CfAO ProfessionalDevelopment Workshop

May 18, 2004

“To broaden our economic base and provide employment

to the young people of Maui, including former residents

who would like to return, we are seeking to start a process

which will lead to community-accepted new economic directions which both the public

and private sectors working together can follow…this will not be an easy task or a quick fix.”

Colin C. CameronOpening Remarks at Kapalua Conference

on “Maui’s Economic Future”December 9, 1981

Mission

To provide leadership and vision in our communityfor the responsible design and development

of a strong and diversified economy

Vision

A future in which abundant opportunities for rewarding employment are met by a qualified, resident workforce in

Maui County, a community which honors its cultural heritage and natural environment

$136 million and counting…

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Yearly Revenue Comparison(Millions of Dollars)

Wailea/Makena Resorts

HC&S

Maui Land & Pine

Maui High TechIndustry

We are diverse…

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/wms

We are world class…

Assets

• 1 of top 5 viewing locations in the world• Suite of 11 Air Force and University of Hawaii telescopes

- AEOS: largest optical telescope in DoD system- Faulkes Telescope

• Deep and near space applications, orbital debris tracking, Near Earth Asteroid Tracking, world-renowned solar research

• World-class industry in design, research, custom production of optics and sensors

• Imaging, simulation/modeling• Maui High Performance Computing Center• Pacific Disaster Center

It pays a living wage…

What Is A Living Wage in Maui County?

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Cashiers

Retail Sales

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First Line Supervisors

Adult & Infant & Preschooler

MRTP Average Income

Average Annual Income in MRTP is $60,000

“The fact that only two of the ten largest occupations in Hawaii provide wages sufficient to

meet even the smallest family’s needs accentuates the lack of opportunities to secure a livable wage in

the labor market…[1. Nursing and 2. Technology].”

The Self-Sufficiency Standard for HawaiiApril 2003

Workforce: Key to growth and competing…

Workforce Development

• Women in Technology- National model pilot/demonstration projects- Tapping women and minorities- Includes boys

• Technical assistance- Creating “pipeline”- Recruitment - Retention

• Education is foundation for workforce• Attention to Kama’aina come home• Science/culture interface

High Tech MauiHoliday Job Fair• 15 companies• 600 participants• 25 placements• Database

Boeing’s Daron Nishimoto at Job Fair

Jamie Legsay, apprentice toMECO full-time hire

Computer Operator Apprenticeship• 2 year program• 5 apprentices

Project EAST (Environmental and Spatial Technology)• Project-based, lab-based• 300 students, 5 high schools

Baldwin High School EAST class

FSEA (Future Scientists & Engineers Of American)• 800 students

Teacher Emily Haines with King Kekaulike High School FSEA students

Job Shadowing• Tech Careers Day: “I am the future”• Introduce Girls to Engineering• 200 students

MentorNet• Matching women to industry mentors• 100 mentees

Sharyn Sharp at Dreisbach Data

Excite Camp• Astronomy and culture• Intermediate school • 25 native Hawaiian girls

1st Annual Akamai Internship Program• Center for Adaptive Optics

• 12 paid internships

Building partnerships for equity…

WorkforceAlliances

County of Maui

U of Hawaii/Maui Community College

Labor Unions

Department of Education, Maui District

Technology Business Community

Air Force Research Lab

U. S. Senator Inouye

Kamehameha Schools

Center for Adaptive Optics

U.S. Department of Labor

U. S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Kama’aina Careers

Lessons for Success• Administered through an organization with existing key

relationships with STEM employers and educators.• Obtain ongoing buy-in from high-ranking employer and educator

partners.• Involve partners in

wide-ranging recruitmentand retention programs based on equity best

practices.

Moving Toward Critical Mass

• 4 years later: Female technical workforce at MRTP increased to 23% from less than 13% in 2000.

• A female hired as CEO• 6 new female Ph.D.’s lead research in 4 MRTP

companies. • Center for Adaptive Optics (CfAO) internships –

33% female, 75% from under-represented groups.

Kama’aina Come Home

Keiki Pua Dancil, PhD,Trex Enterprises

The partnership payoff…

Growing the next generation…

We have momentum…

Premier Place

MHPCC

Maui R&T Center

New Building Site

RME Site

MicroGaia

Maui Research & Technology Park

Contact Information:Jeanne Skog, President & CEO

Leslie Wilkins, Vice President

Maui Economic Development Board, Inc.

(808) 875-2300

Skog@medb.org

Leslie@medb.org