{"257531":{"#nid":"257531","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Jennifer Clark Joins UVA Miller Center\u0027s First Milstein Symposium on Careating New Manufacturing Jobs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHaley Barbour, Evan Bayh Co-Chairing\u0026nbsp;UVa Miller Center\u2019s First Milstein Symposium on Creating New Manufacturing Jobs\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Former Governor Haley Barbour (R-MS) and former Governor and Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) are co-chairing a new University of Virginia Miller Center commission that is focusing on job creation for small- and medium-sized manufacturers. The effort is part of the Milstein Symposium: Ideas for a New American Century, a new Miller Center initiative that is addressing challenges facing America\u2019s middle class.\u003Cbr \/\u003E The symposium is bringing together policymakers, business leaders, scholars and journalists to define and advance innovative, nonpartisan, and action-oriented ideas and policies to help rebuild the American Dream. The first year will focus on renewing middle class jobs, and three commissions will examine topics in manufacturing, entrepreneurship and self-employment, and infrastructure investment.\u003Cbr \/\u003E Besides Barbour and Bayh, other members of the commission on manufacturing include:\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u2022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Rebecca O. Bagley, president and chief executive officer, NorTech, a technology-based economic development organization focusing on Northeast Ohio \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u2022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Aaron Bagshaw, president, WH Bagshaw Co., the oldest pin manufacturer in the United States\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u2022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Matthew Burnett, founder, Maker\u2019s Row, a company endeavoring to simplify the manufacturing process by connecting designers to domestic manufacturers \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u2022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;W. Bernard Carlson, chair, U.Va. Department of Engineering; professor of science, technology and history, and the commission\u2019s lead scholar\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u2022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Jennifer Clark, associate professor at the School of Public Policy and director of the Center for Urban Innovation in the Ivan Allen College, Georgia Institute of Technology \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u2022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;John Engler, president, Business Roundtable; former governor of Michigan\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u2022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;James Fallows, national correspondent, The Atlantic \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u2022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;James Manyika, director, McKinsey Global Institute; senior partner, McKinsey \u0026amp; Company \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u2022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Kate Sofis, executive director, SFMade, a non-profit corporation working to bolster San Francisco\u2019s economic base through local manufacturing \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u2022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Howard Wial, director, Center for Urban Economic Development, University of Illinois, Chicago \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u201cFor generations, small- and medium-sized manufacturers have provided stable, good-paying jobs for middle-class Americans,\u201d said Bayh. \u201cAs we move rapidly into the 21st-century global economy, we need fresh thinking to ensure that these companies can continue to grow and put people to work.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E Barbour said, \u201cThe public has understandably lost confidence in Washington\u2019s ability to generate common-sense, bipartisan solutions to our nation\u2019s challenges. This commission will bring together policymakers, scholars, industry leaders and other stakeholders to craft those solutions \u2013 the type of people that can achieve broad consensus and develop actionable ideas, not just more rhetoric.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E Barbour and Bayh have strong histories in advancing new ideas to benefit manufacturing and small business. As governor, Barbour expanded the number of high-skilled jobs in Mississippi\u2019s manufacturing sector and helped launch the University of Mississippi\u2019s Center for Manufacturing Excellence. In the Senate, Bayh was active on the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee and introduced legislation to expand Small Business Administration loans to small manufacturers, which was enacted a year later.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E The commission is expected to release recommendations in February.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Funding for this initiative was provided by philanthropist, business and civic leader Howard P. Milstein.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E More information on the Milstein Symposium is available at \u003Ca class=\u0022moz-txt-link-freetext\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/millercenter.org\/conferences\/2013\/milstein\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/millercenter.org\/conferences\/2013\/milstein\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Contacts:\u003Cbr \/\u003E Kristy Schantz, 202-758-3918, \u003Ca class=\u0022moz-txt-link-abbreviated\u0022 href=\u0022mailto:kkschantz@virginia.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ekkschantz@virginia.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Kim Curtis, 434-243-2985, \u003Ca class=\u0022moz-txt-link-abbreviated\u0022 href=\u0022mailto:kcurtis@virginia.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ekcurtis@virginia.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Public Policy Associate Professors Joins Prestigious National Initiatives"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe effort is part of the Milstein Symposium: Ideas for a New American Century, a new Miller Center initiative that is addressing challenges facing America\u2019s middle class.\u003Cbr \/\u003E The symposium is bringing together policymakers, business leaders, scholars and journalists to define and advance innovative, nonpartisan, and action-oriented ideas and policies to help rebuild the American Dream. The first year will focus on renewing middle class jobs, and three commissions will examine topics in manufacturing, entrepreneurship and self-employment, and infrastructure investment.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The symposium is bringing together policymakers, business leaders, scholars and journalists to define and advance innovative, nonpartisan, and action-oriented ideas and policies to help rebuild the American Dream."}],"uid":"27924","created_gmt":"2013-11-26 17:16:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:25","author":"Clark Bonilla","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-11-26T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-11-26T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"38351","name":"Advanced Manufacturing"},{"id":"815","name":"economic development"},{"id":"80961","name":"jobs creation"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EClark Bonilla, Director of Alumni and Career Services, School of Public Policy (404-385-7220).\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["clark.bonilla@pubpolicy.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}