ommerce
n Selected for Education Fellowship
cants,” said ACCE President Mick
Fleming. Speaking on the need for
businesses to be more engaged
in talent development discussions
and outcomes, Fleming says his
organization assists its members
through various learning oppor-
tunities and best practice sharing.
“This latest step in our strategy to
engage business leaders and ad-
vocates in education attainment
maximizes the linkage between
qualified talent and economic de-
velopment goals.”
ACCE’s Fellowship for Education
Attainment is designed to ad-
vance a chamber of commerce’s
already-defined education attain-
ment goals and ultimately help
the business associations nation-
wide build replicable programs
and processes.
Leaders selected to participate
in the 2017 Fellowship represent
communities including Albany,
New York; Atlanta, Georgia; Au-
gusta, Georgia; Vail, Colorado;
Brockton, Massachusetts; Brook-
lyn, New York; Burlington, Ver-
mont; Corpus Christi, Texas; De-
troit, Michigan; Evansville, Indiana;
Frankfort, Kentucky; Fullerton, Cal-
ifornia; Greenwood, South Caroli-
na; Helena, Montana; Irving, Tex-
as; Little Rock, Arkansas; Mason,
Ohio; Raleigh, North Carolina; Sa-
lina, Kansas; Topeka, Kansas; and
Tulsa, Oklahoma.
For more information about
ACCE’s Education Attainment Di-
vision, visit www.ACCE.org/EAD.
ween education from early childhood and beyond
vital to the quality of life and the future workforce.
ture the benefits tomorrow."
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