rban Ed, Inc. has reorganized our Advisory Committee in an effort to bring a diverse spectrum of knowledge, expertise and energy to guide us toward achieving our goals.

Representation on the committee comes from major Fortune 500 corporations, small and mid-size businesses and educational institutions. The committee helps us by:

• Creating linkages to companies that can supplement and/or complement our efforts;
  
• Providing information on technology and general workplace skills needed by employees;
  
• Offering feedback about our curriculum to assure it meets industry needs and the special needs of our target constituents;
  
• Being active participants in the on the job training by allowing our program participants to work on special projects within their companies as appropriate;
  
• Actively posting job openings with Urban Ed and being aggressive in identifying placement opportunities for our participants; and
  
• Bringing their knowledge and commitment to our efforts.
  

Current Advisory Committee members include representation from:

• Allied Telecom
• Cisco Systems
• DC Chamber of Commerce
• Prudential Financial
• SkillSoft Corporation
• Tech Opps, Inc.
• Wachovia Bank

We are in the process of identifying strong leadership for our committee, seeking 8 new members. If you are interested in helping us develop youth and the unemployed for technology careers, develop srategies for helping corporations solve personnel issues through Urban Ed's work or be a part of an innovative social and economic initiative, then we invite you to be a part of our Advisory Committee.

For more information and to explore the possibilities, contact us at 202-610-2344 or email our president, Roxanne Williams, at rwilliams@UrbanEd.org.