NAJA'S 39th ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE. MAY 1-5, 2023 CHICAGO, IL
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NAJA has a dynamic line up for our 39th Annual National Conference in Chicago May 1-5, 2023. We are excited to have the United States Department Of Labor participate in such a big way to ensure a successful conference. Check out the program line up which includes the following highlights:
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Deputy Assistant Secretaries Lenita Jacobs-Simmons and Laura P Watson will kick off the conference with a policy panel moderated by Pam Gerassimides, ETA Regional Administrator, Chicago;
Jerry Balistreri, a lie detector, will do a masterful job “Reading the Tells;”
Deputy Assistant Secretary Lenita Jacobs-Simmons will do a presentation on “Yes WIOA Can;
Deputy Assistant Secretary Laura Watson will hold a session on “Tips and Pitfalls for Grant Applicants;”
Jane Yoon, DFMAS Chief, Chicago ETA; ETA staff and a couple of grantees (TBD) will hold a panel discussion on Monitoring and Common Findings;
John Chamberlin, Esq., will moderate a Panel on Organized Labor Partnerships and present a session on Workforce Governance;
Liz Jackson-Simpson, Executive Director of Success Centers in San Francisco, CA will showcase a One-Stop and Youthbuild program;
Robert Sainz will share effective work done with the California Youth Model;
Josh Davis will ignite a fire 🔥 regarding not repeating 2020 mistakes;
Victor M Lopez, Chief Procurement Executive, USDOL, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM) will present an Overview of Indirect Cost and indirect cost negotiators Art Campbell and Ronald Goolsby will be on hand throughout the week to assist grantees with indirect cost issues;
Michael Carter will showcase Oklahoma’s ETPL system - Lessons Learned and requirements;
ETA staff will hold small group “Office Hours” with individual grantees on-site during the week. (ETA will schedule these meetings on-site);
Helen Parker, former ETA Atlanta Regional Administrator, our luncheon speaker, will dazzle us with a presentation on “WIOA and Beyond - Is It Finally Coming Together; and
Throughout the week, we will have presentations by individuals who formerly worked for ETA. Ed Donahue; Tom DiLisio, and Macey Prince Swinson; plus a host of workforce experts: Bob Knight; Tom Diehl, CPA; Zaskia Ruiz-Jones, KRA; Seymour Jacobs, KRA; and Dr Willa Butler, Criminologist.
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NAJA'S 39th ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE. MAY 1-5, 2023 CHICAGO, IL
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These presenters share information issues, resolution and best practices with attendees from WIOA and other DOL funded programs located throughout the United States.
NAJA is a non-profit association that sponsors annual conferences for professional development of government and non-profit workforce development professionals. Since 1982, NAJA has conducted regional workshops and national conferences that are designed to enhance the operations and performance of administrators, middle management and staff personnel of local and state agencies. These workforce development professionals administer employment and training programs funded under the workforce innovation and opportunities act and other federal and state funds.
Mrs Prince Swinson worked 34 years for the US Department of Labor30 years for the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) as a Grants and Contracts professional and in other capacities (Fiscal Accounting Specialist, Budget Analyst, and Program Manager). She worked four years for the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics in the accounting and budgeting offices.
During her tenure with ETA, she assisted with developing program regulations; designed the original ETA 9130 reporting formats and instructions (the first ever ETA automated reports); assisted with developing ETA administrative and financial policy, assisted with developing numerous monitoring guides and tools for ETA grant programs. She served as an expert on a national office team that was responsible for addressing complex issues related to the administrative and financial management system requirements for ETA programs. She provided administrative and financial professional guidance to other regional offices’ grantees for complex issues at the request of the ETA national office. She was responsible for training the San Francisco regional office staff in the Contracting Officer’s Technical Requirements (COTR) and/or Grant Officer’s technical requirements (GOTR) as well as other Federal grant requirements. Other duties included training ETA administrative and financial management and program staff as well as the ETA grants community in ETA grant specific and Federal Uniform Guidance requirements. This included training the staff on-site during the monitoring reviews, providing on-site professional and technical guidance to ETA grantees; recommending corrective actions and assisting with resolving issues identified during monitoring and in audit reports Many of the issues cross-cut Federal, State and local governments agencies including the U.S. Department of Education (School to Work), Job Corps, Health and Human Services (Welfare to Work), the Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Departments of Labors’ agencies: Office of Cost Determination and the Office of the Inspector General. She also worked with various state, Indian Tribal and local areas/agencies (Commerce, Governors Office, Legislative Offices, Departments of Treasury, Departments of General Service, UI Judges, Departments of Finance, Bureau of Indian Affairs) on cross-cutting issues.
She is now a consultant providing professional/technical assistance and training to ETA grantees for indirect and direct cost. Mrs. Prince Swinson serves on two boards: CEO and President for the National Association of Job Training Assistance (NAJA) and the Idaho Shakespeare Board.
Monday - Friday: 9am - 5pm
Saturday - Sunday: Closed