2019 Annual PTP Breakfast Briefing
Photo Credit: Chelsea Parker
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Here is the link to Secretary Trogdon’s presentation – PTP 2.19.19_Trogdon PPT
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Piedmont Triad Partnership hosted its annual breakfast on February 19, 2019 at Grandover Resort and Conference Center in Greensboro, NC.
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President Janet Spriggs, Forsyth Technical Community College ; and, Vice President Quentin Johnson, GTCC Student Support Services
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CEO & President Stan Kelly, Piedmont Triad Partnership, welcomed guests to the 2nd Annual PTP Breakfast Briefing.
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President Nido Qubein, High Point University, serves as co-chairman of the PTP Board of Directors. Dr. Qubein gave brief remarks, including updates about the Carolina Core.
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Chancellor Harold L. Martin, Sr., North Carolina A&T, serves on the PTP board. Dr. Martin introduced President Peter Hans, North Carolina Community Colleges System.
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President Hans “highlighted the urgent need to accelerate the delivery of high-quality education to an increasingly diverse and growing population to ensure North Carolina’s future economic competitiveness. “
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Jim Melvin, president, The Joseph M. Bryan Foundation, serves as vice chairman of the PTP Board. Mr. Melvin thanked Mr. Hans and introduced Secretary Jim Trogdon, N.C. Department of Transportation.
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Secretary Trogdon “discussed how he and his team at NCDOT are accelerating projects, like Carolina Core, and streamlining delivery to meet the transportation needs of our growing region and state.”
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Louis DeJoy, president, LDJ Global Strategies, LLC, and PTP board member; President Phyllis Dawkins, Bennett College; Dr. Martin; and, several of the over 100 business, education, community and political leaders who attended this year’s Breakfast Briefing.