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PRESENTER: Dr. Julie Malmberg, Sr. Learning and Development Officer, CPAESS (On Detail to USGS Water Mission Area) - Dr. Julie Malmberg started working with CPAESS in November 2021 with a charge of developing a new centralized workforce development and training function for USGS’s Water Resources Mission Area staff. TITLE: Building a Comprehensive Workforce Development and Training Program Summary: What does it take to develop a centralized training program for a staff of 4,000 people with different backgrounds, education levels, job categories, geographic locations, and expectations for training? In this presentation, Julie shared the reasons why USGS Water wanted to develop this training function as well as the process to create the function. The Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science (CPAESS—pronounced: see-pass) is a UCAR Community Programs (UCP) division at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). UCAR manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Our administrative office is located in Boulder, Colorado, USA. CPAESS was created in February 2016, from the merger of two long-established and successful programs: the Joint Office of Science Support (JOSS) and the Visiting Scientist Programs (VSP). CPAESS is providing an extensive portfolio of organization and management services for the broad Earth science community. Our vision and mission complement and mirror the vision and mission of UCAR, including UCP and NCAR. We are collectively working towards the advancement of scientific research for the benefit of society.