• Thursday, September 27
• Friday, September 28

 

Instructors

Vernon J. Gerth, CEcD
Assistant City Administrator for Community & Economic Development
City of Franklin, TN

Vernon serves the City of Franklin, TN as Assistant City Administrator for Community & Economic Development. He has over 30 years of community and economic development experience and has also served the cities of Kenosha, Wisconsin and Vernon Hills, Illinois. Prior to pursuing a career in public service, Vernon spent 14 years working in the construction industry as a project manager.

Vernon’s primary responsibilities include managerial oversight of Franklin’s development services and support of the Planning & Sustainability, Engineering, and Building & Neighborhood Services Departments.

Vernon recognizes that Franklin is a special place that offers a very desirable quality of life. He understands the value placemaking has in economic development and embraces the philosophy that public input is essential to preserving a community’s heritage while employing community planning best practices to encourage quality, sustainable development that enhances its economic well-being and quality of life.

Vernon received his BA and MBA from Concordia University – Wisconsin and has achieved the designations of Credential Manager from the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) and Certified Economic Developer from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC).

Diane Lupke, CEcD, FM, HLM
President
Lupke & Associates

Ms. Diane Lupke, CEcD, FM is President of Lupke & Associates, Inc., Consultants in Community Economic Development. Lupke & Associates, Inc. is a consulting firm specializing in market-based solutions for communities in economic transition. Since its founding in 1990, Ms. Lupke, her Associations, and Staff have helped more than 100 communities to identify niche opportunities, build consensus, and transform lagging economies with “new economy” methods.

Ms. Lupke is an authority on the use of enterprise zones and other special tools for development, and she has twenty-five years experience in designing and implementing development strategies. Lupke & Associates has earned distinction for its work with distressed communities that face particular challenges: urban neighborhoods, struggling downtowns, and isolated rural economies. Ms. Lupke has been an active member of IEDC and its predecessor organization CUED since the mid-1980s and has served on the Board of Directors of both organizations. Ms. Lupke holds a BA from Earlham College and the MPA degree from Indiana University. She is on the Board of Advisors for the Local Policy Journal based in the United Kingdom and co-author of the OECD publication “Entrepreneurship: A Catalyst for Urban Regeneration”.

John P. Metcalf
President
Workforce Systems Associates

Residing in Charlotte, North Carolina, John P. Metcalf has been involved in solving workforce development challenges for over 20 years. First as a member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Workforce Development Board, where he served as the Vice-chair; then as a senior partner with the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce; consultant with Coffey Consulting and Thomas P. Miller and Associates, National Association of Workforce Boards, and now as president, Workforce Systems Associates. Workforce Systems Associates leads workforce, education, and community visioning efforts engaging community stakeholders to create strategies that build on a new vision.

John Metcalf brings outstanding private industry experience coupled with public consulting work related to workforce investment and economic development, including sector strategies, regional community planning, strategic planning, and leadership development. John continues to create innovative integration strategies for workforce, economic, and education development at the community level.

John has worked in 43 states at both the state and local levels helping stakeholders create and implement workforce and community planning policies and strategies. With his experience in working with over 200 boards, he is called on to provide insight on what matters to move communities forward and overcoming workforce challenges.

Before his involvement with solving community workforce challenges, John spent 30 years at AT&T in a broad range of sales, marketing, and executive leadership positions allowing him to bring a business focus to workforce, economic, and community planning. In his last AT&T assignment, John served as General Manager Business Network Sales for North and South Carolina where he oversaw a revenue stream of $1.3B and a workforce of 300 sales and technical professionals

 

Accommodations/Training Location

Hyatt Regency Atlanta
265 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (888) 421-1442

IEDC Room Rate: $201 single/double
Group Rate Cutoff: September 5, 2018

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Registration

	By August 17	August 18 - September 14	*After September 14
IEDC Member	$490	$630	$650
Nonmember	$640	$780	$800
Full Time Student**	$105	$125	$145

*Walk-in registrations will be accepted. Full payment must be made on-site in order to attend the course.
** Copy of current transcript required.

Refunds less a $60 cancellation fee will be issued for all cancellations received in writing to fax: (202) 223-4745 or email: prodev@iedconline.org at least 10 business days prior to the course - please allow 3-4 weeks. All registrations regardless of payment status are subject to the $60 cancellation fee. No refunds or credit transfers to a future course will be issued for cancellations received within 10 business days of the course. Telephone cancellations are not accepted. Attendee substitutions for a course may be made at any time prior to the course.