ballard, NCDE vice-president and director of library
services and partnership, Bonnie Bracey, director, digital equity resource research and dissemination, NCDE;
development; and Ethel Gaides, NCDE director of technology support capacity development NHIOP West Wing.
§ Refurbished and new computers: co-facilitated by Ulrike Smith, CRA Compliance Officer, Franklin Savings Bank;
and Lisa Trisciani (invited), vice president of field sales, Connection Public Sector Solutions. NHIOP Room 4007.
12:45 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch and Networking. NHIOP Auditorium. Lunch has been made possible by generous support from Connection
Public Sector Solutions.
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion: Putting It All Together -- Digital Equity and Economic Inclusion in a New Hampshire community.
Moderated by Dr. Paul Resta, president. NCDE.
Panelists include Zenagui Brahim (invited), executive director, New Hampshire Manufacturing Extension
Partnership; Dr. Dan LeGallo, superintendent, SAU 18; Dr. Robert McLaughlin, executive director, NCDE; and
Ulrike Smith, CRA Compliance Officer, Franklin Savings Bank.
2:30 – 3:45 p.m. Promising and proven bank CRA-supported digital equity strategies:
§ Broadband II: co-facilitated by Margaret Byrnes, executive director, New Hampshire Municipal Association; and
Carol Miller, director of broadband technology, division of economic development, New Hampshire Department.
of Business and Economic Affairs (interested participants are encouraged to attend the morning and
afternoon strands on this topic) NHIOP Auditorium.
Broadband Panel II Panelists include: Ben Doyle. associate director, Rural Development Business Center, USDA;
Katy Easterly Marty. executive director, NH Community Development Finance Authority; George Hutton, director
of tax credits, NH Community Development Finance Authority; Renelle L'Huilier, attorney, Devine Millimet, NH
Bond Bank; and Mike Reed, director, external affairs, Mission Broadband.
§ Refurbished and new computers: co-facilitated by Ulrike Smith, CRA Compliance Officer, Franklin Savings Bank;
and Lisa Trisciani (invited), vice president of field sales, Connection Public Sector Solutions. NHIOP Room 4007.
§ Tech Support and Librarian Support: co-facilitated by Ethel Gaides, NCDE director of technology support capacity
development and Susan Ballard, NCDE vice-president and director of library services and partnership
development. NHIOP West Wing.
§ High quality digital content for educational and economic opportunity: Dr. Richard Lumadue, senior manager
and customer relations, SkillsCommons,org; and Dr. Richard Hasenyager, VP of curriculum solutions, Rosen
Classroom. NHIOP Room 4004.
§ Everyone Counts – fostering full participation in Census 2020: facilitated by James Spotts, partnership specialist,
U.S. Census Bureau. NHIOP Room 4001.
3:45 - 4:10 p.m. Roundtable and Plenary Discussion: Participant Recommendations for Statewide Action to Remove Digital Divide
Barriers to Economic and Educational Opportunity in New Hampshire. NHIOP Auditorium.
4:10 - 4:20 p.m. Wrap-up and Door Prizes! NHIOP Auditorium.