{"302521":{"#nid":"302521","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Milstein Commission on New Manufacturing to Release Report on June 13 in D.C","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EJennifer Clark, associate professor at the School of Public Policy and director of the Center for Urban Innovation in the Ivan Allen College, Georgia Institute of Technology is member of the commission\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWashington, D.C. -- A University of Virginia Miller Center commission, chaired by former Governors Haley Barbour and Evan Bayh, will hold a news conference Friday, June 13 at 9:30 am at the National Press Club to release a report offering innovative, non-partisan, actionable ideas on how to create middle-class manufacturing jobs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe report is the first in a series that will focus on creating middle-class jobs. Separate commissions are examining job creation through entrepreneurship and infrastructure investment and will release reports later this year. The effort is part of the Milstein Symposium: Ideas for a New American Century, a Miller Center initiative that is bringing together policymakers, business and industry leaders, scholars, and journalists to define and advance ideas to help rebuild the American Dream.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe report will offer six ideas on how to accelerate the innovative capacity of American manufacturing\u2019s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Ideas include providing a more flexible education system, certification programs, and access to financing and technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThroughout U.S. history, manufacturing SMEs have been an engine of well-paying, middle-class jobs. Advanced technologies such as 3D printing, major shifts in global demand, and greater emphasis on customization are redefining manufacturing and creating significant growth potential for SMEs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the 2010 Census, manufacturing SMEs employ 4.9-million workers. While overall manufacturing jobs dramatically declined from 1972 to 2010, the share of jobs provided by SMEs grew from 29 to 45 percent.\u0026nbsp; SMEs were one of the few sectors of the U.S. economy to thrive amid the Great Recession.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBesides Barbour and Bayh, other members of the commission include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERebecca O. Bagley, president and chief executive officer, NorTech, a technology-based economic development organization focusing on Northeast Ohio\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAaron Bagshaw, president, WH Bagshaw Co., the oldest pin manufacturer in the United States\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMatthew Burnett, founder, Maker\u2019s Row, a company endeavoring to simplify the manufacturing process by connecting designers to domestic manufacturers\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EW. Bernard Carlson, chair, U.Va. Department of Engineering and Society; professor of science, technology and history, and the commission\u2019s lead scholar\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJennifer Clark, associate professor at the School of Public Policy and director of the Center for Urban Innovation in the Ivan Allen College, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJohn Engler, president, Business Roundtable; former governor of Michigan\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJames Fallows, national correspondent, The Atlantic\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJames Manyika, director, McKinsey Global Institute; senior partner, McKinsey \u0026amp; Company\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EKate Sofis, executive director, SFMade, a non-profit corporation working to bolster San Francisco\u2019s economic base through local manufacturing\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHoward Wial, director, Center for Urban Economic Development, University of Illinois, Chicago\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe news conference will take place in the First Amendment Lounge at the National Press Club, located at 529 14\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E St., NW.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt will be live streamed at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.millercenter.org\u0022\u003Ewww.millercenter.org\u003C\/a\u003E. Media watching the live stream can tweet questions to @Miller_Center or post them at facebook.com\/millercenter.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Milstein Symposium was created by the Miller Center and Howard P. Milstein, a businessman, entrepreneur, civic leader and philanthropist. Support for the program is provided through the Howard and Abby Milstein Foundation and Emigrant Bank.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore information is available at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/millercenter.org\/conferences\/2013\/milstein\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/millercenter.org\/conferences\/2013\/milstein\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Jennifer Clark, associate professor at the School of Public Policy and director of the Center for Urban Innovation in the Ivan Allen College, Georgia Institute of Technology is  member of the commission"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Miller Center will hold a news conference Friday, June 13 at the National Press Club to release the Milstein Commission on New Manufacturing\u0027s report, offering innovative, non-partisan, actionable ideas on how to create middle-class manufacturing jobs.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe report is entitled Building a Nation of Makers: Six Ideas to Accelerate the Innovative Capacity of America\u0027s Manufacturing SMEs.\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt offers six ideas on how to accelerate the innovative capacity of American manufacturing\u2019s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Ideas include providing a more flexible education system, certification programs, and access to financing and technology.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe news conference will take place in the First Amendment Lounge at the National Press Club, located at 529 14th St., NW. It will be live streamed at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.millercenter.org\u0022 title=\u0022www.millercenter.org\u0022\u003Ewww.millercenter.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"UVa Miller Center Milstein CommissionTo Hold News Conference to Release Report on Creating Middle-Class Manufacturing Jobs  June 13 in D.C."}],"uid":"28034","created_gmt":"2014-06-10 14:36:29","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:33","author":"Leslie Ross","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-06-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-06-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"302541":{"id":"302541","type":"image","title":"Milstein Commission","body":null,"created":"1449244592","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:56:32","changed":"1475895007","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:07","alt":"Milstein Commission","file":{"fid":"199586","name":"xmilstein-commision-sm.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.1epxggfope.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/xmilstein-commision-sm.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.1epxggfope_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/xmilstein-commision-sm.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.1epxggfope_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":24645,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/xmilstein-commision-sm.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.1epxggfope_0.jpg?itok=KKsu97Mb"}},"302551":{"id":"302551","type":"image","title":"Milstein Commission -Jennifer Clark","body":null,"created":"1449244592","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:56:32","changed":"1475895007","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:07","alt":"Milstein Commission -Jennifer Clark","file":{"fid":"199587","name":"milstein_comm.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/milstein_comm_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/milstein_comm_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":28488,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/milstein_comm_0.jpg?itok=3lpidQDp"}}},"media_ids":["302541","302551"],"groups":[{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4012","name":"jobs"},{"id":"70491","name":"middle class"},{"id":"767","name":"Policy"},{"id":"167090","name":"SPP"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EContacts:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKristy Schantz, 202-758-3918,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kkschantz@virginia.edu\u0022\u003Ekkschantz@virginia.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKim Curtis, 434-243-2985,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kcurtis@virginia.edu\u0022\u003Ekcurtis@virginia.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kkschantz@virginia.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}