2026 GrowND: Workforce Showcase

This GNDC event offers a fast-paced introduction to current workforce opportunities for North Dakota businesses.

Join us for two hours of concise, 10-minute presentations, each showcasing solutions to workforce challenges.

After these 11 mini-sessions, attendees can connect during a social hour. Speakers will host resource tables, offering opportunities for discussion, Q&A, and take-home materials to help implement solutions in the workplace.


AGENDA

1:00: Registration Opens

1:15: GNDC Welcome, acknowledgements & housekeeping

1:30: Karen Witzel, Franchise Owner (Spherion Staffing)

1:40: Retha Mattern, Education & Membership Director (Lignite Energy Council)

1:50: Casey Nyhus, HR Specialist II (Bobcat)

2:00: Sheriff Sharma, Owner (Inclusive Staffing)

2:10: Jenna Mueller, COO (F5 Project)

2:20 Melissa Marshall, Owner (Dale Carnegie of ND & Northwest MN)

2:30: Break

2:40: Patrick Mineer, Founder & CEO (Golden Path Solutions)

2:50: Wayde Sick, State Director (ND Dept of Career & Technical Education)

3:00: Alli Goossens, Assistant Director of Employer Engagement (North Dakota State University)

3:10: Pat Bertagnolli, Executive Director (Job Service North Dakota)

3:20: Matt Chaussee, CEO (CareerViewXR, Be More Colorful) & Bruce Klootwyk Jr. (Bismarck State College - XR for VR)

3:30: Social and resource tables open - sponsored by CareerViewXR

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