Keynote Speaker:

Karen Lucas
National Recruiting Coordinator
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

Karen Lucas is recruiting coordinator for The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, a national construction manager and general contractor. Karen guides the nationwide recruitment effort of entry-level project engineers and field engineers. An essential component of that effort is the hands-on coordination and management of the company's internship program.

Karen has 22 years experience in business development, marketing and recruiting. Prior to joining Whiting-Turner, Karen received her bachelor's degree in mass communications from Towson University.

Best Practices Panel:

Beverly League
Corporate College Relations
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

Debbie Staigerwald
Director of Volunteers and Interns
The Arc of Baltimore

Blaise Willig
Senior Editor
Media Two, Inc.

>>Come learn about how to develop, enhance, and/or expand an internship program at your company. This half day program is applicable for small, medium and large companies.

>>Meet internship coordinators from the region's best colleges & universities who are committed to providing exclusive one-on-one assistance to match the best student to your business needs.

One of the GBC's top initiatives is to build a world class highly educated and trained workforce that is capable of meeting the challenges of today's competitive knowledge-based global economy. A key component of this initiative is to retain the talent that we educate at our higher education institutions and seek to ensure that they become gainfully employed and part of our State's strong workforce.