Let's Jump-start Immigration
Speaker: Sunil Wadwhani and panel
New Hazlett Theater
November 1, 2007
6:30 p.m.
Sunil Wadhwani is CEO and Co-Founder of iGATE Corporation (formerly Mastech) a global Information Technology business, with over 6,000 employees that service over 200 major clients on four continents. Under Sunil’s leadership, Mastech was listed four times in Inc. magazine’s ranking as one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States, one of the “Top 100 Hot Growth” companies by Business Week and one of the “Technology Fast 50” by Deloitte and Touche.
James P. Smith holds the chair in labor markets and demographic studies at Rand Corp. He led panel for the National Academy of Sciences on the economic and tax effects of immigration. Dr. Smith has served as principal investigator on a number of projects, including an analysis of the effects of economic development on labor markets; a study of black-white wages and employment; trends in women's wages and labor force growth; migration in developing countries; and the economic impact of immigration. In addition, Dr. Smith has participated in projects studying the evaluation of economic loss in wrongful death cases.
Since taking office in January 1992 as Philadelphia’s Councilman-at-large, Jim Kenney has championed numerous issues affecting the entire city of Philadelphia, including economic development, family and domestic violence, school violence, anti-graffiti measures, fire and safety inspections, and restructuring the Section 8 housing program. Recent initiatives include reforming Philadelphia’s campaign finance laws and improving the region’s information technology industry. Every initiative undertaken by Jim Kenney is with one goal in mind: convincing current residents to stay in Philadelphia while attracting others to move here.
The
Pittsburgh Refugee Center's
Executive Director, Khadra Mohammed, is a native of Somalia
and has over twenty years of experience in working with refugee populations,
both in the US and in
refugee camps in Pakistan
and Kenya.
In Pittsburgh, for the past eight years, she has
advocated on behalf of local refugees and brought awareness of refugee issues
to the attention of the greater Pittsburgh
community. Ms. Mohammed is also a published
author of several children's books. She is the recipient of numerous
awards including the Girl Scouts Woman of Distinction in 2005, and was honored
with PUMP and Pittsburgh Magazine's 2005 40 under 40 Award, celebrating 40
people under the age of 40 whose creativity, vision and passion enrich the Pittsburgh region.