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 – Testimony
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 – Testimony
Fotis Sotiropoulos, Executive Vice President & Provost, Penn State University – Testimony
Dr. Gregor Thuswaldner, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, La Roche University – Testimony
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 – Testimony
Heena Kuwayama, Policy Analyst, Education Commission of the States
12:30 p.m. Conclusion