UW Business School Offers Executive Development Resource

Many Puget Sound organizations - public and private - face a challenge in developing leaders from within. The University of Washington Business School's Executive Education programs offer valuable resources for meeting that challenge. Seminars, short courses and management certificate programs can help focus on developing specific skills in leadership, finance, negotiating, marketing and other areas or provide a broad executive development experience. An added benefit for public sector participants is the opportunity to meet and network with participants from the business community.

The Management Program, a nine-month certificate program, offers a great alternative to an MBA for time-pressed mid-career managers. Requiring a commitment of just one afternoon and evening a week, the program builds on each participant's past experience and is a cost-effective way to develop and retain executive talent.

Here are some other upcoming opportunities:
Pricing Strategies & Tactics - 4/5
Marketing ROI - 4/6
Building Brand & Business Value
through Retail Sustainability- 5/30-31
Finance & Accounting for
Non-Financial Executives - 6/4-6
Global Strategy and Leadership - 7/9-19
Leadership that Shapes the Future seminar - 9/17-19

For more information about Executive Education at the UW Business School, visit the Web site at www.execed.washington.edu or call 206.543-8560.

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Prosperity Partnership E-Newsletter
March 16, 2007

  • Bill to Dramatically Increase Bachelor's Degree Production Passes Unanimously in Senate
  • Higher Education Legislation Moving in the House of Representatives
  • Prosperity Partnership Moving Forward with its Goal to Increase the Availability of Adequate Housing Affordable to Workers at All Wage Levels

    Bill to Dramatically Increase Bachelor's Degree Production Passes Unanimously in Senate

    Senate Bill 5731, introduced by Senator Paull Shin, passed the Senate unanimously this week. It now moves on to the House Higher Education Committee.

    Most importantly, the bill codifies the Partnership's goal of 10,000 new degrees every year. Additionally, it charge's a committee with 1) developing a plan to add sufficient capacity in our higher education system for these students, and 2) developing a campaign to help students, parents, teachers and others understand the opportunities in high-demand fields, as well as the need to take math and science to be prepared for them.

    This bill is directly responsive to the Prosperity Partnership's proposal, and along with the Governor's proposed budget, the bill will largely accomplish the Partnership's higher education goals this session.

    For more information, contact Angela Kerwin at 206-587-5061 or akerwin@psrc.org.

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    Higher Education Legislation Moving in the House of Representatives

    In the House, representatives unanimously passed HB 2317, which requires definition of the term high demand related to degrees. This bill is now being reviewed by the Senate Higher Education Committee and is scheduled for a public hearing on March 21.

    Two other bills related to education are worth noting. House Bill 1882 would implement the recommendations of Washington Learns, including participation in the Global Challenge States, an important way to benchmark ourselves against peer regions. This bill is in appropriation and is scheduled for a public hearing on March 19. House Bill 1385, which did not advance, would have provided a strategic direction for higher education.

    For more information, contact Angela Kerwin at 206-587-5061 or akerwin@psrc.org.

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    Prosperity Partnership Moving Forward with its Goal to Increase the Availability of Adequate Housing Affordable to Workers at All Wage Levels

    The Prosperity Partnership views affordable housing as an essential component of economic prosperity and has identified creation of more housing that is affordable to the workforce as an important action item.

    The Nonprofit Partners for Prosperity and the Housing Development Consortium have been working with regional housing stakeholders to move the Prosperity Partnership's housing goal forward in both the public and private sectors.

    On the public side, they have actively provided input to the development of the update of VISION 2020, the region's long range growth, economic and transportation strategy, which is slated to include policies related to affordable housing for the first time.

    On the private side, they convened focus groups to get a sense of where business leaders stand on housing affordability issues. Focus group participants reported that they do not currently see housing affordability as a major factor affecting their business or their ability to recruit and retain good employees.

    The Prosperity Partnership is initiating a Regional Housing Strategy Working Group to look at these issues and develop possible solutions.

    For more information, contact Eric Schinfeld at 206-587-5063 or eschinfeld@psrc.org

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