Forum on North Carolina’s Aging Workforce

About the Forum

The Forum on North Carolina’s Aging Workforce was held on September 23-24, 2008 at the Brownstone Hotel in Raleigh NC. The forum was organized by:

• Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging
• Institute on Aging
• North Carolina Department of Commerce, Workforce Development Board
• North Carolina Division on Aging and Adult Services

Reports Available

Download the final Report of the Forum on North Carolina’s Aging Workforce.

Download the Forum agenda.

Some of the presenters have made information from their individual presentations available below.

2008 Presentations

Victor Marshall, Ph.D., Director, Institute on Aging, University of North Carolina
“Aging Workforce Issues: The Big Picture”

Bill A. Shore, GlaxoSmithKline and Chair, Institute for a Competitive Workforce, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
“Aging Workforce Issues: The U.S. Context”

Roger Shackleford, Executive Director, Division of Workforce Development, Department of Commerce, North Carolina
“Meeting Future Workforce Needs in NC”

Leslie Boney, Associate Vice President for Economic Development, Research, Policy, and Planning; UNC
Addressing the Brain Drain

M. Allison Honeycutt; Workforce Strategy Director, Duke Energy Human Resources, Charlotte, NC
“The Brain Drain from a Private Sector Perspective: The Case of Duke Energy”

Willow Jacobson, School of Government, UNC at Chapel Hill
"Succession Planning and the Brain Drain among North Carolina Municipal Employees"

Dr. Robert Clark, College of Management, North Carolina State University
“The Aging of the UNC Faculty and its Implications for Higher Education in North Carolina”

Laura Linnan, ScD, CHES., Health Behavior and Health Education, UNC – Chapel Hill
“Health Promotion for an Aging Workforce”

MaryBe McMillan, PhD; Secretary-Treasurer, North Carolina State AFL-CIO
“The Future of an Aging Workforce”

Janelle C. Edwards; Washington, NC
“Real Experiences as an Older Worker”

Ed Redfern, AARP
"Talent Management for a 21st Century Workforce: The AARP Workforce Assessment Tool"

Willa Dickens, Associate Vice President for Workforce Development, NC Community College System
"How Community Colleges Can Train This Valuable Population"

Don Davis, Vice-President for Workforce Development, National Council on Aging, Washington, DC
“Effective Strategies for Recruitment, Retention, and Management of Older Workers”

Cynthia Vail, Director, Senior Counseling and Employment, Durham, NC
“Programs for Senior Employment – From North Carolina to Arizona”

Mary Cichocki, Lead Volunteer, Mature Workforce Speakers Bureau –AARP- NC
“Overview of how the Mature Workforce Speakers Bureau has tried to influence companies to retain, recruit and hire Boomers”

Laura Wallace, Manager Work/Life and EAP Programs, SAS Employee and Family Solutions
“Creating, Maintaining and Enhancing Engagement with a Maturing Workforce”

Neil Charness, PhD; William G. Chase Professor of Psychology, Florida State University
“Promoting a Comfortable Workstation Environment at Work and at Home”

David E. Cottengim, President, Resources for Seniors, Inc., Raleigh, NC
“The Benefits of Hiring and Retaining Older Workers”

Dennis Streets, Director, North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services
Racing Toward an Older Workforce