Keynote Speakers Announced!

The conference committee is excited to announce the Fall 2009 CDPI Conference Keynote Speakers.

Teresa L. Voors & Gina DelSanto - Indiana Dept. of Workforce Development


Ms. Voors was appointed as the first female Commissioner of the Indiana Dept. of Workforce Development in 2007. Prior to her appointment, she served as Deputy Commissioner and Chief Counsel of the agency. She received her law degree from IU Bloomington, where she graduated in the top 2% of her class and served as managing editor of the Law Review. Before joining public service, she litigated employment law cases at Baker and Daniels in Indianapolis. She grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana and received her bachelor's degree in business accounting from Indiana Purdue University Fort Wayne. She passed the CPA exam and worked as a financial analyst for GTE Data Services in Fort Wayne before attending law school. Commissioner Voors currently lives in Zionsville.



Gina DelSanto is a native of Cranston, Rhode Island and graduated from the University of Rhode Island, majoring in Modern Foreign Languages. She attended graduate school at Indiana University, Bloomington, receiving as MA and a Ph.D. emphasizing critical theory, literature and film, and medieval studies. In 1993, DelSanto accepted a position in the office of U.S. Senator Richard G. Lugar, first as Special Assistant for Affairs of State, Immigration, and Education, and later as Director of Outreach. In 2000, DelSanto joined Butler University as the Director of the Learning Resource Center and subsequently as Associate Provost for Academic Affairs. She served as policy coordinator for the Mitch Daniels for Governor campaign and was a founding member of the Dean's Council for Indiana University's School of Informatics. DelSanto has served as a member of Indiana's Education Roundtable and State Workforce Innovation Council, and is a board member for Goodwill Education Initiatives, the organization holding the charter for the Indianapolis Metropolitan High School.