This year’s panel includes;
Dr. Christine Fiori, Program Director of the Construction Management Program at Drexel University where she teaches courses in Construction Economics, Project Controls and Strategic Management. Prior to joining the faculty at Drexel University, she was the Preston and Catharine White Fellow and Associate Director of the Myers-Lawson School of Construction at Virginia Tech.
Bob Rosa, Chief Operating Officer for the New Jersey Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development which brings together 19 community colleges to New Jersey companies and organizations to access , develop and receive workforce education and training for the current and emerging workforce statewide.
Dr. Chris Swann, former Vice President of Research at Select Greater Philadelphia,now a member of the faculty at Temple and Drexel. He has served as an economist at the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and senior consultant and economist at Global Insight, Inc. where he was engaged in macroeconomic forecasting, in international forecasting and country analysis, and in industry consulting.
Dave Novick, Chief People Officer of Lehigh Valley Restaurant Group, a franchisee of Red Robin International with 21 locations throughout Pennsylvania and over 2,000 employees. Previously, he served as Vice President of Human Resources for David’s Bridal. Dave has an extensive human resources career with such organizations as PepsiCo and Nestle.
John George, is an award-winning reporter for the Philadelphia Business Journal since 1997. He covers the health care, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries in the Philadelphia region. He reports and writes stories daily for the online edition, and weekly for the print edition.