{"253691":{"#nid":"253691","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Jennifer Clark joins first Milstein Symposium on creating new manufacturing jobs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJennifer Clark\u003C\/strong\u003E, Director of the Center for Urban Innovation in the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and Associate Professor at the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy, was recently named to 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.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe symposium brings 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\u003Cp\u003EThe program is co-chaired by former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and former Indiana Governor and Senator Evan Bayh. Other members of the commission on manufacturing include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca O. Bagley\u003C\/strong\u003E, president and chief executive officer, NorTech, a technology-based economic development organization focusing on Northeast Ohio\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAaron Bagshaw\u003C\/strong\u003E, president, WH Bagshaw Co., the oldest pin manufacturer in the United States\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMatthew Burnett\u003C\/strong\u003E, founder, Maker\u2019s Row, a company endeavoring to simplify the manufacturing process by connecting designers to domestic manufacturers\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EW. Bernard Carlson\u003C\/strong\u003E, chair, U.Va. Department of Engineering; professor of science, technology and history, and the commission\u2019s lead scholar\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Engler\u003C\/strong\u003E, president, Business Roundtable; former governor of Michigan\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJames Fallows\u003C\/strong\u003E, national correspondent, The Atlantic\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJames Manyika\u003C\/strong\u003E, director, McKinsey Global Institute; senior partner, McKinsey \u0026amp; Company\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKate Sofis\u003C\/strong\u003E, executive director, SFMade, a non-profit corporation working to bolster San Francisco\u2019s economic base through local manufacturing\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHoward Wial\u003C\/strong\u003E, director, Center for Urban Economic Development, University of Illinois, Chicago\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\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\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBarbour 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\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe commission is expected to release recommendations in February.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFunding for this initiative was provided by philanthropist, business and civic leader Howard P. Milstein.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore information on the Milstein Symposium is available at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/millercenter.org\/conferences\/2013\/milstein\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/millercenter.org\/conferences\/2013\/milstein\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Director of the Center for Urban Innovation Jennifer Clark joins commission\u0026nbsp; to define and advance ideas and policy to rebuild the American middle class.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Director of the Center for Urban Innovation Jennifer Clark joins commission  to define and advance ideas and policy to rebuild the American middle class."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-11-11 16:40:34","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:22","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-11-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-11-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"11646","name":"Jennifer Clark"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"70491","name":"middle class"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETracy Heath\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-5562\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tracy.heath@gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Etracy.heath@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tracy.heath@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}