CIO Roundtable EVENT
Year Up NYC organized a CIO Roundtable event that focused on aspects of diversity in IT talent on November 12th, 2009. This event brought together 22 Chief Information Officers from different sectors, including finance, government, media, and healthcare, to discuss attracting and retaining millennial generation talent. Conceived of by Year Up NYC Local Board and Leadership Council members, the discussion began with a context-setting presentation by Lisa Hancock of Manpower, a world leader in the employment services industry, on trends among millennial generation workers and challenges and opportunities presented by multigenerational workplaces. Maryfran Johnson, Editor in Chief of CIO Magazine and Events, facilitated the ensuing conversation among the CIOs. The CIOs were then joined by graduates of Year Up NYC who are working in IT in leading corporations. The CIOs bounced their ideas off the graduates, and reported out their insights at the conclusion of the Roundtable.

The Roundtable immediately preceded Year Up NYC's second Benefit at Cipriani Wall Street, and all participants were invited to attend the Benefit to learn more about Year Up NYC. We received tremendous positive feedback and many of the attendees are now initiating partnerships with Year Up NYC.