ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM
Becoming Change Agents:
Expanding and Leveraging our Networks
to Support Our Military Community
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Symposium Agenda
Sunday, January 28, 2024
9:00 am - 2:00 pm Board Meeting
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm Registration Open
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm CCME Information Desk and Mobile App Assistance
Day 1 - Monday, January 29, 2024
7:00 am - 6:00 pm Registration Open
7:00 am - 6:00 pm CCME Information Desk and Mobile App Assistance
7:00 am - 6:00 pm Speaker Ready Room Open
8:00 am - 9:00 am History of CCME
8:00 am - 4:30 pm Exhibit Hall Set-up
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Services Meeting - CLOSED
9:00 am - 10:00 am ACME 101 / 201 - ACME Updates, Best Practices, and Challenges
9:00 am - 11:00 am CCME 101: Newcomers' Orientation Workshop -
Desiree Butts, Dr. Belinda Jones, and Jide Gamu
10:00 am - 11:00 am Compliance from the perspective of the universities/colleges
Moderator: Anthony Clarke, Education Program Analyst OEPM, Voluntary Education
Keith Hauk - University of Maryland Global Campus
Steven Borden - Tidewater Community College
Bill Brown - ECPI University
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Meet Your Institutional Compliance Program Team
Moderator: Anthony Clarke, Education Program Analyst OEPM, Voluntary Education
Panelists: Sam Crossman, Stephanie Daub, and Belinda Marinella
Panelist Description: Join the Voluntary Education Office Compliance Team panel discussion to learn more about the Institutional Compliance Program (ICP). This session is open to all institutions interested in the ICP whether you have participated in the program or not. Our team will answer commonly asked questions and open the floor the institutions for an in-depth discussion on the program.
ICP Description: The Department of Defense Voluntary Education Office’s (DoD VolEd) ICP was developed based upon the Department’s requirements and using best practices from across industry and government to ensure a rigorous, transparent evaluation of educational institutions, focusing on compliance with the tenets of the DoD VolEd Partnership Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). By signing the DoD MOU, your educational institution agreed to abide by a set of provisions, processes, and policies – all focused on improving services delivered to military-connected students. This will be the focus of the DoD VolEd ICP.
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch On Your Own
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm NAIMES Roundtable - President Keith Hauk
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm CCME Family Feud Challenge - Daryl Patrick, Desiree Butts and Nathalia Rodrigues
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm CCME Business Meeting (open to all CCME Members)
Daryl Patrick, Jide Gamu, and Janice Neal
Updated By-Laws / Strategic Plan 2024-2027 - How are we doing?
5:45 pm - 6:00 pm CCME Board Welcome and Introductions
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm CCME President's Reception: Exhibit Hall Grand Opening (appetizers provided)
Day 2 - Tuesday, January 30, 2024
7:00 am - 6:00 pm Registration Open
7:00 am - 6:00 pm CCME Information Desk and Mobile App Assistance
7:00 am - 4:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open
7:00 am - 7:30 am CCME Board Meeting (closed meeting)
7:00 am - 7:45 am Warm Continental Breakfast - Exhibit Hall
7:00 am - 9:00 am Speaker Ready Room Open
8:00 am - 8:05 am Opening Ceremony / Singing of National Anthem / Presentation of Colors
8:05 am - 8:10 am Symposium Welcome
Esmeralda Silva, CCME President
8:10 am - 8:30 am Welcome to Colorado
8:30 am - 9:30 am Opening Keynote Speaker
SEAC Troy E. Black
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
9:30 am - 10:00 am Housekeeping Items / Aurora Scavenger Hunt
10:00 am - 10:30 am Break - Exhibit Hall (snacks/coffee provided)
10:30 am - 11:30 am DoD Updates
Dr. Jonathan Woods
Director, DoD Voluntary Education
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Scholarships and Awards' Luncheon (lunch provided)
Desiree Butts
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm U.S. Department of Labor’s Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment & Training Service Honorable James D. Rodriguez
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Veteran Administration
Mr. Joseph Garcia
Executive Director, Education Services
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Break - Exhibit Hall (snacks/coffee provided)
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Skills for Employability: Corporate-Academic Engagement Initiatives Panel
Moderator: John Decoteau III, VP Military Admissions, Universal Technical Institute
Nagma Meharali, Cybersecurity Skills Lead, Microsoft Philanthropies
Nick Curry, Head of Emerging Talent Pipelines for Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Angie Voigt, Chief Nursing Officer, HealthONE’s Sky Ridge Medical Center.
Brandon Wilkerson, Director of Operations & Integration, Global Surveillance Division, Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems
Gary Uyematsu, National Technical Training Manager, BMW of North America
4:30 pm - 4:40 pm Day One Closing Remarks
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm CCME Board Reception (closed)
Day 3 - Wednesday, January 31, 2024
7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration Open
7:00 am - 5:00 pm CCME Information Desk and Mobile App Assistance
7:00 am - 4:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open
7:00 am - 5:00 pm Speaker Ready Room Open
7:00 am - 7:30 am CCME Board Meeting (closed meeting)
7:00 am - 7:45 am Warm Continental Breakfast - Exhibit Hall
8:00 am - 9:00 am Concurrent Session #1
9:10 am - 10:10 am Concurrent Session #2
10:10 am - 10:30 am Break - Exhibit Hall (snacks/coffee provided)
10:30 am - 11:30 am Concurrent Session #3
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Concurrent Session #4
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm Lunch - On Your Own
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm Concurrent Session #5
2:55 pm - 3:55 pm Concurrent Session #6
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Exhibit Hall Breakdown
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm CCME Networking Reception (appetizers provided)
Day 4 - Thursday, February 1, 2024
7:00 am - 12:00 pm Registration - Final
7:00 am - 12:00 pm CCME Information Desk and Mobile App Assistance
7:00 am - 12:00 pm Speaker Ready Room Open
7:00 am - 7:30 am CCME Board Meeting (closed meeting)
7:00 am - 7:45 am Warm Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:00 am Opening Keynote
Mr. Vincent Brantley
Veritas Culture, LLC
9:00 am - 10:00 am President’s Panel
Nuno Fernandes, President, American Public University System (APUS)
Mark Milliron, President, National University
Michele Carter, Chancellor, Central Texas College
Roger Speer, President, Avondale Campus at Universal Technical Institute
10:00 am - 10:15 am Break (snacks/coffee provided)
10:15 am - 12:00 pm VOLED Service Chiefs Updates
Air Force - Laurie Murphy
Army - Wes Smith
Coast Guard - Stephen Keck
Marine Corps - Bart MacMillan
Navy - Matthew Sullivan
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch (lunch provided)
President Award
Lifetime Achievement Award
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Overview from US Department of Education - Office of Enforcement
Dawn Bilodeau
Senior Advisor, Enforcement Office
U.S. Department of Education
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm Robin "Phoenix" Johnson
Lieutenant Colonel (Retired), U.S. Army
CEO, Best Medicine Brigade
President, HEAL*ARIOUS
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm Closing Remarks / Adjournment
Esmeralda Silva, CCME President Incoming President Daryl Patrick
Becoming Change Agents:
Expanding and Leveraging our Networks
to Support Our Military Community