Meetings & Events
Top Employer Coalition
The Alliance’s Top Employer Coalition meets as needed to address common local, state, regional and national issues impacting operations in Kankakee County. Recent topics have included local and state employee training programs and incentives, local expansion incentives, facility safety, cybersecurity, employee recruitment, renewable energy and root cause analysis. Meetings frequently include plant or institutional tours.
For more information or to participate in the Top Employer Coalition, contact Alliance CEO Tim Nugent.
Alliance Board of Directors Meetings
The Economic Alliance holds regular meetings of its board of directors on the second Thursdays of the scheduled months at 7:30 a.m. Meetings are primarily held at Olivet Nazarene University’s Weber Leadership Center; however, they occasionally are held offsite in conjunction with industry tours. Meetings are open.
2020 BoD meeting dates are:
- February 13
- June 11
- September 10
- November 12
To receive notification of Economic Alliance board meetings, contact Lisa Wogan.
UPCOMING EVENTS
- [REGISTER] Venture Kankakee County webcast – Episode 1: Co-Operation 9-25-2020
- ReferenceUSA Training [Zoom, limited in person] 9-23-2020
- Alliance-IMEC Manufacturing Roundtables – Invitation/Survey 8-10-2020
- Venture Kankakee County webcast – participant letter
RECENT EVENTS
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