Tell us briefly about your background and why you joined Workforce Matters. I have extensive experience in the public sector, including leading Michigan’s Talent Investment Agency, which was responsible for implementing new strategies to expand effective workforce development opportunities. My passion for workforce development emerged from this experience. Joining Workforce Read more…
Tell us a little bit about your background and why you joined Workforce Matters. I currently lead The Broad Foundation’s (TBF) pathways to good jobs portfolio, which provides youth and adults with the skills, social capital, and workforce training to secure family-wage earning employment. Before joining TBF, I led education, Read more…
Tell us a little bit about your background and why you joined Workforce Matters. My background has primarily been in college and career support through working with non-profit organizations and career and technical education. I worked in admissions at a technical college, navigating students not just through their next certification Read more…
Tell us a little bit about your background and why you joined Workforce Matters. Over the past 15 years, I’ve worked across the social sector to help build and launch new projects and programs, including at the Aspen Institute and Scholars at Risk. I joined World Education Services (WES) in Read more…
Tell us a little bit about your background and why you joined Workforce Matters. I currently oversee Kessler Foundation’s comprehensive grant making program and its communications department. During my tenure, the Foundation has awarded more than $50 million in grant support for national and community-based employment programs. For more than Read more…
Tell us a little bit about your background and why you joined Workforce Matters. I joined Strada (then USAFunds) in 2014. The majority of my work here at Strada has focused on philanthropic initiatives that create more equitable pathways between education and careers. I currently steward our Employer and Community College Read more…
Tell us a little bit about your background and why you joined Workforce Matters. I recently joined World Education Services as the Senior Director of the Mariam Assefa Fund, leading the team and its philanthropic efforts in the US and Canada. Our team seeks to build inclusive communities where immigrants, Read more…
Tell us a little bit about your background and why you joined Workforce Matters. Last year, I joined JPMorgan Chase as a Vice President, Global Philanthropy focused on the firm’s Jobs & Skills work. Our team works to advance equitable growth and address skills and career pathways gaps for the Read more…
Tell us a little bit about your background and why you joined Workforce Matters. I’ve held various roles in the workforce space and started my career as a strategic researcher and organizer for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the AFL-CIO, and the United Auto Workers (UAW). As a Detroit Revitalization Read more…
Lauren N. King, Ph.D. is a Program Officer at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Dr. King joined the Workforce Matters Steering Committee in 2022. Tell us a bit about yourself. What’s your life like outside of work? Like most women, I wear many hats- wife, mom, bonus mom, and grandmother- to Read more…