TRAINING GROUND LUNCH SERIESTraining Ground Lunch Session #2:
"Engage in the underlying issues affecting New Orleans"
Crime, Allocating Resources, and Closing the Deal
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009
11:30pm - 1:00pm (Networking Reception, 11:30 AM) World Trade Center (2 Canal St., New Orleans)
Plimsoll Club, Ambassador Room (30th Floor)
FEATURED:
Ralph Brandt – Chief of Juvenile Division, Orleans Parish District Attorney's office
Raphael C. Goyeneche, III – President and Managing Director, Metropolitan Crime Comission
Marlin Gusman – Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff
Training Ground Lunch Session #1:
"Engage in the underlying issues affecting Economic Development in New Orleans"
The Impact of 2010 Elections on Economic Development in New Orleans
October 22, 2009
11:30pm - 1:30pm (Networking Reception, 11:30 AM) World Trade Center (2 Canal St., New Orleans)
Plimsoll Club, Ambassador Room (30th Floor)
FEATURED:
Gregory Rusovich - Chairman, the New Orleans Business Council
Sean Cummings - Executive Director, New Orleans Building Corporation
Robbi Vitrano - Co-Founder, Trumpet Ventures
Overview: The Training Ground Lunches are designed to bring together the best and the brightest of the next generation of leaders in the private, nonprofit, government, entertainment and activist communities. Young professionals from across the City will gather for lunch once a month (estimated time 11/2 hour) for nonstop dialogue, agenda-setting and networking.
Objectives: The objective of The Training Ground Lunches will be to: (1) facilitate discussion where participants will share strategies for civic engagement among young professionals in advance of the upcoming Mayor and City Council elections; (2) arm participants with the knowledge and tools they need to strengthen communities through policy advocacy; and (3) provide networking activities to harness power through unity.