SCHEDULE
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
- 7:45 AM - Women's Networking Breakfast
- 8:00 AM – Registration Opens
- 9:00 AM – Forum Kickoff & Welcome
- Will Bentley, President, Georgia Agribusiness Council
- Jennifer Walls, Georgia Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association
- 9:20 AM - Update from Office of Foreign Labor Certification
- Brian Pasternak, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, U.S. Department of Labor
- 10:10 AM - How to Prepare for a Wage and Hour Inspection
- Ashley R. Allen-Feliciano, Community Outreach and Resource Planning Specialist
- Alisha Stanton, Wage & Hour Investigator, Wage & Hour Division, SE Region, US Department of Labor
- 11:10 AM - OSHA Heat Initiative & Updates
- Chad Martin, Assistant Area Director, OSHA - Savannah Area
- 12:05 PM - Lunch & Welcome (Included in registration fee)
- Ben Parker, National Affairs Coordinator, Georgia Farm Bureau
- 1:00 PM - Super Panel: Overview of Litigation & Regulatory Movement in Ag Labor
- Braden Boucek, VP of Litigation, Southeastern Legal Foundation
- Michelle Grainger, Executive Director, North Carolina Sweetpotato Commission
- Chris Schulte, Fisher Phillips
- Leon Sequira, Sequira Bilby
- Sarah Grace Stone, North Carolina Chamber of Commerce
- 2:30 PM - Break
- 2:45 PM - Insights from US Department of Labor
- Daniel Chapman, Senior Policy Advisor, Division of Immigration, Farm Labor, and Trade, US Department of Labor
- 3:25 PM - Know the Regulations, Take Care of Your People, Take Care of Yourself
- Anna Scheyett, UGA Cooperative Extension Behavioral Health Team
- 4:05 PM - The H-2B Program
- Ellen Hendley, MasLabor, Valdosta, GA
- 4:45 PM - Wrap Up & Announcements
- 5:00 PM – Adjourn for the Day
- Enjoy Dinner on Your Own
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
- 8:00 AM - Registration Opens
- 8:30 AM – Welcome
- Beth Oleson, Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association
- 8:40 AM - Ag Labor Research Panel
- Dr. Ben Campbell, University of Georgia
- Dr. Blake Brown, North Carolina State University
- 9:40 AM – The Migrant Seasonal Farmworker (MSFW) Act is in Play on Your Farm
- Gabriela Munoz, Migrant Seasonal Farmworker (MSFW) Program Manager
- 10:20 AM - Worksource GA Business Services: Supporting Agricultural Employers
- Felipe Pacheco, State Monitor Advocate, Office of Workforce Development, Technical College System of Georgia
- Wanda Roe, Business Services Unit, Office of Workforce Development, Technical College System of Georgia
- 10:40 AM - Break
- 10:50 AM - Georgia OFLC Process
- Carla Calderon-Bonilla, Manager for the Foreign Labor Certification Program, Office of Workforce Development, Technical College System of Georgia
- 11:25 AM - How to Handle OSHA Inspections
- Micah Dickie, Fisher Phillips, Atlanta, GA
- 12:10 PM - GA Tech Resource: Strategies for Heat Illness Prevention
- Brandon Philpot, Industrial Hygienist, OSHA Training Institute Education Center, Georgia Tech
- 12:30 PM - Lunch
- 1:15 PM - Pitfalls for Foreign Ag Labor Recruitment
- Ellen Hendley, MasLabor, Valdosta, GA
- 1:55 PM - Ag Labor Software Solutions Panel
- Daniel Ross, Seso
- Scott Prince, Croft
- Ernesto Perez, H2-Organizer
- Kevin Morales, PickTrace
- 2:55 PM - Break
- 3:10 PM - WPS Training
- Jennifer Wren, Chemical Safety Section, US EPA Region 4
- 3:55 PM - GA State Patrol Motor Carrier Compliance
- Sgt. Tom Kelly, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit, Georgia Department of Public Safety
- 4:45 PM - Wrap up and Announcements
- 5:00 PM - Have a Safe Trip Home!