Community Economic Mobility
Community Economic Mobility: A Focus On Energy and Climate Resilience
Agenda
Livestream Day 1 Replay:
7:30 am
Coffee & Fellowship
8:00 am
Preview/Safety Moment

Nicole Parra
Director, California Renewable Energy Laboratory, Kern CCD

Carlos Medina
Industrial Automation, Bakersfield College
Session Video
8:10 am
Welcome Remarks
Session Video
8:30 am
Kern CCD Chancellor Remarks
Session Video
8:45 am
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Director Remarks
Session Video
9:30 am
Higher Ed: Advancing the Governor's Ambitious Education and Climate Agenda
Panelist

Nathan Brostrom
Executive Vice President, University of California Office of the President
@nathanbrostrom
Session Video
10:30 am
Equitable Access to Capital, Markets and Networks for Small Businesses in the Central
Valley
Session Video
11:15 pm
Finding Common Ground
Session Video
12:00 pm
Lunch Break
12:30 pm
Early College
Session Video
1:30 pm
Emerging Technologies
Moderator

Lance Hastings
CEO/President, California Manufacturers and Technology Association
@lance_hastings
Session Video
2:30 pm
Supporting Economic Mobility of Adult Learners in Kern

Jessica Grimes
Dean of Workforce Development, Kern CCD

Kyoshi Tomono
Wellbeing Executive, Adventist Health
@kiyoshitomono
Session Video
3:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Livestream Day 2 Replay:
7:30 am
Coffee & Fellowship
8:00 am
Preview/Safety Moment

Nicole Parra
Director, California Renewable Energy Laboratory, Kern CCD

Carlos Medina
Industrial Automation, Bakersfield College
Session Video
8:20 am
Kern CCD Chancellor Remarks
Session Video
9:30 am
Conversation about Workforce Development

Tim Aldinger
Executive Director of Workforce Development, Foundation for California Community Colleges

Thatcher Weldon
Director of Adult Education, Kern CCD
Session Video
10:00 am
Preliminary Framework for Assessment of the Economic Impact of Carbon Dioxide Removal
in Kern County
Session Video
10:15 am
Meeting Federal and State Climate Targets
Session Video
11:25 am
Fiona Ma Remarks
Session Video
12:00 pm
Lunch Break
12:45 pm
Environmental Justice and Community Perspectives on Emerging Technologies in Energy
Transition
Moderator

Norma Rojas-Mora
Executive Director of Government Relations & Development at Bakersfield College
Session Video
1:45 pm
Jeffrey Clary Remarks
Session Video
1:50 pm
Kern County Carbon Dioxide Reduction Opportunities
Moderator

Jeffrey Clary
Sr. Director of Climate Policy, Foundation for California Community Colleges
Panelists

Mark A. (Mac) McFarland
President and Chief Executive Officer of California Resources Corporation
Session Video
2:40 pm
Bob Epstein
Session Video
2:50 pm
Meeting California's Biomass Challenge:
Opportunities to Enhance Air Quality, Create Negative Emissions and Reduce Demand
for Fossil Fuels
Panelists

Colin Murphy
Deputy Director, UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy
Session Video
3:20 pm
Remarks
Session Video
3:30 pm
Closing Remarks
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