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MEP Advisory Board 

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June 18, 2019 Board Meeting 
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Meeting Agenda Details

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10:30 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. Board Meeting Opening/Logistics

10:35 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

• Opening Remarks

• Welcome from El Camino College President

• Welcome from NIST Leadership

• Board and Audience Introductions 

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Director’s Update, including the MEP National NetworkTM

2017-2022 Strategic Plan Update

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break

Onsite Catered; Individual Pay

1:00 p.m. – 1:05 p.m. Welcome Back/Afternoon Overview

1:05 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.

Presentation: Delivering the MEP Program with 

California’s Manufacturing Network

• Jim Watson, CMTC

• Board Feedback & Discussion
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Meeting Agenda Details Continued...

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1:35 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.

Presentation: National and State Economic Challenges 

and Opportunities, Data Trends

• Dan Berglund, SSTI

• Board Feedback & Discussion

2:05 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.

Presentation: Workforce Challenges and Solutions

• Mary Ann Pacelli, NIST MEP

• Board Feedback & Discussion

2:35 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. Break

2:50 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.

Working Group Update

• Supply Chain Development Working Group

• Board Feedback & Discussion

3:35 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Working Group Update

• Executive Committee Working Group

• Board Feedback & Discussion

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Wrap-up/Public Comments
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Welcome and Introductions

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Guests

• Name

• Name of organization

• How many years involved with MEP

Bernadine Hawes

MEP Advisory Board Chair

Dr. Dena P. Maloney

President/Superintendent

El Camino College

Carroll Thomas

NIST MEP Director
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MEP Director’s Update

MEP Program Budget Outlook/Spend Plan

Special Reports

MEP National NetworkTM Updates

NIST MEP Updates

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MEP Program Budget 

Outlook/Spend Plan
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MEP Program Budget Outlook

(as of 5/6/2019)

FY 2020 

Appropriation Status

Proposed for elimination of federal funding 

in the President’s Budget

House Mark at $154 million

Senate Mark proposed for completion by 

end of June, date TBD

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FY 2019 

Appropriation Status

Appropriation signed into law 2/15/2019
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NIST MEP FY 2019 Projected Spend Plan

($ millions)

Available Funding:

Full Year Appropriation $140.0

Carryover from FY 2018 $ 6.8

Funding from Other Agencies $ 2.8

Total Available Funding $149.6

Planned Expenditures:

Center Renewals $116.4

Strategic Competitions $ 9.0

Contracts $ 6.6

NIST MEP Labor $ 10.0

NIST and Program Overhead $ 7.6

Total Planned Expenditures $149.6

Estimated FY 2019 Efficiency Rate=10.9%; actual FY 2018 Efficiency Rate=9.1%. 8
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Special Reports
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Legislative View - Requirements of the American 

Innovation & Competitiveness Act (AICA) 

Report Completed: From AICA due two years after enactment 

(1/06/2017) in consultation with this Board, the GAO conducted a report 

on the cost share impact due to the legislative change and it was made 

public on March 7, 2019. It can be found at: 

https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-19-219

Pursuant to the AICA (P.L. 114-329) 

Draft report completed and awaiting OMB approval 

before submission to Congress.

The NIST Director shall submit to Congress a report on the 1st and 2nd

years of operations for Centers from the recompetition. The report 

provides details on the engagement in services provided by Centers, 

the characteristics of services provided, and the volume and type of 

services.

Pursuant to the AICA (P.L. 114-329) 10

GAO 

Part 1

NIST 

Report

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Legislative View - Continued with 

AICA Requirements

Pursuant to the AICA (P.L. 114-329), a final report is required 

after three years of the date of the above GAO study 

(3/7/2022), the NIST Director is required to contract with an 

independent organization to revisit the initial GAO report, and 

again may consult with this Board. NIST MEP is in the process 

of identifying a 3rd party contractor. 

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GAO 

Part 2

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Legislative Outlook

• Efficiencies Report – set for final OMB clearance

Pursuant to House Report 115-704 accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2019 (P.L. 116-6) signed to reopen DOC post shutdown (2/15/2019), NIST shall provide the 

Committee on Appropriations with a report updating the status of the cost efficiencies of 

NIST MEP. Report was due to congress 4/11/2019.

• Competition Report – is in DOC Clearance – due to Congress 

4/11/2019

Pursuant to House Report 115-704 accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2019 (P.L. 116-6) signed to reopen DOC post shutdown (2/15/2019), NIST shall provide the 

Committee on Appropriations with updates on the status of re-competition of the MEP 

Centers. Report was due to congress 4/11/2019.

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MEP Economic Impact Analysis

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238,000 $24.9 

Billion

14.4:1

RETURN ON 

INVESTMENT

In May 2019, the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research published a study that found 

the MEP Program generated a substantial return on investment of nearly 

14.4:1 for the $140 million invested in FY 2018 by the federal government.
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MEP National Network

Updates

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MEP National NetworkTM 2017-2022 Strategic Goals 

EMPOWER 

MANUFACTURERS

CHAMPION 

MANUFACTURING

TRANSFORM THE 

NETWORK

LEVERAGE 

PARTNERSHIPS

Objective— assist U.S. 

manufacturers in embracing 

productivity-enhancing 

innovative manufacturing 

technologies, navigate 

advanced technology solutions 

and recruit and retain a skilled 

and diverse workforce.

Objective— actively promote the 

importance of a strong 

manufacturing base as key to a 

robust U.S. economy and for the 

protection of national security 

interests; create awareness of 

innovations in manufacturing; 

create workforce development 

partnerships to build a stronger 

and diverse workforce pipeline; 

and maximize market awareness 

of the MEP National Network.

Objective— leverage national, 

regional, state and local 

partnerships to gain substantial 

increase in market penetration; 

identify mission-complementary 

advocates to help MEP become 

a recognized manufacturing 

resource brand; build an 

expanded service delivery model 

to support manufacturing 

technology advances.

Objective— maximize National 

Network knowledge and 

experience to operate as an 

integrated national network; 

increase efficiency and 

effectiveness by employing a 

Learning Organization platform; 

and create a resilient and 

adaptive MEP National Network 

to support a resilient and 

adaptive U.S. manufacturing 

base.

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Strategic Plan Mapped To National Network

EMPOWER 

MANUFACTURERS

CHAMPION 

MANUFACTURING

LEVERAGE 

PARTNERSHIPS

TRANSFORM THE 

NETWORK

Primary

51 Centers & Partners

Collaborative Support

Extension Services

Important Support

NIST MEP Leadership

R&S Partnerships

Network Learning & Comp

M&C

PEER

FM/Center Ops

Admin

IT/Security

Collaborative Support

Network Learning and Comp

PEER

Primary

51 Centers & Partners

NIST MEP

Extension Services

M&C

R&S Partnerships

NIST MEP Leadership

Advisory Board

Center Boards

ASMC/FORME

Primary

51 Centers & Partners

NIST MEP

Extension Services

M&C

NIST MEP Leadership

R&S Partnerships

Center Boards

Primary

51 Centers & Partners

NIST MEP (All)

Collaborative Support

Advisory Board

ASMC/FORME

PEER

Collaborative Support

Advisory Board

Center Boards

ASMC/FORME

Important Support

FM/Center Ops

Admin

IT/Security

Staff Resource Mgmt.

Important Support

Admin

FM/Center Ops

IT/Security

Staff Resource Mgmt.

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18-Month Network Priorities

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2

3

4

Update 

National-level 

Partnerships and 

Performance 

Support Services 

Define 

Areas of Focus for 

Manufacturing 

Technology 

Advances 

Develop Supply 

Chain National 

Services and 

Information and

Technology Access 5

Build 

Infrastructure for 

National Network 

Learning 

Organization

Create an 

Integrated 

National Network 

Service Delivery 

System

April 2018 – September 2019
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143%

163% 161%

138%

106%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

140%

160%

180%

Percent of Goal as of Q4 2018

# of Transformational Clients Job Impact

Sales Impact Investment Impact

Cost Savings impact

88%

196%

147%

0%

50%

100%

150%

200%

250%

Percent of Goal as of Q1 2019

Multli-Center Delivery

# of small mfgs served via 3rd party

# of rural mfgs. Served via 3rd party

Progress on 18-Measures of Success to Goals

Increased awareness of the MEP National Network brand by 10% over base brand recognition 

measurement a year after the Network launches the brand. 

• For Q1 MEP National Network had 350 instances of branded searches vs baseline of 350

• For Q1 MEP National Network webpage received 744 page views vs baseline of 695 

• For Q1 MEP National Network webpage had 80 backlinks vs baseline of 14
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18-Month Measures of Success to Goals 

Operational Excellence

MEP Centers - Tons of incredible work happening

• IL, ND, SD, WI - All are hosting Manufacturing Conferences this year to attract new clients

• IA, MI - Developing Industry 4.0 demonstration facilities

• SC - Launched a TV commercial to expand their marketing efforts

• NJ - Expanding internship training programs

• VA - Executing the new, more efficient process for Prospect-to-Client conversion

• HI - Increased the number of manufacturing companies getting Hawaii SBIR funding 

• CT - Aligned with CT Business & Ind Assn for outreach & new products/services and vice versa

• Across the board – 43 Centers engaged in 17 CAP proposals

NIST MEP - Not to be outdone!

• Aligning Panel Review feedback with RM coaching

• Complete a draft of the Center Compliance Guidelines

• Establish and implement SOPs for competitive and non-competitive awards and train staff

• Reduce reporting burden on MEP Centers by 10% 19
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Dave Cranmer (NIST MEP)

Chuck Spangler (SC)

Bill Donohue (VA)

Carroll Thomas (NIST MEP)

Jim Watson (CA)

MEP National Network Center Leadership Team

Buckley Brinkman (WI)

Tom Bugnitz (CO)

Mike Coast (MI)

Bonnie Del Conte (CT)

Jennifer Hagan-Dier (TBD)

Carrie Hines (ASMC/FORME)

Ethan Karp (OH) 

Jim Shillenn (PA)
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MEP National Network Center Leadership Team

Outreach Initiative (Tom Bugnitz)

– Regional Meetings, Summit

– One-Pager

Multi-state Engagement (Bill Donohue)

– MOU

– Multi-state engagement project and process

Learning (Buckley Brinkman)

– Leveraged Learning Framework: Moving from Knowledge 

Sharing to Learning

– Mapping Knowledge Sharing/Learning Platforms

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Major Themes: Go-to Collaborative Center, Operating Principals

Working Committees:
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MEP National Network Center Leadership Team

• Network Evolution (Bonnie Del Conte)

– Understanding the sequence of healthy evolving of the 

National Network

• Manufacturing Technology Solutions (Mike Coast)

– Determining how to handle manufacturing technology 

requests to partner, share and leverage other Centers

• Communications (Jim Shillenn)

– Determining communication process

– Documenting communication channels

– Highlighting Centers collaborating on projects

– Integration of Brand Council

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Working Committees Continued:
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Smart Manufacturing 

connections occurring 

between MEP Centers 

and NIST

MEP Centers 

utilizing user / 

demonstration 

facilities

CLT Subcommittee on Advanced 

Manufacturing Technology Solutions 

addressing MEP Center practices and 

SMMs needs

MEP Centers 

featured at 

Industry 4.0 -

related 

conferences and 

events 

Imperdiet nec, 

imperdiet iaculis, 

ipsum. Sed 

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Industry 4.0 Practices Developing at 

MEP Centers
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~200 

Awareness / 

training 

events 

>3,100 

SMMs 

served

>530

projects 

conducted

National MEP Center participation in 

Cybersecurity Working Group

Cybersecurity Practice 

Maturing Across Network
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2019 MEP National Network Summit

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– September 15-18, 2019 – Atlanta, 

Georgia

– Board Meeting, Pre-Summit 

Programming and Networking 

Kick off event planned for 

Sunday, September 15, 2019

– Anticipate 500+ attendees

– Board invited (reimbursed) to 

attend full event

– Work with Monica Claussen to 

confirm dates/ensure hotel room is 

secured
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2019 MEP National 

Network Summit 

Featured Keynotes

GREG SATELL

Author, Speaker, Advisor

DAVID BEURLE 

CEO, Future IQ

DR. LONNIE JOHNSON

Inventor and Engineer

BECKY FRANKIEWICZ

President ManpowerGroup

North America

DR. RON ROSS

Fellow, NIST

Cybersecurity
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NIST MEP

Updates

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NIST MEP Extension 

Services Division

Food Industry Services

– MEPNN Steering Team leading 

National capabilities 

development; evolving into 

MEPNN Working Group

– National Memoranda of 

Understanding (MOU) in 

process with Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA); MOU 

executed with Food Safety 

Preventive Controls Alliance 

(FSPCA)

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Toyota Kata

– MEPNN WG leading National 

capabilities development

– NIST MEP CAP Award to 

multiple Centers, led by PA 

MEP, kicked off in May 2019

Workforce

– MEPNN WG leading National 

capabilities development
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MEP’s Enterprise Information System (MEIS)

• New Search feature just added to MEIS.

• Allows Centers to search across all Center submitted clients and 

projects based on company name, city, Dun and Bradstreet 

number, and NAICS.

• Search results do not include detailed project or impact data.

• Intended to promote National Network integration and provide 

enough information about engagements outside of a given Center 

to encourage Centers to contact each other to learn more about 

the interaction based on the Center/CAR Key Staff noted.

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Performance-based Peer Panel Review

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Round 1

Completed 

Dec 2017 - Feb 2018

CO, CT, FL, IN, MI, 

NH, NC, OK, OR, TN, 

TX, and VA

Round 2

Completed 

May 2018 - July 2018

AK, ID, IL, MN, NJ, 

NY, WA, WV, and WI

Round 3

Underway

Mar 2019 – June 2019

AL, AR, CA, GA, LA, 

MA, MO, MT, OH, PA, 

PR, UT, and VT

Round 4

To be completed 

Fall 2019

DE, HI, IA, KS, ME, 

MS, NV, NM, ND, SC 

and WY

Note: the University of Utah MEP Center has been placed on probation as a result of their recent 

3rd year performance evaluation panel review. 

The Hollings MEP statute (15 U.S. Code § 278k) 

Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership: 

(1) Third and eighth year evaluations by panel

(A) In general, The Secretary shall ensure that each Center is evaluated during its third 

and eighth years of operation by an evaluation panel appointed by the Secretary.
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NIST MEP on the M.O.V.E. 

(MEP On Virtual Engagement)

• Indoor mold levels such that all NIST MEP staff had to relocate. 

• Since Nov 2018, 55 NIST MEP staff shared temporary space 

requiring heavy telework.

• Now all NIST MEP staff have temporary locations in 3 buildings 

throughout campus. 

• New estimate that NIST MEP staff could be back into Building 301 

~ October 2020!

• NIST MEP staff will remain in 3 buildings until Building 301 space 

has been remediated which could be 15-months or longer.

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Finance Management& Center 

Operations Division 

Vacant, (Kevin McIntyre, Acting 

Div. Chief)

Vacant (AA)

Finance/Administration

Tony Gomez (AO 486, 487)

Autumn Hernandez (AO 481)

486.01

Center Operations Group

Nadine DeJesus, Group Manager

Mellissa Ayala

Sekou Johnson

Julia Shriner

Hope Snowden 

Gloria Solomon

488

Extension Services Division 

Dave Stieren, Chief

Vacant (AA)

Samm Bowman

Doug Devereaux

Brian Lagas

Dileep Thatte

Pat Toth

Marlon Walker

Vacant

Vacant

Staff Resource Management 

Monica Claussen

Michele Montgomery

Monyelle Mingo 487

Regional and State Partnerships 

Division

Mark Schmit, Chief

Carol Shibley

Beth Colbert

Jose Colucci-Rios

Sunni Massey (Partial Detail)

Vacant (Partnership Specialist)

Phillip Wadsworth

Thomas Williams

Anthony Mastalski

Gerson Santos-Leon

Vacant (Partnership Coordinator)

481.02

Program Evaluation & Economic 

Research Group

Ken Voytek, Group Manager

Megean Blum

Stephen Campbell

Kim Coffman

Missy Davis

Diane Henderson

Holly Jackson

Megan Spangler

Nico Thomas 

Carroll Thomas 480 MEP Director

MEP Org Chart 

(57.5 FTE)

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Network Learning & Strategic 

Competitions Division 

Vacant, (Mary Ann Pacelli, Acting 

Div. Chief) 

Vacant (Temp AA)

Vacant

Adelwiza Lequin

Vacant 

Mike Simpson (Detail Assign)

David Cranmer

Deputy Director 481

External Affairs & Performance 

Division

Chancy Lyford, Chief

Vacant/Temp

Team IT Security & Support 

Kathy Martin

Justin Mocca

Bryan Wade 

481.01

Marketing & 

Communications Group 

Ben Vickery, Group Manager 

Nicole Ausherman

Cheryl Gendron

Jennifer Rosa

Vacant

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Lunch Break

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Welcome Back – Afternoon Overview

1:05 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.

Presentation: Delivering the MEP Program with 

California’s Manufacturing Network

• Jim Watson, CMTC

• Board Feedback & Discussion

1:35 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.

Presentation: National and State Economic Challenges 

and Opportunities, Data Trends

• Dan Berglund, SSTI

• Board Feedback & Discussion

2:05 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.

Presentation: Workforce Challenges and Solutions

• Mary Ann Pacelli, NIST MEP

• Board Feedback & Discussion

2:35 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. Break
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2:50 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.

Working Group Update

• Supply Chain Development Working Group

• Board Feedback & Discussion

3:35 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Working Group Update

• Executive Committee Working Group

• Board Feedback & Discussion

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Wrap-up/Public Comments

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Delivering the MEP Program with 

California’s Manufacturing Network

Jim Watson

CMTC (California MEP)

Center Director
California’s 

Manufacturing

Network

MEP Advisory Board Meeting

June 18, 2019
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q California’s Manufacturing 

landscape

q California’s Manufacturing 

Performance

q CMTC Contribution the 

California ‘Public Good”

Agenda

q Nine Manufacturing Regions

q California’s Manufacturing Network Design

q Network Goals

q Managing the Network
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California’s Manufacturing Landscape

• 39,000 Manufacturers 

• 1.3M Manufacturing Employees

• 54% Revenues less than $1M

• 70% Employ 19 or less
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• 10.9% of the total output in the state 

• Employing 7.7% of the workforce 

• Total output $302B up 37% since 2011

California’s Manufacturing Performance

California’s Manufacturing Output

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

$300

$280

$260

$240

$220

Total Manufacturing Output Per Year (Billions)
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1,202

Mfgs Served

10,405 Jobs

Created / Retained

$285 Million

Total Investments

$109 Million

Cost Savings

$1.0 Billion

Total Sales

§ In 2018, CMTC clients reported the following benefits:

Our Client Impacts
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CMTC’s Manufacturing Assistance 

Contributes to the “Public Good”

CMTC’s 2018 Client 

Economic Impact on 

California:

• $3.7B Contribution to the 

State GDP

• 28,570 Total Employment 

Impact

• $2.1B in Labor Income

• $337M in State and local 

Taxes
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Nine Regions: Manufacturing Data and 

Key Industry Sectors
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CMTC Serves California with an 

Integrated Business Model

• Services are provided by a combination of internal, 

contractors and subrecipients (SRAs)

• Services are delivered by 52 internal resources, more than 

70 contractors and 14 SRAs (26 FTEs)

• SRAs generate 25% of the surveyable clients and 16% of 

the impact.

• SRAs are selected based on financial 

capabilities, manufacturing program 

and geography
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Building a Value Based California 

Network to Serve Manufacturers

9 New 

SRAs
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California’s Manufacturing Network Goals 

and Progress

• Goal – Utilize “California’s Manufacturing Network” to be

recognized as the leader in providing support and services for

manufacturers

– Performance goals to achieve by the end of 2020

• Manufacturers served– 1500 

• Economic Impact - Contribution to California in excess of $4B

• Outcomes continue to increase

Year CMTC Network 

Partners

Total

2015 938 0 938

2016 989 76 1065

2017 959 189 1148

2018 906 296 1202

Manufacturers Served Contribution to CA GDP

Year GDP

2014 $1.2B

2016 $3.3B

2018 $3.7B
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Managing the Network Requires a 

Focus on 6 Key Areas 

• Network Branding

• Training on the MEP Program, Compliance, Financial 

Reporting and the NIST Survey Process

• Aligning Network Partners with each other

• Managing through Partner personnel changes

• Setting Achievable Goals

• Monitoring Performance
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Questions
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National and State Economic Challenges 

and Opportunities, Data Trends

Dan Berglund

SSTI

Executive Director
National and State Economic 

Challenges and Opportunities

Presentation by:

Dan Berglund

June 18, 2019
Prime issues for policymakers

• Workforce

• Income inequality/erosion of the middle class

• Rural

• Decline of financial support for higher 

education

• Inclusion

• Disruption as a result of technology

• Climate change
Erosion of the middle class


Farm income decline
Mfg pros

■ It has the largest multiplier of any economic sector: 

each dollar’s worth of manufactured goods 

generates $1.40 in output from other sectors of the 

economy. Perhaps most important may be the 

higher wages it provides for blue-collar workers.

Joel Kotkin
Mfg facts

■ Upjohn Institute: Manufacturing-intensive 

communities, compared to the entire United 

States, have a job growth gap of over 11 

percentage points 

• 2.7 percent loss of total private jobs in the 

manufacturing-intensive communities 

• versus an 8.5 percent gain in the entire United States 

■ At least three-fifths of this job-growth gap is 

explained by these areas’ greater manufacturing 

share.

Upjohn: Some areas grew
Upjohn recommendations

■ Expand customized services to small and mediumsized manufacturers.

■ Invest in infrastructure and services that make the 

community’s land better for business development

■ Increase public spending on services that increase 

local workers’ job skills
Manufacturing

■ Univ of Chicago researchers

• Decline in mfg employment was a substantial 

cause of the decline in employment rates 

during the 2000s particularly for less educated 

prime age workers

• Declining local manufacturing employment 

related to rising local opiod use and deaths
Mfg decline impacting blacks

■ Hebrew Univ of Jerusalem researcher found

• “Decline in manufacturing increased inequality 

within the black community in terms of overall 

wages and the gaps between education groups 

in wages, employment, and marriage rates. 

Many of the same patterns are found for 

whites, but to a lesser degree leading to larger 

gaps between whites and blacks in wages, 

marriage patterns, poverty, single-parenthood, 

and death rates.”


EMSI: Changes in mfg

■ Manufacturing has added nearly one million new jobs since the 

end of the recession. A growing share of these jobs require 

post-secondary education.

■ Increasingly behaves like a high-tech industry in that it needs a 

smaller, specialized workforce

■ Employers need workers who blend traditional production skills 

(machining, welding, fabrication technologies) with engineering 

skills (process improvement, quality assurance, design)

■ Workers who successfully blend these skills receive higher 

wages and, perhaps more importantly, can move up the career 

ladder in their companies or transition to other industries.
Aging mfg workforce
Montana as an example

■ 10,000 manufacturing jobs in rural MT could be 

lost as business owners retire, according to SBA 

official 
Employee ownership

■ Employee-owned businesses

• employee-owned small businesses see an average of 4% 

to 5% higher productivity levels and more stability and 

potential for growth. In contrast to traditional 

businesses, worker co-ops see much lower rates of 

employee turnover and business closure. They’re also 

known to boost both profits and worker wages.

• millions of baby boomer-owned businesses set to change 

hands in the upcoming decades

• 40%–of co-ops in the U.S. are born out of traditional 

workplaces whose owners decide to sell the business to 

their employees
Policy Academy

■ One-third of the states have applied in the last two 

years to participate in a year-long planning 

process funded by MEP and coordinated by SSTI 

and CREC
Potential Focus Areas

Addressing talent 

gaps

Accelerating 

business start-ups 

and scale-ups

Promoting exports 

and diversified 

customer-bases 

Enhancing supply 

chain linkages for 

both big and small 

companies

Improving economic 

development 

ecosystem efficiency

■ Potential topics related to manufacturing that may be 

pursued by states include, but are not limited to:
Types of Outcomes

■ The outcomes of this effort will seek to advance a 

state’s manufacturing agenda.

■ Examples include: 

Invigorated state 

leadership

New programs 

and initiatives

Revised 

program design 

and delivery

Legislation 

supporting 

manufacturing 

priorities

Executive orders 

and other 

actions

Improved 

economic 

development 

efficiency
Previous Policy Academy Outcomes

Strategy

• Created an interactive hub 

for manufacturers to 

access resources and 

customized technical 

assistance

• Developed a statewide 

manufacturing strategic 

plan that complements the 

state’s overall economic 

development strategy

• Coordinated a public- private partnership to 

advocate on behalf of the 

state’s advanced 

manufacturing sector

• Secured legislative 

funding for manufacturing 

priorities around five highpriority areas

Workforce

• Implemented a 

postsecondary career and 

technical education 

pathways program 

focused on manufacturing 

skills

• Began a manufacturing 

career awareness 

initiative targeting K-12 

students

• Formed an apprenticeship 

program embedded in the 

state’s MEP center

• Passed legislation to 

renew and extend a 

community college 

initiative that funds 

manufacturing workforce 

partnerships

Innovation

• Led an effort by the state’s 

research universities to 

drive innovation in the 

manufacturing sector

• Passed legislation to 

provide funding for 

innovation vouchers to 

offer manufacturers grants 

to access R&D and other 

services 

• Developed liaison offices 

at universities to bridge 

the gap between R&D and 

industry needs 

• Planned an Advanced 

Manufacturing, Design, 

and Innovation Center to 

support innovation 

amongst small and midsized firms 
Challenges/opportunities

■ 20 newly-elected governors

• New personalities

• New priorities

■ Hundreds of new state legislators

■ Relatively flat state spending on economic 

development

■ Political problems for higher education which 

serves as host for 20 centers



State legislatures

■ Hundreds of new legislators

■ Only six chambers flipped parties

• In general, blue got bluer and red got redder

■ MN is the only state that has one chamber 

controlled by Republicans and one chamber 

controlled by Democrats

• First time since 1914

■ NV is first legislature with majority of women in 

both chambers
How much do states spend on economic development?

• Source: C2ER State Economic Development Expenditures Database www.stateexpenditures.org

■ Moody’s downgraded its financial outlook for 

higher education from “stable” to “negative” in late 

2017

■ New foreign student enrollment in the U.S. 

dropped by 3 percent during the 2016-17 school 

year, and that decline is projected to double this 

school year, data show. At the same time, 

universities overseas are seeing increases as high 

as the double digits. 

SHEEOA report

■ Only six states spend more now on a per-student 

basis than they did in 2008

■ Total per-student funding in 2017 is actually 

$2,000 lower, in real dollars, than before the 2001 

dot-com crash

Source: State Higher Education Executive Officers Association.
SHEEO report

■ For the first time in 2017, the report found, more 

than half of all states—28—relied more heavily on 

tuition dollars than on government appropriations 

to fund public systems of higher education.

■ Net revenue from tuition is up 37% since its prerecession high point (in 2008) and has nearly 

doubled over the past 25 years. 

■ Student tuition now makes up about 46% of public 

colleges’ revenue—and SHEEO predicts that 

during the next economic downturn, it will pass 

50%.
One example: IA

1998 2018

Size of state budget $4.36B $7.26B

Students at Univ of IA 27,871 33,564

State approp for Univ of IA $223M $216M

Growth of student loan debt
Student loan debt

■ A 2018 study from student loan management 

company IonTuition found that 75% of 

respondents would rather their employer offer 

monthly contributions to their student loans over 

401(k) benefits. 

■ Student loan debt is the second largest form of 

consumer debt in the U.S. — behind mortgage 

loans.

MT vote

■ Approves property tax for state’s public colleges 

and universities

■ 63% for

■ 37% against

■ 46 of 56 counties approved the levy
New America poll on higher ed

■ A majority of Republicans, 52 percent, believed 

students should fund their own higher education 

because it is a personal benefit. Meanwhile, 76 

percent of Democrats believed government should 

spend tax revenue on higher education because it 

is a good for society.

■ Only a quarter of those polled said that higher 

education was fine as it is.

• This year’s survey dug deeper into that question to discover 

why people were so dissatisfied. Not surprisingly, the top 

response to that question, from more than 38 percent of those 

surveyed, was that college was too expensive.
The next recession

■ Economic expansion is about to hit 10 years, 

which would tie the 1991-2001 record

■ Possible things that will end it from NY Times 

Upshot:

• Stimulus from tax cuts runs out

• Fed Reserve miscalculates on interest rates

• Trade war

• Corporate debt or emerging markets debt 

bubble pops
Pew: State budgets are better

■ Tax collections in 34 states finally topped their 

recession-era peaks by the start of 2018, after 

adjusting for inflation. 

■ Rainy day funds could cover a bigger share of 

spending than before the recession in at least 26 

states.
But...

■ Unexpected surge in tax receipts provided budget 

relief for many states—may be one-time gains 

from taxpayers shifting income and payments in 

reaction to federal tax changes.

■ S&P Global Ratings cautions about Medicaid, 

pension liabilities and economic downturn

■ Moody’s: 17 states unprepared for moderate 

downturn

■ FL approved amendment requiring 2/3 vote in 

legislature to increase taxes; rejected in OR
New revenue sources

■ Legalization of marijuana

• PA Auditor General estimated $580M in one scenario for 

PA

• NV collected almost $70M in first year

■ Supreme Court approval of sports betting

• CT, MS, NY, PA and WV already have legalized

• American Gaming Association estimates $3.4B in taxes

■ Supreme Court ruling on collection of sales tax on 

online purchases
Contact 

Information

For more information, contact:

Dan Berglund

614.901.1690

berglund@ssti.org

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Workforce Challenges and Solutions

Mary Ann Pacelli

NIST MEP 

Acting Division Chief –

Network Learning & Strategic 

Competitions Division 
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Accelerate the development of industryled skills strategies that result in a 

productive workforce for employers.

What MEP is Doing

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1 Collaborate with Education and 

Economic Development

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Facilitate education and training 

for company needs

Help improve the public’s image of 

manufacturing careers

MEP National Network -- Workforce Challenges 

and Solutions

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Share 

technical 

capabilities

Complimentary 

services

Collaborate on 

training

Joint service 

delivery

Co-located 

staff

Referrals

Education and Economic Development

Collaborate on state/federal training funds for manufacturing workforce

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Industry Workforce Research

Developing the Future Workforce

Student Competitions
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HR Strategy & Performance Management

Succession Planning

Talent Attraction & Retention

Client Growth through Workforce Development
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Apprenticeship

Skills Development

Certifications

Career Pathways
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• Bootcamps: Short-term, intense training designed to provide qualified entry level 

candidates to small groups of hiring manufacturing companies. 

• State Manufacturing Certification Pathways, developed by industry, implemented in 

partnership with the MEP Center, State manufacturing Coalition, Vocational schools 

and Community Colleges

• State-wide Student Video contest – What’s So Cool About Manufacturing 

(www.whatssocool.org )

• State Workforce Development Industry sector partner for Advanced Manufacturing. 

Coordinate with State Workforce Development Board, Career and Technical 

Education, Community Colleges, Universities and other educational providers for 

career pathways and apprenticeships

• MEPs are sponsors for Customized Apprenticeships at small companies, using 

multiple training opportunities in rural areas 

• Utilize University Students as ‘interns’ on client projects in their area

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MEP Center Highlights
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Discussion Items/Questions 

• Resources needed to support each type of initiatives—not all 

are revenue generating

• Relationships with training providers –CTE, Community 

Colleges, Universities: How can we develop more positive 

relationships.

• Impact opportunities: “Getting Credit” for non-revenue/nonproject type activities (i.e. What’s So Cool)

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Workforce Challenges
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MEP Advisory Board 

Working Group Updates
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Supply Chain Development Working Group

• Committee Members

– Board Leadership

• Matthew Newman

– Board Members

• LaDon Byars, Bernadine Hawes, Mary Isbister, Chris Weiser

– NIST MEP Support

• Dave Stieren, Phil Singerman, Mark Schmit

• Deliverable

– Guidance and perspectives on the MEP National Network support and 

development of manufacturing supply chains with an emphasis on defense 

suppliers regarding Defense Industrial Base gaps; and expertise on who should be 

brought into the discussion to provide insight on defense supplier gaps.

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NIST MEP seeks ongoing 

Advisory Board 

perspectives on these 

MEP National Network 

focus areas, approaches, 

challenges

Discussion Topics for the Board

MEP National Network supports DOD Supply 

Chains in many areas, highlighted by:

• Cybersecurity assistance

• Working with the 

DOD-sponsored 

Manufacturing USA 

Institutes

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Supply Chain WG Deliberation Highlights

Manufacturing USA 

Institutes

• Round 1, 2 Awards operating on 

no-cost extensions in 2019; 

Round 3 awards operate through 

Aug 31, 2019

• Initial results and learnings 

summarized in March 2019 report 

(distributed to Board in March)

• Ongoing MEP – Institute 

partnerships evolving

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LEAD MEP CENTER MFG USA INSTITUTE & 

SPONSORING AGENCY

CA MEP Round 2 Award CESMII - DOE

CA MEP Round 1 Award Next Flex – DOD

DE MEP Round 3 Award NIIMBL – NIST 

Illinois Mfg Excellence 

Center Round 1 Award

MxD – DOD 

Mass MEP Round 2 Award AFFOA – DOD 

Mass MEP Round 3 Award BioFab USA – DOD 

Michigan Mfg Tech Center 

Round 2 Award 

LIFT – DOD 

NC MEP Round 1 Award Power America – DOE

NY MEP Round 1 Award AIM Photonics – DOD 

NY MEP Round 3 Award REMADE – DOE 

OMEP Round 3 Award RAPID – DOE 

PA MEP Round 3 Award Advanced Robotics –

DOD

PA MEP Round 2 Award America Makes – DOD 

TN MEP Round 1 Award IACMI - DOE
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• Programmatic results and learnings documented in 

March 2019 NIST MEP White Paper

– SMMs tend to explore opportunities before making 

decisions to commit or implement 

– SMMs interested in demonstration sites and 

interactive experiences that help them understand 

technologies

– SMMs interested in state-of-the-art technologies 

that can be leveraged in the very near term, as 

opposed to R&D-based intellectual property (IP) –

SMM needs must match Institute outputs

– Local resources (less than a two-hour drive) are 

particularly helpful for engagement

• NIST MEP / MEP Centers currently planning next 

phase of collaborations here to support MEPNN 

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Embedding MEP into Manufacturing USA Institutes

LEAD MEP CENTER MFG USA INSTITUTE & 

SPONSORING AGENCY

CA MEP Round 2 Award CESMII - DOE

CA MEP Round 1 Award Next Flex – DOD

DE MEP Round 3 Award NIIMBL – NIST 

Illinois Mfg Excellence 

Center Round 1 Award

MxD – DOD 

Mass MEP Round 2 Award AFFOA – DOD 

Mass MEP Round 3 Award BioFab USA – DOD 

Michigan Mfg Tech Center 

Round 2 Award 

LIFT – DOD 

NC MEP Round 1 Award Power America – DOE

NY MEP Round 1 Award AIM Photonics – DOD 

NY MEP Round 3 Award REMADE – DOE 

OMEP Round 3 Award RAPID – DOE 

PA MEP Round 3 Award Advanced Robotics –

DOD

PA MEP Round 2 Award America Makes – DOD 

TN MEP Round 1 Award IACMI - DOE
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Additional Updates

• NIST MEP and MEP National Network engaging MxD Institute in 

Chicago on active collaboration involving cyber awareness and 

training, along with implementation of operational technology (OT) 

protections for small defense manufacturing supplier cybersecurity

– Potential efforts go beyond DFARS requirements

– Also involves partnership with NIST Information Technology Lab and NIST 

Engineering Lab 

• NIST MEP also engaging U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 

regarding potential role for MEP National Network in new DOEfunded Mfg USA Institute being planned with focus on advancing 

cybersecurity in energy efficient manufacturing

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Supply Chain WG Deliberation Highlights

Cybersecurity

Development of Network cybersecurity assistance for 

small manufacturers continues to progress

• Continues to be spurred by strong partnerships 

w/DoD programs, OSD – still mainly driven by 

DFARS requirements for defense sector

• Market still not showing urgency in non-defense 

manufacturing sectors

• Closely also monitoring other supply chains: e.g. auto, 

food

• MEP Center Leadership Team using Cyber to 

demonstrate operation of MEP National Network

• Also engaging NIST Labs on cybersecurity protections 

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MEP Centers 

Nationwide 

Participating in MEP 

NN Cybersecurity WG

MEP Centers 

Cyber-in-a-Box 

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Cybersecurity and U.S. Small Businesses

70% of Small Businesses 

Not Prepared for a Cyber 

Attack*

*According to the 2018 HISCOX Small 

Business Cyber Risk Report

Small businesses are less likely 

than larger firms to have 

strategies in place to:

• Prevent cyber attacks, 

• detect them early if they do 

occur, 

• reduce the damage, and 

• withstand the financial 

impact of a hack or breach.

Small manufacturers are 

especially vulnerable and 

attacked in significant numbers.

1 in 369 emails received by 

users in the manufacturing 

sector are malicious. The 3rd 

highest rate among key 

industry sectors.**

**From the Feb 2019 Symantec 

Internet Security Threat Report

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Cybersecurity and U.S. Small Businesses

A DoS or DDoS attack on 

average costs a small 

business $120,000*

*Bulletproof Annual Cybersecurity 

Report 2019

Small businesses invest 

less than $500 per year in 

Cybersecurity products .**

**From the Juniper Research 

2018 Study

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MEP National Network Progress: 

Cybersecurity Assistance Practice

June 2019

>3,100 Small 

manufacturers served

Expanding Capabilities across 

Network 

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~200 Awareness & 

Training Events

19 MEP Centers doing OEA Cyber 

project work with FY17,18 OEA funding 

at ~$8.8M (FY19 OEA awards 

competition in process)

>530 projects 

conducted by MEP NN 

since 2014

NIST Handbook 162 downloaded 

~52,000 times since Nov 2017 

NIST MEP publication

MEPNN Cybersecurity WG Workshop 

held in Orlando, May 2019 

NOTE: NISTIR 7621 – Small Business Guide has also been 

downloaded over 125,000 times since publication in Nov 2016.
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MEP National Network Cybersecurity 

Progress Summary – June 2019

Defense Contractor 

Cybersecurity 

Implementation Still Low

46 MEP Centers 

in Cybersecurity WG

41/51 MEP Centers 

with Cyber Practice

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The MEP National Network has made significant progress ... and continues to move 

forward addressing important needs 
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Additional Updates

• NIST MEP – Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 

Engineering ongoing partnership focused on defense manufacturing supply 

chain cybersecurity awareness and technical assistance

– NIST MEP NOFO released to MEP NN in April 2019; closed May 22

– NOFO review and selection process in progress 

– Anticipate NIST MEP funding award in Summer 2019 of >$1M to MEP Centers

• NIST MEP engaging collaboration of defense and aerospace OEMs on 

behalf of MEP NN in development and implementation of common approach 

to cyber from OEMs for supply chains – called Shared Assist

– Includes Lockheed, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Raytheon, BAE Systems

– Leverage MEP Centers nationwide to raise supply chain awareness and provide 

technical assistance based upon common approaches to cybersecurity for 

suppliers to these OEMs

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Additional Updates

• DoD announces new Cybersecurity Maturity Model 

Certification (CMMC) Program

– DoD states Cybersecurity self-certification is “not working”

– DoD contractor info systems to be certified compliant by 3rd party

– Planned implementation by early 2021

• NIST MEP working with DoD to learn details of this future 

new policy, including implications of its implementation

– Will provide guidance to MEP National Network approach 

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• Committee Members

– Board Leadership

• Bernadine Hawes, Chair of MEP Advisory Board

• Matt Newman, Vice-Chair of MEP Advisory Board

– Board Members

• Mitch Magee

• George Spottswood

• Pat Moulton

– NIST MEP Support

• Carroll Thomas, Cheryl Gendron, Phill Wadsworth, Wiza Lequin

• Deliverable

Working Group Deliverable - Provide guidance on future MEP Advisory Board leadership 

and membership recruitment, provide insights into cultivating strong Board governance as 

well as explore ways to expand the MEP Advisory Board’s role in regard to the local MEP 

Center Boards.

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Executive Committee Working Group
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Discussion Topics for the Board

• MEP Advisory Board Annual Report

– Delivered to Congress May 2, 2019 

• Supporting/Mentoring New Members

– Three new members over the next few months

– Request for Mentors

• Next Face-to-Face meeting

– September 15, 2019 – At the MEP National Network Summit

– Board Dinner, Saturday, September 14, 2019

– Meeting with Center Leadership Participation 

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• Center Board Outreach Program 

– Increase strength of relationships between MEP Advisory Board 

(MAB) and Center Boards

– Each MAB Member will reach out to local Center Board 

Member

– Open up dialogue with Center Board

– Attend one board meeting (virtually) for each Center yearly

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Discussion Topics for the Board
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2020*

Late February/ Early March

Washington, D.C.

Middle of June

Location TBD

Middle of September

In conjunction with the MEP National 

Network Update Meeting and FORME 

Best Practice Conference

2019

Sunday, 

September 15, 2019 

Atlanta, GA

In conjunction with the 2019 MEP 

National Network Summit

*Timing Subject to Change

Future Meeting Schedule
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