2. Career and Technical Education Advisory Council Annual Report
Gail V. Bess
Coordinator of Career & Technical Education and Adult Education
September 8, 2016

3. Designed to…… connect business with education in a proactive way
match industry standards with classroom instruction and outcomes
provide first-hand information concerning current business trends, technological demands, and realistic job requirements
gain input from persons with practical, everyday occupational knowledge of technical and inter-personal skills necessary on the job

4. Membership City of Suffolk College of William and Mary
Community Representatives
E. V. Williams
Hilton Garden Inn Suffolk Conference Center
McEntire Design
Northrop Grumman
Paul D. Camp Community College

5. Membership Serendipity Hair Salon State Farm Insurance
Suffolk Family YMCA
Target—Suffolk Import Warehouse
Tidewater Community College
Turntine Insurance Agency, Inc.

6. Student Conference
November 17, 2015

7. Student Conference E. V. Williams, Inc. J. M. Smucker Company
Reinhart Foodservice
Suffolk Department of Fire and Rescue
Suffolk Department of Economic Development
Suffolk Public Schools
Turntine Insurance Agency, Inc.
Vitex Packaging Group
Virginia Career Education Foundation

8. Non-Traditional Extravaganza
February 18, 2016

9. Non-Traditional Extravaganza
Department of Forestry
E. V. Williams
Farm Service Agency
H & R Block
Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD)
House Call Company
Johnson & Wales University
Norfolk Naval Shipyard Apprentice Program
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding
Paul D. Camp Community College
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Serendipity Hair Salon
Suffolk Department of Public Works & Engineering

10. Non-Traditional Extravaganza
Suffolk Family YMCA
Suffolk Police Department CSI Unit
Suffolk Public Library
Suffolk Public Schools
Surry Power Station
T. E. Cooke-Overton Funeral Home
Target—Suffolk Import Warehouse
The GEO Group, Inc.
Turntine Insurance Agency, Inc.
Verizon Global Network Service Delivery & Assurance
Virginia Ship Repair Association
Vitex Packaging Group

11. Career Expo
April 21, 2016

12. Career Expo Charter Communications Chick-fil-A
Children’s Harbor—Suffolk
City of Suffolk—Public Works/Engineering
Culinary Institute of Virginia
Department of Defense
Edward Jones Investments
E. V. Williams, Inc.
Food and Nutrition Services—Suffolk Public Schools
Gentle Touch Home Care, Inc.
Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD)

13. Career Expo Hilton Garden Inn Suffolk Riverfront House Call Company
Lake Prince Woods
Liebherr Mining Equipment Newport News Co.
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Luck Stone
LWSS Dentistry
Massimo Zanetti
MBP
NEXCOM
Norfolk Naval Shipyard Apprentice Program
Northrop Grumman Corporation
QVC

14. Career Expo RFK Solutionz Regis Corporation
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Sentara College of Health Sciences
Sentara Obici
Smithfield Foods
Smuckers
Starr Motors
Suffolk Farm Service Agency
Suffolk Fire and Rescue
SunTrust Bank

15. Career Expo T. E. Cooke-Overton Funeral Home, Inc.
The Children’s Center
Turntine Insurance Agency, Inc.
Virginia Department of Transportation
Virginia Ship Repair Association
Vitex Packaging, Inc.
Wal-Mart

16. Teacher Job Shadowing Experiences
Bayport Credit Union
Hilton Garden Inn Conference Center
State Farm Insurance Agency
Sherman Vincent, Insurance Agent
Turntine Insurance Agency, Inc.

17. Nansemond River High School
CTE Student of the Year
Tala Hughes
Nansemond River High School

18. CTE New Teacher of the Year Nansemond River High School
Mr. Kyle Lippiatt
Nansemond River High School

19. CTE Teacher of the Year
Mrs. Betty Twitty
Lakeland High School