Senate Communications & Technology Committee and Senate Education Committee

Monday, October 6, 2025 | 10:30 a.m.

Hearing Room 1, NOB

Agenda

10:30 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. Opening remarks

Senator Lynda Culver, Majority Chair, Education Committee
Senator Tracy Pennycuick, Majority Chair, Communications & Technology Committee
Senator Lindsey Williams, Minority Chair, Education Committee
Senator Nick Miller, Minority Chair, Communications & Technology Committee

10:35 a.m. – 10:55 a.m. Panel 1

Lauren S. Holubec, Executive Director, PA Workforce Development Association

10:55 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. Panel 2

Dr. Katie Kennedy-Reilly, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, and Technology K-12, Souderton Area School District
Dr. Michael Stauffer, Executive Director, Berks Career and Technology Center

11:25 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Panel 3

Dr. Camille Dempsey, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies, PennWest University
Fotis Sotiropoulos, Executive Vice President & Provost, Penn State University
Dr. Gregor Thuswaldner, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, La Roche University
Mark Choman, Professor, Luzerne County Community College

12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Panel 4

Adrienne Fischer, Senior Policy Analyst, Education Commission of the States
Heena Kuwayama, Policy Analyst, Education Commission of the States
12:30 p.m. Conclusion