2024 National Fair Chance Hiring Conference
On October 7-8, 2024, the Corporate Coalition of Chicago, the Harris School of Public Policy and NORC at the University of Chicago will host a first-of-its kind, national working meeting on fair chance hiring. Fair chance practitioners (employers and nonprofits), policymakers, researchers, and funders will gather in Chicago to:
- Explore the impact of recent changes in fair chance hiring practice and policy
- Catalyze new knowledge-building that will advance fair chance policy and practice
- Grow the emerging field by advancing research, by involving scholars who are still forming their research and teaching platforms, and by including in all aspect of the convening justice-impacted individuals.
Each session of the meeting will begin with a keynote address, followed by a panel and then a generative, facilitated conversations to identify research topics that could advance fair chance policy and/or practice. All attendees will participate in these generative sessions, which will make the convening a working meeting.
Conference Goals
This Conference aims to:
- Explore the impact of recent changes in practice and policy from new perspectives. In conversations across sectors, conference attendees will discuss recent policy and practice changes, their impacts, and implications on expanding opportunities for individuals with records.
- Catalyze new knowledge-building. By generating research questions that might be explored, discussing how such questions might be examined and the practical impact of greater knowledge, the conference aims to help build the interdisciplinary filed of fair chance hiring.
- Grow the emerging field of fair chance hiring by involving scholars, including justice-impacted academics, who are still forming their research and teaching agendas.
- Serve as a meeting point for practitioners, policymakers, funders, justice-impacted leaders and researchers in the field of fair chance hiring.
Who will attend?
- Corporate leaders & practitioners
- Government officials
- Justice-impacted individuals
- Nonprofit organization leaders
- Philanthropic leaders
- Researchers and scholars
Student/Alumni Program
The afternoon of October 8 will feature an engaging student/alumni program on expungement, including experts from the nonprofit, corporate, start-up, and legal communities discussing expungement, as well as a site visit to an expungement clinic on Chicago’s South Side.
Agenda
The main Conference will be structured around three half-day sessions, each beginning with a keynote presentation, followed by a multi-sector panel and then a facilitated, generative discussion of potential research topics and strategies for addressing identified topics. These conversations that will cap each session are a critical, distinctive component of the convening.
Lunch sessions and a reception and dinner on Day 1 will provide time for participants to connect and talk informally. The afternoon of Day 2 will be reserved for colleagues to meet, both formally and informally.
Monday, October 7
8:00-8:50 am
Registration & Breakfast
9:00-9:30 am
Welcome, Goals & Agenda
- Lisa Blumerman, NORC at the University of Chicago
- Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, Harris School of Public Policy
- Brian Fabes, Corporate Coalition
Session 1: What works, for whom, and how do we know?
9:30-10:00 am
Keynote Presentation
- TBD
10:00-11:00 am
Multi-Sector Panel
- Stan Ball, Intel
- Joseph Kenner, Greyston Bakery
- Jeff Korzenik, Fifth Third Bank
- Damon Phillips, Wharton School of Management
Discussion Leader: Marianne Bertrand, Chicago Booth
11:00-12:00 noon
Facilitated, Generative Discussion
- All Attendees
12:15-1:30 pm
Lunch
Session 2: Fact, Fears & Changing Perceptions
1:45-2:30 pm
Keynote Presentation
- Shawn Bushway, Rand Corporation
2:30-3:30 pm
Multi-Sector Panel
- Bill Heiser, REFORM Alliance
- Ken Oliver, Checkr
- Marcus Sheanshang, JBM Packaging (invited)
Discussion Leader: Joeann Walker, ConEd
3:30-4:30 pm
Facilitated, Generative Discussion
- All Attendees
4:30-4:45 pm
Day 1 Wrap-Up
5:30-6:30 pm
Cocktail Reception
- Willette Benford, Office of M.K. Pritzker
- M.K. Pritzker, First Lady, State of Illinois
6:45-8:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday, October 8
8:00-8:50 am
Breakfast
9:00-9:15 am
Day 1 Recap & Plan for Day 2
Session 3: Public Sector Incentives: What works, why, and what might work better?
9:15-9:45 am
Keynote Presentation
- Jennifer Doleac, Arnold Ventures
9:45-10:45 am
Multi-sector Panel
- Reginald Bean, White Label Management Group
- Nan Gibson, JPMorgan Chase
- Brianetta Hoosier, Chicago Transit Authority (invited)
- Evan Rose, University of Chicago
Discussion Leader: Lucretia Murphy, JFF
10:45-11:45 am
Facilitated, Generative Discussion
- All Attendees
11:45-12:30 pm
Reflections
- What worked?
- What didn’t work?
- Next Steps
Facilitator: John Roman, NORC at the University of Chicago
12:30-1:30 pm
Lunch
Session 4a: Fair Chance Business Education Consortium Meeting
1:30-3:00 pm
Details to be provided by FCBEC Team
Session 4b: Student / Alumni Track
1:30-1:45 pm
Welcome & Afternoon Plan
1:45-2:15 pm
Travel to Chicago Urban League
2:15-4:00 pm
Program
4:00-5:00 pm
Reception
5:00-5:30 pm
Return Travel
Participants
Discover the full list of participants to see who will be joining us at this year’s conference.
Sponsors
The 2024 National Fair Chance Hiring Conference is made possible by its hosts, financial supporters, and organizing committee.
Hosts
Financial Support
Organizing Committee
- Willette Benford, Office of MK Pritzker
- Daniel Dart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Nan Gibson, JPMorgan Chase
- Jeff Korzenik, Fifth Third Bank
- Lucretia Murphy, JFF
- Ken Oliver, Checkr
- John Roman, NORC at the University of Chicago
- Carson Whitelemons, Arnold Ventures
