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Center Deputy Dir, Xinge Wang, to Address Transit Workforce Resilience During Upcoming Eno Webinar

Posted June 2020

Center Deputy Director, Xinge Wang, will serve as a panelist for a webinar on June 30th at 2:00pm ET: Empowering a Resilient Transit Workforce, hosted by The Eno Center for Transportation. Joining Mrs. Wang on the panel is Joanne Peterson, Chief of Human Capital & Development at Los Angeles Metro; and Jess Guerra, Executive Director of the Transportation Workforce Institute at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College. The session will be moderated by Tyler Reeb, Director of Research and Workforce Development at the Center for International Trade and Transportation at the California State University of Long Beach; and Robert Puentes, President and CEO, Eno Center for Transportation.

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed transit professionals to establish new standards for resiliency. At the same time, leaders in transit are seeking new ways to promote social mobility through career pathway opportunities. Drawing from industry experience and research, this webinar will delve into resiliency challenges and education and training solutions to cultivate a more resilient and empowered transit workforce. The webinar will identify critical labor market benchmarks impacting the transit workforce and address ways to prepare the public transportation workforce for the post COVID-19 world.

Use this link to register: https://www.enotrans.org/event/webinar-empowering-a-resilient-transit-workforce/