https://bvatd.org/events BV-ATD upcoming events BV-ATD Wild Apricot - membership management software and more en Sun, 10 May 2026 13:33:49 GMT Sun, 10 May 2026 13:33:49 GMT Thu, 14 May 2026 16:30:00 GMT <p><strong><font color="#000000">Intentional Mentorship and Strong Relationships</font></strong></p> <p><font style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#000000">This&nbsp;</font>presentation will explore how intentional mentorship and strong relationships strengthen self-awareness, clarifies purpose, and accelerates personal and professional growth.&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" style="font-size: 14px;">This research explores learning among older adults and their workplace realities of upskilling and reskilling and navigating the evolving workplace environment marked by automation, digitization, and job obsolescence, in preparation for a future-ready workforce. Grounded in Human Capital theory, this session uses semi-structured dialogue to:</font></p> <ol> <li><font color="#000000" style="font-size: 14px;">examine the informal and formal learning activities older adult learners engage in for human capital development,</font></li> <li><font color="#000000" style="font-size: 14px;">identify the contexts of programs in adult education (AE), including benefits and challenges older adult learners perceive, and</font></li> <li><font color="#000000" style="font-size: 14px;">to offer recommendations for HRD professionals who may be interested in raising the skill profile of their workforce while taking into consideration the older adult learner.</font></li> </ol> <div> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#000000"><strong><font style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Lato">About our Speaker:</font></font></strong></font></font></p> <p></p> <p><font style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><font color="#000000">Kelli Hutka ’97</font></strong><font color="#000000">&nbsp;serves as Assistant Managing Director for Mentorship and Business<img src="https://bvatd.org/resources/Pictures/Kelli%20Hutka.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="141.75" height="189" align="right"> Operations at Texas A&amp;M University’s Career Center, where she partners with the university community to&nbsp;facilitate&nbsp;impactful mentoring experiences for students and supports strategic business initiatives within the Career Center. Before joining the Career Center in 2023, Kelli spent more than 21 years at The Association of Former Students, where she served students, faculty, and staff and led the Aggie Ring Program. Kelli and her husband, Marcus ’96, have four children as well as two grandchildren, and they own an equine veterinary clinic in Waller, Texas.&nbsp;</font></font></p> <p></p> <p><font style="font-size: 14px;"><strong style="color: rgb(53, 53, 53); font-family: Lato; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Menu:</strong><span style="">&nbsp; Variety of Sandwiches, Salad, Fruit, and Dessert with Sweet and Unsweet Tea.</span></font></p> <div> <p><font face="Lato" style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#111111"><strong>TD Capability Model</strong>:</font>&nbsp;<font color="#111111">This program maps to the Developing Professional Capability domain.</font></font></p> <p style="line-height: 21px;"><font color="#111111" face="Lato" style="font-size: 14px;">For more information, visit&nbsp;<a href="https://capability.td.org/" title="View and explore ATD's Capability Model." target="_blank">https://capability.td.org/</a>.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 21px;"><font color="#111111" face="Lato" style="font-size: 14px;"><img src="https://bvatd.org/resources/Pictures/TD%20Capability%20Model%20.jpg" border="0" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"></font></p><font color="#111111"><br></font> <style></style> <style></style> <style></style> <style></style> <style></style> <style></style> <style></style> <style></style> <style></style> <style></style> </div> </div> https://bvatd.org/event-6687606 https://bvatd.org/event-6687606