The 2022–23 PACE Committee Members

As of last month, a revived PACE Division Committee Member list has been revised to include continuing and new members to our committee. Please congratulate and thank the following individuals for supporting our ongoing efforts to broaden our division, expand our membership and drive the PACE Division into the future.

Local UNLV Workforce Leader Provides Keynote Presentation to PACE Members at VISION 2022

The PACE Division is proud to announce Irene Bustamante Adams as the keynote speaker for the PACE Division Opening Session and Business Meeting at Vision 2022.

Irene will be delivering the topic of Untapped Resource to Success to our division. This topic will include looking at Your Local Workforce Boards: Learn what Southern Nevada is doing to win national awards by connecting education, workforce, and economic development

Irene Bustamante Adams serves as the Deputy Director & Chief Strategy Officer for Workforce Connections, Southern Nevada’s Local Workforce Development Board. She is a dynamic and transformational leader christened with many recognitions like the “National Trailblazer” by Emerge America and “Women Inspiring Nevada” by Vegas Inc. 

Prior to joining Workforce Connections in 2017, Bustamante Adams spent 18 years at MGM Resorts International, working her way up from clerk to a corporate position. From 2010 to 2018, she also represented District 42 in the Nevada Assembly, serving as Speaker Pro Tempore in her last leadership role. 

Bustamante Adams was raised in the farming community of Kerman, California and woke before dawn to work the agricultural fields alongside her siblings. She was the first in her family to attend and graduate college, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in business management from California State University, Fresno. In 2007, Bustamante Adams became the first Latina in Nevada history to earn an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) degree from UNLV.

Bustamante Adams currently serves on the boards and councils of the United Way of Southern Nevada, RTC’s Transportation and Resource Advisory Committee and Clark County School District’s Blue Ribbon Task Force. 

She is married to Army Sergeant Brad Adams, and has two daughters, Olivia, and Alaina. She also is a new grandmother to her first grandchild. 

We are very excited and appreciate having Ms. Adams share her journey through workforce development with the PACE division at our opening session.

VISION 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada

Whether in person or virtually, I hope you are as excited as I am to attend ACTE’s CareerTech VISION 2022 ACTE has a wonderful program planned with a combination of live sessions, recorded sessions, and many opportunities to network with colleagues. Look for details and a registration link on the following page of this newsletter.

Our PACE Vision Committee has just embarked on reviewing submitted proposals to bring you high-quality sessions that are focused on post-secondary education. As we develop the content for these sessions, we will keep you up to date with periodic email blast.

The opportunity for in person attendance at Vision will provide us with the platform for a PACE reception this year. You will receive a special invitation sent to your e-mail account after you register. Do not miss out on the special evening at the PACE reception, we will be excited to see you there.

Kevin Fleming, Friend of PACE

As many of you are aware, Dr. Kevin Fleming provided the keynote presentation for our division during

VISION 2021. Dr. Fleming is a member of the PACE division as well as a contributing member to our PSAG2 Committee. I have asked him to provide us with a few updates on his current work and activities.

He generously wanted to provide our division with the following articles/blogs and videos that you can visit and share with colleagues.

• Kevin recently co-wrote this blog piece on the case for Work Based Learning. 
• A recent video clip that you’ll want to investigate is one Dr. Fleming published titled, “Flipping Industry Relationships - How well is the Business Sector connected with Community Colleges?" 
• He also wrote an article that appeared in Techniques this fall, along with Sandra Adams, entitled "Models, not blueprints." Check out the September 2022 print issue to learn more.

Dr. Fleming has announced that he will be leaving Norco College after 12 years and transitioning to Los Angeles Regional Consortium to support CTE at 19 regional community colleges. We wish him the best of luck with his new role and thank him for your significant contributions to PACE and to CTE across our nation.

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