Connecting Newsmakers and Business Leaders!
In March 2014, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with NYU and the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, launched an exciting new series - Brooklyn Newsmakers - sponsored exclusively by Investors Bank. This major initiative features high-level guest speakers addressing a citywide audience. Included are elected officials, economic development leaders, educators, technology innovators, and others in diverse fields.
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
6 MetroTech Center
RH116
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Thursday, September 24th
8:30 - 10:00 AM
Networking Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00 AM
Special Guest Presentation
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Our Special Guest
Alicia Glen
NYC Deputy Mayor for Housing
and Economic Development
Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen leads the administration's efforts to grow
and diversify New York City's economy, invest in emerging industries
across the five boroughs, build a new generation of affordable housing,
and help New Yorkers secure good-paying jobs that can support a family.
With more than 40 City agencies or authorities under her purview, Glen's
portfolio includes: the Department of City Planning; the Department of
Housing, Preservation and Development; the Economic Development Corporation;
the Department of Consumer Affairs; the Mayor's Office of Media and
Entertainment; the New York City Housing Authority: Small Business Services,
and the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Recent examples of Glen's work to expand New York's economy and
create higher paying jobs for New Yorkers, include: strategic investments
of more than $200 million in the Brooklyn Army Terminal and Brooklyn Navy
Yard innovation hubs; spearheading WENYC, an entrepreneurship initiative
to equip women with the skills and resources they need to create and grow
businesses; implementing Career Pathways, an overhaul of the $500 million
workforce development system, to focus on an industry partnership model-
such as the nationally recognized Tech Talent Pipeline-where real-time
feedback from businesses informs training for New Yorkers who can then
enter productive, good-paying careers.
