{"id":5476,"date":"2026-07-30T14:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/?p=5476"},"modified":"2026-08-11T22:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T03:52:33","slug":"the-marine-industrial-base-recruitment-upskilling-labor-partnerships-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/the-marine-industrial-base-recruitment-upskilling-labor-partnerships-track\/","title":{"rendered":"The Marine Industrial Base: Recruitment, Upskilling, & Labor Partnerships Track"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As ports confront workforce shortages, evolving skill requirements, and growing competition for talent, AAPA’s Annual Convention & Expo<\/a><\/strong> will feature a dedicated track exploring innovative approaches to workforce recruitment, education, leadership development, and labor partnerships. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sessions include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 – “Restoring America’s Maritime Workforce: A Case Study from the Port of Tacoma” with Alisa Praskovich of the Port of Tacoma and Kristie Wolford of Maritime 253 Skills Center, Tacoma Public Schools
 – “Amazing Women in the Port Industry” with Susan Dvonch of Shey-Harding Executive Search and Sydney Plante of MARAD
 – “Investing in Communities: Workplace Development and Empowering Innovation” with Michael Walker of STAX<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attendees will discover how ports, educational institutions, employers, and community partners are collaborating to build a skilled, diverse, and resilient workforce for the maritime industry’s continued growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join us September 28-30<\/strong> in New Orleans for AAPA’s 2026 Annual Convention & Expo \u2014 Ports Built to Lead<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Register today<\/a>,<\/strong> and note that hotel rooms at the group rate are going fast!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As ports confront workforce shortages, evolving skill requirements, and growing competition for talent, AAPA’s Annual Convention & Expo will feature a dedicated track exploring innovative approaches to workforce recruitment, education, leadership development, and labor partnerships.  Sessions include:  – “Restoring America’s Maritime Workforce: A Case Study from the Port of Tacoma” with Alisa Praskovich of the Port …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":5281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-insights-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}