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. Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D., President, East Stroudsburg University, Welcome
8:15 a.m. MONROE 2030 UPDATE and SCORECARD PRESENTATION:
Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D., President, East Stroudsburg University
Matt Connell, Ph.D., Dean, Northampton Community College – Monroe Campus
Gary Olson, CEO, ESSA Bank & Trust
Kurt R. Bauman, Vice President, Community & Economic Development Services, NEPA Alliance
Monroe County Commissioners: John Moyer, John Christy, Charles Garris
9:00 a.m. Monroe 2030 Team Updates: Public Health, Youth Entrepreneurship, Collaboration,
Sustainability, Workforce Development, Business Development, Housing, and Marketing
9:45 a.m. HOSPITALITY and TOURISM: Chris Barrett, CEO, Pocono Mountains Visitors
Bureau, interviewed by Sylvester Williams, Dean, ESU College of Business and Management
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Chuck Leonard, Executive Director, Pocono Mountains
Economic Development Corporation, interviewed by Gary Olson, CEO ESSA Bank & Trust
11:00 a.m. WORKFORCE/EDUCATION: Keynote Speaker Ashley Putnam, Director, Economic
Growth & Mobility Project, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
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. Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D., President, East Stroudsburg University, Welcome
8:15 a.m. MONROE 2030 UPDATE and SCORECARD PRESENTATION:
Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D., President, East Stroudsburg University
Matt Connell, Ph.D., Dean, Northampton Community College – Monroe Campus
Gary Olson, CEO, ESSA Bank & Trust
Kurt R. Bauman, Vice President, Community & Economic Development Services, NEPA Alliance
Monroe County Commissioners: John Moyer, John Christy, Charles Garris
9:00 a.m. Monroe 2030 Team Updates: Public Health, Youth Entrepreneurship, Collaboration,
Sustainability, Workforce Development, Business Development, Housing, and Marketing
9:45 a.m. HOSPITALITY and TOURISM: Chris Barrett, CEO, Pocono Mountains Visitors
Bureau, interviewed by Sylvester Williams, Dean, ESU College of Business and Management
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Chuck Leonard, Executive Director, Pocono Mountains
Economic Development Corporation, interviewed by Gary Olson, CEO ESSA Bank & Trust
11:00 a.m. WORKFORCE/EDUCATION: Keynote Speaker Ashley Putnam, Director, Economic
Growth & Mobility Project, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
