Linda Prescott, Professor of Office Administration and Computer Science at Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, Florida, was a representative from the Tampa Bay/Nature Coast area at a meeting and discussion of jobs and the economy in June at the White House as part of the White House Business Council’s “Business Forward Initiative.” She was invited back in November to a second forum designed to directly engage senior White House and Administration officials in a conversation on the immediate fiscal challenges as well as job creation opportunities and competitiveness issues for the years ahead.