Workforce Professionals Discuss STEM Future for Lancaster County
12/5/2008
The future of the technology sector in Lancaster County was the focus of the tenth annual Lancaster County workforce summit held on December 4, 2008. Citing a gradual decline in the percentage of Lancaster County’s technology sector employment, Scott Sheely, Executive Director of the Lancaster County WIB, said that Lancaster County needs to do more to create an environment that supports technology and innovation, beginning with increased efforts to build a STEM workforce. Sheely's comments were part of a broader briefing which highlighted national and Statewide projects in STEM. Sue Mukherjee, Special Assistant, Office of the Secretary, PA Department of Labor and Industry and Dr. Carol Adukaitis, STEM Program Manager, State System of Higher Education, were joined by Dr. Brenda Becker, Superintendent of the Hempfield School District and Andrew Garner, Youth Coordinator of the Workforce Investment Board who briefed those in attendance on the impact of program initiatives on K-12 education in Lancaster.
