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Ike Casey
Executive Vice President
http://www.phccweb.org/

Our association helps move the country toward economic recovery primarily by providing education and information to our members to help them meet the difficult economic challenges of today. The livelihood of our members’ small businesses is extremely important to the economic backbone of America. The better equipped our members are to manage rough (and good times), the better the economy will be. continue reading

Amy Bliss, CAE
http://www.housingalliance.us/

The Wisconsin Housing Alliance is the trade association that represents the factory-built housing industry in Wisconsin. We provide training for our members to:

• help the manufacturers design and build green, energy efficient and cost effective housing.
• train home installation crews to install homes that will perform up to standards for many years.
• train rental community owners on complying with federal fair housing laws and state regulations on leasing.
• provide financial assistance to low income families that need critical home repairs. continue reading

Mark Lowry
Executive Vice President
Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES)

RSES, the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society, helps the economy in two primary ways – one direct, and one indirect.  Directly, as an educational organization with a mission to ‘provide comprehensive, cutting-edge education to the HVACR industry’ we provide individuals with the knowledge base to succeed in careers pertaining to heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration.  Specifically, we are focused on the training and education of people performing installation, service and maintenance of such mechanical systems. continue reading

Art Hsieh, MA, NREMT-P
Chief Executive Officer & Education Director
San Francisco Paramedic Association

The SFPA is a nonprofit, 501c3 membership association representing 1200 prehospital care professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area. During down economies, we see an influx of new and returning health care providers coming back into patient care industries. We work to increase out our capacity to provide the certificate courses they need to go to work. continue reading