CEO Summit

Registration

Hotel & Travel

Schedule

CEO Summit

2020 CEO Summit!

The dates and location for the 2020 CEO Summit will be announced in early 2020.

The CECU CEO Summit brings together C-Suite executives from across the postsecondary career education sector to discuss topics impacting our sector and continue conversations to strategically plan around those areas.

Registration

Registration

Registration for the 2019 CEO Summit is now closed. If you have questions regarding the event or last minute changes, please email Kelley Blanchard at Kelley.blanchard@career.org

The CEO Summit is open to education executives of institutions as well as allied executives from member companies.

For registration questions please contact us at events@career.org or 571-970-6471.

Member rate

Early rate (through Oct. 11)	Regular rate (after Oct. 11)
Sold out!	Sold out!

Nonmember rate

Early rate (through Oct. 11)	Regular rate (after Oct. 11)
Sold out!	Sold out!

Member rates are only available to those who have current membership dues paid through the 2019/2020 membership year by the date of the opening session.

Nonmember rates are only offered to school executives. All allied registrants must be CECU members to attend.

Hotel & Travel

Hotel Information

The official host hotel for the 2019 CEO Summit is the Westin San Diego. All program events for the Summit will be held there as well. It is recommended that all participants stay at the host hotel for coordination with presenters and other attendees.

Westin San Diego
400 West Broadway
San Diego, CA 92101
619-239-4500

The CECU room block is sold out, but rooms are still available directly with the hotel.

Schedule

CEO Summit Schedule
The schedule is subject to change

Defining the Future of Post-Secondary Career Education

Wednesday, November 13 | Noon-5:00 pm

Premeeting - Complimentary for all registered attendees
9:00 am Top Compliance Audit Findings and Tips on Maintaining Title IV Program Compliance

CEO Summit
11:00 am   Setting the Stage | The Politics of Higher Education
Terry Hartle, American Council on Education

Noon Lunch

12:45 pm     The Politics of Financial Aid
Justin Draeger, National Association of Student Aid Administrators

1:45 pm The Politics of Postsecondary Career Education
Bob Jones, President of Education & Workforce Policy, Inc.
Steve Gunderson, President and CEO of CECU

3:00 pm Future of Post-Secondary Career Education
NDP Analytics

6:00-8:00 pm Political Update Dinner
Keynote - John Feehery

8:00-10:30 pm Evening Reception sponsored by Level Agency

Thursday, November 14 | 8:00-5:00 pm

8:00 am Breakfast

9:00 am Education and the American Workforce
Anthony Carnevale, Georgetown Center for
Education and the Workforce

9:45 am A Businessman’s Perspective: A Broken Congress and the Need for Skilled Workers
Darrell Issa, Entrepreneur, Former CEO, Former Congressman from California

10:45 am Veterans for Career Education: Redefining the Face of our Sector
Michael Dakduk, CECU

11:30 am What Works – and What Doesn’t Work – in Veterans Education
Anne Howard, Michael Littlefield, C.J. Murphy and Dr. Fox Troilo, Hanover Research

Noon-1:00 pm Networking Lunch

1:00 pm   The Best Practices for Employer Engagement
Tim McMahon and Jim Bologa

1:30 pm Creating the Business/Education Partnership
Joshua Westfall, Senior Manager, Policy & Programs
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Center for Education and Workforce

2:45 pm Strategies to Defend the Sector at the State Level
Moderator: TC Wolfe
Panel of Attorneys and school leaders

3:45 pm The Future of Postsecondary Career Education:
  What it means for us
.

CEO Summit
Dates and location pending