Building Kentucky’s Workforce: A KET Forum is a townhall-style discussion about broadening education and training opportunities for Kentuckians to compete in an ever-evolving economy. Moderator Renee Shaw speaks with business, education, workforce development leaders and policymakers about strengthening labor force participation in the Commonwealth. 

Building Kentucky’s Workforce: A KET Forum airs Monday, Jan. 25 at 8/7 pm on KET.

Scheduled participants include:

• Beth Davisson, vice president of Workforce Development for the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce 
• John Lyons, interim executive director of the Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board​
• Allison Martin, senior director, Corporate Citizenship & Digital Communications for GE Appliances 
• Aaron Thompson, president and CEO of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
• State Rep. Russell Webber, (R) Shepherdsville and chair of the Kentucky House Economic Development and Workforce Investment Committee
• Mary Gwen Wheeler, education advocate and executive director of 55K Degrees 

KET is Kentucky’s largest classroom, where learning comes to life for more than one million people each week via television, online and mobile. Learn more about Kentucky’s preeminent public media organization at KET.org, on Twitter @KET and at facebook.com/KET.