Experts

Meet the panelists and moderators

More than a dozen leading experts from across a variety of fields and industries will lead discussions during the four-session webinar.

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Securing a Strong and Resilient U.S. Manufacturing Workforce (January 20, 11 a.m. to noon)

Tameshia Bridges Mansfield, Vice President for Workforce Innovation, Jobs for the Future

Grace Hsia, CEO and Co-Founder, Warmilu

Consuelo Poland Lockhart, Executive Director and Founder, Latinas Welding Guild

Moderator: Scott Paul, President, American Alliance for Manufacturing

Enabling Future Technology Innovation in U.S. Manufacturing (January 20, noon to 1 p.m.)

Walt Copan, VP for Research and Technology, Colorado School of Mines; and senior advisor for the Renewing American Innovation project

Erica Fuchs, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

Courtney Lang, Senior Director of Policy, Information Technology Industry Council

Moderator: Sameeksha Desai, Director, Manufacturing Policy Initiative

International Trade and Manufacturing (January 21, 11 a.m. to noon)

Steve Orava, Partner, King and Spalding

William Spriggs, Chief Economist, AFL-CIO; Professor, Howard University

Deanna Tanner Okun, Managing Partner, Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg LLP

Moderator: William Reinsch, Scholl Chair in International Business, Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Future of Shoring: Reshoring, Nearshoring, Allied Shoring, and Other Approaches (January 21, noon to 1 p.m.)

Harry Moser, Founder, Reshoring Initiative

Nazak Nikakhtar, Partner, Wiley Rein

Sandra Pupatello, Founder, Reshoring Canada

Moderator: Daniel Runde, Schreyer Chair and Senior VP, Center for Strategic and International Studies