The 2019 Economic Outlook Summit is scheduled for Friday, September 6, 2019 from 7:30
a.m. to Noon at the East Stroudsburg University Mattioli Recreation Center.
The Summit will be hosted by Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D., President of ESU. The program
will include featured presentations, the Monroe 2030 Action Team Report and the sixth
annual Monroe County Economic Scorecard.
Sponsorships available: Contact Lianna DeSantis, Director Corporate and Foundation
Relations,ldesantis1@esu.edu, (570) 422-3179
Summit Agenda
7:30 a.m. Breakfast and Networking
8:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks - Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D., ESU President
8:15 a.m. Monroe 2030 Update and Scorecard Presentation
9:00 a.m. Monroe 2030 Strategic Doing Team Updates
9:45 a.m. Hospitality and Tourism: Chris Barrett, CEO Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau;
Arthur Keith, General Manager, Kalahari Resorts and Conventions; and Sylvester Williams
J.D. ESU Dean of the College of Business Management
10:15 a.m. Networking Break
10:30 a.m. Economic Development: Chuck Leonard, Executive Director Pocono Mountains
Economic Development Corporation; Christine Meinhart-Fritz, Director, Monroe County
Planning Commission; Adam Schellhammer, District Manager, Monroe County Conservation
District; and Gary Olson, CEO, ESSA Bank and Trust
11:00 a.m. Workforce Education: Ashley Putnam, Director Economic Growth and Mobility
Project
Sponsorships available: Contact Lianna DeSantis, Director Corporate and Foundation
Relations,ldesantis1@esu.edu, (570) 422-3179
Summit Agenda
7:30 a.m. Breakfast and Networking
8:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks - Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D., ESU President
8:15 a.m. Monroe 2030 Update and Scorecard Presentation
9:00 a.m. Monroe 2030 Strategic Doing Team Updates
9:45 a.m. Hospitality and Tourism: Chris Barrett, CEO Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau;
Arthur Keith, General Manager, Kalahari Resorts and Conventions; and Sylvester Williams
J.D. ESU Dean of the College of Business Management
10:15 a.m. Networking Break
10:30 a.m. Economic Development: Chuck Leonard, Executive Director Pocono Mountains
Economic Development Corporation; Christine Meinhart-Fritz, Director, Monroe County
Planning Commission; Adam Schellhammer, District Manager, Monroe County Conservation
District; and Gary Olson, CEO, ESSA Bank and Trust
11:00 a.m. Workforce Education: Ashley Putnam, Director Economic Growth and Mobility
Project
