Authors: Matthew Bruce, Executive Director, Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance, and Steph Dolan, Program Director, Corporate Coalition of Chicago What do Martha Stewart, Donald Trump and Robert Downey Jr. all have in common? All have criminal records. While these individuals have gone on to varying degrees of fame and success, many Read more…
As our members are aware, the Trump Administration’s actions this week around federal funding assistance have caused no small amount of disruption and confusion across the country. A funding freeze communicated via a memo from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on January 27 had the potential to impact Read more…
In April 2024, Workforce Matters initiated a series of discussions on the Impact of AI on Work and Workforce Development at our Further Together conference. Since that time, our members have continued to express interest in learning more about the impact of AI on the field of workforce development. In Read more…
Tell us a little bit about your background and why you joined Workforce Matters I’ve spent 19 years in municipal government, focusing on human and community service programs. My expertise lies in public workforce systems, where I have a strong track record of implementing federal grants, advancing data analytics and Read more…
Many have called the 2024 election one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime, and perhaps they’re right. However, without understating the importance of this 2024 election and its results, it’s possible that Americans in previous centuries felt the same way, and they too were right. Whether you believe Read more…
Little Big Horn College is a tribal land-grant community college located on the Crow Nation in Crow Agency, Montana. The college campus is located on the banks of the Little Big Horn River in Montana. In 2021, the college initiated the Apsáalooke Hybrid Apprenticeship Program. The program is designed for young Read more…
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…
From left to right: Jen Horton (Jobs for the Future), Melissa Johnson (National Skills Coalition), Rachel Korberg (Families and Workers Fund), Paige Shevlin (U.S. Department of Transportation), Crystal Bridgeman (Siemens Foundation). In this week’s post from Further Together, and on the heels of another Good Jobs Challenge funding announcement from 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…
At this spring’s “Further Together” conference, Workforce Matters held a lunch plenary session titled “Supporting Self-Determination & Workforce Development in Native Nations and Indian Country.” Moderated by Natasha Hale (Navajo), the panel featured Native workforce development practitioners Kelly Drummer (Oglala Lakota), President, MIGIZI Communications, Ryan Howard (Bishop Paiute), Executive Director, Read more…