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ITLC Team Moderates Two Panels at the National RTAP Conference

Posted January 2024

ITLC’s Senior Workforce Development Advisor Maurice Beard and Research Associate Shayna Gleason traveled to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, last month for the National Rural Transit Assistance Program (National RTAP) conference. Both team members moderated panels related to transit workforce development. Maurice’s panel, "Improving Your Driver Training Program: State Curriculums, Mentorship, ELDT, & Narcan Training,” and Shayna’s panel, "Rounding Up Morale: Bus Roadeos and Other Driver Recruitment and Retention Strategies," together drew in about 150 of the conference’s attendees. TWC also hosted an exhibit booth, where Maurice and Shayna engaged and networked with conference attendees, sparking many conversations surrounding workforce development in transit that will continue well after the conference's conclusion.