Council Executive Director Jane Kusiak chats with Tony Maggio from the House Appropriations Committee.

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Frank Atkinson, Chairman, McGuireWoods Consulting, chats with Secretary of Education Dr. Tom Morris.

Danny LeBlanc, Senior Advisor to the Governor for Workforce, and Jo Lynne DeMary, Director of the Center for School Improvement at VCU.

From left to right: Joe DeFelippo, Director of Academic Affairs at SCHEV; Jane Kusiak, Council on Virginia's Future; Jo Lynne DeMary, VCU; Craig Herndon, Virginia Community College System.

Patrick Kelly, Senior Associate at NCHEMS (Nat'l Ctr. for Higher Education Management Systems) listens as Tony Maggio illustrates a point.

John "Dubby" Wynne, Council Vice Chair, makes a point as Secretary of Finance Ric Brown and DPB Director Dan Timberlake listen in.

Foreground: Paul Timmreck, Director of the Virginia Executive Institute, listens thoughtfully.

Liz Povar, Director for Business Development at the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, follows the slides as Chris Chmura presents her data.

Chris Chmura of Chmura Economics and Analytics makes a point during her data analysis of the alignment of higher education and workforce needs. Jane Kusiak listens.

From foreground: Frank Atkinson, McGuireWoods Consulting; Bob Leber, Northrup Grumman, Virginia Workforce Council; Joe DeFilippo, SCHEV; Danny LeBlanc, Governor's Cabinet; Peter Blake, VCCS.

SCHEV Deputy Director Tom Daley follows the data during Chris Chmura's presentation on workforce alignments.

John Thomas, Director of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at UVa., listens intently.

Dubby Wynne makes a point.

Bob Leber of Northrup Grumman makes a point.

Craig Herndon explains a point about the VCCS's new web tool for students, the Virginia Education Wizard.

Sonya Waddell, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and Betsey Daley, Staff Director of the Virginia Senate Finance Committee, listen to the discussion.

Another view of forum attendees.

During the final discussion, Tony Maggio makes a point as attendees look on.

Peter Blake, Vice Chancellor of Workforce Development Services at the Virginia Community Colleges System.

Foreground: Don Finley, President of the Virginia Business Higher Education Council. Photo also shows about half of the forum attendees at their seats.